Components of Healthy Business Cultures

In order to give our best, each one of us will need to be at out best. This includes your personnel, the "life's blood" of your organization. Ever present is the quest to achieve the goals of another year and the responsibility to serve the clientele for which your mission was created. The effective achievement of both will require the consistent effort of your staff. The better the job they do at taking care of themselves, the better the job they will do at taking care of "business" in your organization. Doesn't it make sense to help them?

"Increasingly, the fact that healthy people equal a healthy business is being recognized as a fundamental underpinning for the successful company of the 21st century". Journal of Health Promotion, 9/10/03, Vol. 8

Components of Healthy Business Cultures:

Organizational Enhancement

• Invest in the Well-Being of Your Business and Your Staff


• Embrace a Culture of Wellness

Leadership Support

• Give Creedence to the Message


• Concentrate on Senior Level Buy-In

Professional Appreciation

• Invest in "Gifts of Wellness"


• Provide Opportunities to Create, Restore and Sustain Wellness

Personal Well-Being

• Give Your Staff a "Nudge"


• Communicate the Importance of Personal Responsibility