{"id":5105,"date":"2020-09-24T11:01:23","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T08:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmc.ke\/staging\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2020-09-24T11:01:24","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T08:01:24","slug":"employee-wellbeing-what-do-the-experts-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmc.ke\/staging\/employee-wellbeing-what-do-the-experts-say\/","title":{"rendered":"EMPLOYEE WELLBEING &#8211; WHAT DO THE EXPERTS SAY?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jimpurcell\/2020\/02\/11\/employee-wellbeing-a-new-perspective-on-roi\/#76ccd25b574d\">Employee Well-Being: A New Perspective On ROI<\/a><\/h4><p>For decades, employers embraced workplace wellness as a way to lower their healthcare costs. But, despite spending billions on programs annually, research shows that workplace wellness has not lowered insurance premiums. Nonetheless, before we relegate workplace wellness to a &#8220;nice to have&#8221; discretionary benefit, we need to understand, first, why it was a mistake to expect employee wellness to deliver ROI through lower healthcare costs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inc.com\/heidi-zak\/3-ways-covid-changed-way-we-run-our-business-for-better.html?icid=hmsub4\">COVID-19 Has Changed The Way We Run Our Business For The Better in These 3 Ways<\/a><\/h4><p>Lead By Heidi Zak, Co-founder and co-CEO, ThirdLove @heidizaks Over the past six months, the formal definition of what it means to &#8221; build a business&#8221; in the world has changed considerably. For example, it&#8217;s no longer &#8220;unconventional&#8221; to have a large chunk of your workforce (if not your entire workforce) be remote.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Why good leaders make you feel safe | Simon Sinek\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lmyZMtPVodo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>What makes a great leader? Management theorist Simon Sinek suggests, it&#8217;s someone who makes their employees feel secure, who draws staffers into a circle of trust. But creating trust and safety \u2014 especially in an uneven economy \u2014 means taking on big responsibility.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/hbr.org\/2019\/08\/survey-what-employees-want-most-from-their-workspaces\">Survey: What Employees Want Most from Their Workspaces<\/a><\/h4><p>Executive Summary A recent survey of 1,601 workers across North America reveals that air quality and light are the biggest influencers of employee performance, happiness, and wellbeing, while fitness facilities and technology-based health tools are the most trivial. Organizations need to address this if they want to reduce absenteeism, improve their bottom line, and increase employee productivity and retention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<script async src=\"\/\/cdn.embedly.com\/widgets\/platform.js\" charset=\"UTF-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"embedly-card\"><h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/johnbbrandon\/2020\/09\/23\/10-important-insightful-and-inspiring-books-for-fall-reading\/#36a179af446f\">10 Important, Insightful And Inspiring Books For Fall Reading<\/a><\/h4><p>Fall is a time to bundle up, go for long walks, finally start a fire in the fireplace, and read a good book. 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