Management

After a long, cold winter, nothing compares to getting back outside to enjoy sunshine, fresh air, and warm weather.

Unless, of course, you’re one of the unlucky many who suffer each year with spring allergies.

For them, the season’s beauty is rivaled only by the physical misery it can bring. Congestion, runny nose, watery eyes, headaches, and … Continue Reading »

What’s making your employees fat? Is it too little exercise? Too many calories? Their jobs?

Odds are, especially if your staff is composed of desk workers, it’s a combination of those factors.

Working behind a desk all day allows little in the way of physical activity, and many people don’t make a conscious effort to remedy their … Continue Reading »

Look around. What’s the ratio of smiles to frowns in your workplace?

OK, so it’s probably not the most accurate way to gauge morale, but it might get your thoughts moving in that direction.

Between managing your day-to-day responsibilities and establishing workplace wellness initiatives, it’s easy to get so focused on promoting weight loss, physical fitness, and … Continue Reading »

Productivity can mean the difference between a thriving business that surpasses its competitors or one that struggles to keep up … or even fails.

A healthy staff is a productive one, and your employees’ job performance often reflects their physical and mental state, either positively or negatively.

That’s just one of the reasons your employees’ health and … Continue Reading »

Nobody likes a bully.

It’s as true in the workplace as it is on the playground.

That’s why, as a wellness promoter, it’s important to check your methods and make sure you’re not inadvertently making your employees feel pushed around.

The best way to achieve a culture of wellness is to create a positive environment in which change … Continue Reading »

Money isn’t everything, but when it comes to your health, it may matter more than you think.

New findings by the Harvard School of Public Health point to a correlation between the condition of the economy and the physical health of people with chronic medical conditions.

It seems that the economic downturn has many Americans feeling worse, … Continue Reading »

There’s something nasty lurking in your office.

Its goal? To unravel even your best efforts to achieve workplace wellness.

It can strike any of your workers at any time, thwarting productivity, job satisfaction, and performance.

Unchecked, it can even pave the way to serious physical and psychological problems.

We’re talking about stress, and it’s more than just an … Continue Reading »

It seems that the “Do as I say, not as I do” approach doesn’t work when it comes to medical professionals.

According to new research, a physician’s confidence in his or her ability to counsel patients on exercise and nutrition may be drawn from the doctor’s own personal health habits.

This in turn can affect the way … Continue Reading »

Trite but true, there’s no “I” in “team.”

As important as it is to treat individuals as individuals instead of grouping them into a single entity known as “staff,” it’s equally important for your employees to be able to come together for the good of the company.

You know your workers can do their jobs and do … Continue Reading »

Among any given group of people, there are bound to be differences of opinion and the occasional personality clash.

With all the dynamics at play in the average office environment, it can be a setting ripe for the development of interpersonal conflicts.

Conflict may spring from two incompatible personalities or from something easier to mediate … Continue Reading »