What The Biggest Loser Can Show About Corporate Health
Another "Biggest Loser" has been crowned here in Australia and with it comes a rash of people motivated to get out and about with the aim of shedding some unwanted flab.
People of all shapes and sizes suddenly feel guilty about their lack of activity and/or their diets and they flock to health professionals looking for that quick fix.
Many in the health industry at this point will jump up and down and tell you that the show and what it portrays is unrealistic (this writer included).
The quick three-month turn around to lose up to 60-plus kilos in most cases is simply a huge ask for any individual and in most cases unsustainable and in some cases just down right unhealthy as the individual loads up a 160kilo plus frame with even more resistance.
What can't be denied however, is how each individual who took part in the show has achieved some fantastic life-changing results and every single one has made a dramatic transformation from self-pitying fatty to motivated tackler of life.
The challenge for you as a manager of people within your company is to look at your staff and see how many fit into the first category of the self-pitying fatty.
How many of your staff wake everyday with a "food hangover" (or hangover of the usual kind) and just turn up to work each day simply because it is what they do.
Given they lack self-confidence, given they tire easily, given they will most likely have very short concentration spans (due to inadequate diets etc) how productive are they being for you on a daily basis? Going back to the beginning of the Biggest Loser after seeing the competitors at the finish line it is blatantly clear they have become new people.
The elimination of highly processed foods and the replacement with fruit and vegetables plus getting the old bones moving everyday does wonders for motivation and therefore raises productivity to greatly improved levels.
You can see it in their eyes that each day they are willing to take on and conquer any challenge before them.
So what can you do? Start by implementing regular corporate health checks into the work place.
Educate your staff by introducing online corporate health programming or by introducing regular interactive corporate health seminars.
Not only will in increase your bottom line, plus increase the retention levels of the best people, it will show that you care about the people whom you manage every day.
Call a corporate health provider today and reward your staff with the gift of health.
People of all shapes and sizes suddenly feel guilty about their lack of activity and/or their diets and they flock to health professionals looking for that quick fix.
Many in the health industry at this point will jump up and down and tell you that the show and what it portrays is unrealistic (this writer included).
The quick three-month turn around to lose up to 60-plus kilos in most cases is simply a huge ask for any individual and in most cases unsustainable and in some cases just down right unhealthy as the individual loads up a 160kilo plus frame with even more resistance.
What can't be denied however, is how each individual who took part in the show has achieved some fantastic life-changing results and every single one has made a dramatic transformation from self-pitying fatty to motivated tackler of life.
The challenge for you as a manager of people within your company is to look at your staff and see how many fit into the first category of the self-pitying fatty.
How many of your staff wake everyday with a "food hangover" (or hangover of the usual kind) and just turn up to work each day simply because it is what they do.
Given they lack self-confidence, given they tire easily, given they will most likely have very short concentration spans (due to inadequate diets etc) how productive are they being for you on a daily basis? Going back to the beginning of the Biggest Loser after seeing the competitors at the finish line it is blatantly clear they have become new people.
The elimination of highly processed foods and the replacement with fruit and vegetables plus getting the old bones moving everyday does wonders for motivation and therefore raises productivity to greatly improved levels.
You can see it in their eyes that each day they are willing to take on and conquer any challenge before them.
So what can you do? Start by implementing regular corporate health checks into the work place.
Educate your staff by introducing online corporate health programming or by introducing regular interactive corporate health seminars.
Not only will in increase your bottom line, plus increase the retention levels of the best people, it will show that you care about the people whom you manage every day.
Call a corporate health provider today and reward your staff with the gift of health.
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