This article by Rekuram Varadharaj was first published in People Matters. Laser tag lunches, on-campus nap rooms, meditation sessions, fitness challenges … wellness initiatives have taken off in a big way in corporate India. Where these potential winners often fall short, though, is in not being part of a long-term cohesive health and wellness (H&W)…
Smart Health Checks Give Your Wellness Plan An Edge!
Over 20% of India currently has some form of chronic disease, whether they know it or not. And as much as we’d hope our employees aren’t part of this sobering number, the scenario is bleak. The issue hounds corporate India and could be hitting you with business losses too! Yet, despite the best intentions, most…
Measuring The Impact Of Your Health & Wellness Program: Metrics Matter!
Everything in today’s times − every corporate decision, every project success or failure – is determined by the data surrounding it. When we want to gauge the impact of a digital advertisement, we look at the number of conversions it brings in, among other parameters. When we’re toying between buying a car and a lifelong…
Make Your Corporate Wellness Program A Winner: A 5-Point Tool Kit
Corporate health and wellness (H&W) programs have a way of coming off as “much ado about nothing” in spite of the best efforts of HR teams and the top brass. Yet, millions could be saved by corporate India with some simple smarts built into wellness programs. A good health and wellness program needs to be implementable with minimal fuss,…
Wellness Programs and Enlightened Self-Interest: Joining the Dots
A recent ASSOCHAM paper indicates that adopting corporate wellness programs can save India Inc. about $20 billion worth of income by 2018, primarily through a reduction in the rate of absenteeism by 1%. Not just this, such programs can also prevent or help manage chronic and lifestyle conditions in employees and the corporate sector in general….
Is Your Employee Engagement Strategy Truly Digital?
Delightful digital experience counts as one of the factors that influence customer willingness to share personal data with companies. Convenience is increasingly becoming a key criterion for about 60 percent of online shoppers, a factor that is only going to become prominent as consumers increase online engagement. Your team members are digital consumers too! They shop (discover,…