Health behaviour change can be a heavy and weighty topic (no pun intended!). It’s easy to get all hung up on transtheoretical models (stages of change), or to go down the path of lecturing people on all the dangers of an unhealthy lifestyle. At Healthworks, we design our behaviour change programs around many evidence-based factors [...]
There’s a really interesting report out at the moment which says the supply of skilled workers will soon be under threat from non-communicable diseases, or NCDs. The report, The Workplace Wellness Alliance – Investing in a Sustainable Workforce, is published by the World Economic Forum Workplace Wellness Alliance, which is an alliance of global companies [...]
Out of all the health messages you send your employees, the one with the most impact would have to be the simplest: wash your hands. It’s the sheer simplicity of this message which makes it so powerful. Too often, as Health and Wellness professionals, you can end up making things terribly complicated. All for good [...]
New research from Monash University has highlighted an important and often ignored issued: the cost of poor health in older employees. [See summary here, or the full report here (PDF).] The research findings are unsurprising: if older workers were healthier, they would be more productive and would stay in the workforce longer. While these findings in [...]
We’ve had a lot of interest in our blog on the direct link between employee health habits and productivity. For all those looking for it, here’s the full article on the research (pdf) we referred to in the blog. You might also be interested to know that the author of the research is our very own [...]