: 5 steps to promote a culture of well-being ::

04/29/2020 In these difficult times, implementing a culture of wellness across the board is key to boosting employee motivation and productivity, and therefore, wellness becoming a catalyst for achieving results.

The human capital is the main asset of the company, responsible for its growth, and we must take care of it by creating more companies healthy, safe, productive, humane, competitive and sustainable. More committed, happy and healthy people generate healthy and profitable companies.

In this context, the new personal and professional leadership happens because the managers and directors are promoters of their own health and that of the rest of their team. “Interest in how to create a culture of well-being is booming. The key to understanding the concept is understanding that health is a resource for life, not an end in itself. We should not see health as a well-being index, but health as a tool to achieve well-being“, Explain Estel Mallorquí, director and founder of Biwel.

According to this company specialized in health promotion, the first step to create a culture of well-being within a company is educate, empower and accompany people in the conquest of a healthy lifestyle.

“In a culture of well-being, social influences they can lead people to have a healthy behavior, or not, in each of the health habits: physical activity, food, emotional management, toxic habits, rest, general health or financial education, “adds the director of Biwel.

In this sense, Biwel have identified these social influences and point out how they should be taken into account when designing a business wellness plan:

1. Shared values ​​(priorities)

It is important to establish a connection between the welfare benefits and the interests and values ​​of the company, starting from the premise that the culture of well-being encourages employees to make better decisions achieving the objectives set by the organization.

2. Regulations

Understood as the way how we do things. In a culture of well-being, the objective is to change or adapt the rules, ensuring that workers have chealthy behaviors and, at the same time, support or develop standards that support healthy practices.

3. Cultural procedures

It is only possible to implement a corporate culture of well-being if political, formal and informal, are aligned and help employees follow healthy behavior and lifestyle.

Thanks to this positive influence, they point from Biwel, a greater commitment, satisfaction and attraction of talent.

4. Health and wellness programs

It is evident that, at this point, companies must develop actions to support and improve health. How? Through healthy environments, services and occasional or continuous training events (workshops, PAE …), a wellness portal as a communication channel, etc.

These actions should not be exclusively aimed at the worker, but also to the environment as a whole (family, friends, and coworkers).

5. Climate and social cohesion

Put the business focus on wellness will improve the work environment and will also contribute to strengthening a culture more aligned with the organization’s mission, offering opportunities for workers to help their colleagues, and where strengths take precedence over risks.

“Creating a culture of well-being requires time, effort, being open to feedback constructive employee and build a continuous improvement methodology year after year. Each of the health and wellness programs implemented must be aligned with all aspects of the company culture, be consistent and grow year by year with cultural change, “he concludes. Estel Mallorquí.

During this situation marked by the Covid-19 companies must propose a post-confinement management consistent with its culture and with the safety and health of its employees. And, in this context, digitize health It can help obtain truthful information important for more effective business management.

–