Look after your employees’ health and well being, and they’ll look after you.

People are a renewable energy resource for successful business. Generating employee loyalty means you can capitalise on the wisdom of the old growth forest – by retaining and reenergizing their most experienced staff.

Corporations everywhere are finding Allan’s seminars a breath of fresh air. Not only do they contribute to improved employee loyalty and productivity, but the seminars demonstrate a clear sense of corporate employee care. Experience greater employee loyalty and motivation - give your people something that has personal impact in, and out, of the workplace.

Maintain your employees’ health and well being, and – as your most important renewable resource – they’ll sustain the heath of your business.

An Employer of Choice (EOC) is an organisation that out performs its competitors in attracting, developing and retaining talent through innovative human resource management initiatives. Becoming and EOC is an integral part of clever, sustainable corporate strategy that can result in a higher level of performance and productivity in the workplace, greater stability, stronger customer loyalty, high employee satisfaction and loyalty and, ultimately, higher profits.

Having a whole person attitude

An expert in health and work/life balance, Allan Bolton has helped businesses, large and small, move towards EOC status by creating programs that look after employees’ health and fitness as well as their work/life balance. Studies show that energetic people with an energetic life outside of their work bring new ideas and energy to their jobs.

Modern corporate strategy puts business leaders in a position where they can help employees make changes that could improve, even save their lives, as well as greatly impact their performance at work. It is a win-win for employers and employees.

"It is refreshing to see that a lot of CEOs and MDs are realising the need to view their people with a ‘whole person’ attitude," Allan says. “Better still, they are taking action to achieve this. This type of corporate commitment gives employees something special at a personal level, showing that a corporation cares about its employees both in and out of the workplace. ”

Health: A key focus area

Robust Australia n studies show that 68% of adult males, 52% of adult females and 30% of children and adolescents are overweight or obese. These statistics are not just headlines; they describe the broader community and, at some level, will affect your business. Like pollution in the environment, these are symptoms of lifestyles being run down by non-sustainable habits.

Employee health is a major issue confronting society and, consequently, business in the 21st century. The effects of modern life which includes our increasingly sedentary lifestyle, increased work stress and the problems associated with an increase in people being overweight and obese are issues employers can no longer afford to ignore.

Would you like your employees to:

Yes / No		have more energy and greater resistance to fatigue?
Yes / No		better cope with stress?
Yes / No		have a better self-image and greater confidence to participate in life?
Yes / No		experience less anxiety and depression?
Yes / No		be able to relax better and feel less tense?
Yes / No		fall asleep more easily and sleep better?
Yes / No		be able to manage their weight more easily?
Yes / No		reduce their risk of heart attack, high blood pressure, diabetes, osteoporosis and arthritis?
Yes / No		have better mental clarity and well-being?
Yes / No		have greater self-efficacy (i.e self belief “that I can do it!”)?

If you said yes to any of these questions, you should consider implementing a health program within your organisation. Strategies that result in small improvements in health can contribute to big improvements in productivity and cost savings.

Individuals in good physical and emotional health are happier and more effective in everything they do. They have more energy, they're more resilient, more self-motivated and they take far less sick leave. It’s this people power that can sustain your business. [see our programs]

Suggestions that can improve employee health, wellbeing and work/life balance are:

While a well-tailored health program can be developed for any sized company, Quality Health Australia has also had success running programs with two or more smaller companies combining to form groups of up to 50 participants. The benefits from this shared arrangement are networking opportunities including the potential to meet an exercise “buddy”, as well as the savings of splitting the costs of the program.

”My message to business is to be pro-active,” says Allan Bolton. “The corporate pay-off is a healthier, happier, energised workforce that is loyal, productive and more profitable, but the benefits also reach far beyond business and the individual into the community as parents take their knowledge and healthy behaviour home to their families.”