Why should your company, or any company for that matter,
invest in a health and wellness program for its employees?
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Reason #1: Obese Workers Cost Employers More through both
Absenteeism and Presenteeism!
A recent study conducted by Duke University found the following results after investigating 8 years of data from 11,728 Duke employees:
Overweight workers are more injury prone than fit co-workers. Furthermore, these injuries occur in their knees, neck, back, shoulders, arms, hips, and wrists, causing debilitating conditions that limit worker productivity (presenteeism) and dependability (absenteeism).
Overweight workers have higher health care costs than their fit co-workers due to the various obesity related illnesses such as heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, overuse injuries, etc.
Obese workers cost more in injury claims as they have twice the rate of worker’s compensation claims than their fit co-workers.
The most overweight workers had 13 times more lost workdays due to work related injury and their medical claims for those injuries were 7 times higher than that of their fit co-workers.
The lack of a solution to the obesity epidemic in America which is flooding the workplace could also result in unwanted complaints of discrimination by obese workers.
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Reason #2: Behavior is the Determining Factor in the Overall Health and Life Expectancy of Your Employees
Yes, you read that right… Movement Deficit Disorder (MDD). Are you kidding me? Talk about beating around the bush. WE ARE AN INCREDIBLY LAZY, INACTIVE SOCIETY. This sedentary lifestyle simply cripples the American work force and right now it is crippling your company! Though MDD may not be as deadly as cancer in the short-term, it leads to a slow, steady decay of the human mind and body that leads to a host of diminishing health factors that eventually leads people to early graves (e.g. diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, obesity, degenerative muscles and/or joints, etc.)
According to The Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM, http://www.ihpm.org), the focus on health care alone has failed and this is clearly supported in the chart above as health care delivery is the least important factor in longevity.
If it wasn’t obvious before, it is now! Employers must seek to modify the behavior of their employees if they want to be a competitive force in today’s marketplace. This is what our corporate health and wellness program WILL do for your company! Just take a look at the testimonial below to see how impacting behavior modification can be for your employees:
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Julianne Lost 58 Pounds Of Fat, Built Muscle, And
Discontinued All 6 Medications!
Working with Hristo as my personal trainer has made all the difference for me! When I started training with Hristo, I was incredibly obese and was taking 6 different medications. Because of his expertise, I have lost 58 pounds of fat and I have been able to discontinue all 6 medications. Thank you, Hristo!
– Julianne B. Elburn, Ill, julismail@sbcglobal.net
Reason #3: Employee Presenteeism is a Harsh Reality that
Costs Employers Money
According to Sean Sullivan, the CEO of IHPM, companies have focused solely on absenteeism for far too long because it only affects the production worker. In other words, with our advancements in technology, knowledge workers are usually able to complete their duties even if they are not at the work place. This is something that cannot be said for the production worker whose duties stem solely around their physical presence on a production line.
Sullivan claims that though absenteeism is part of the puzzle, presenteeism is the real concern when it comes to a company’s bottom line, for it captures the loss of employee functionality (and the resulting diminished productivity) while at work due to health issues. In other words, your employees may actually be at work, but if their physical and mental health is diminishing then their quality and output of work is suffering. Furthermore, because the knowledge worker depends solely on “brain power” vs. “physical ability,” the declining mental health so characteristic of presenteeism seriously hampers their productivity.
Sullivan believes that instead of focusing on fixing what’s broken, companies must seek to prevent the breaking in the first place. Furthermore, due to the rapid aging of the American work force with baby boomers aging into retirement with chronic health issues, we cannot afford our current health care system. He describes the baby boomers leaving the work place (75 million total) with the birth-dearth generation behind them (45 million total). This will result in a potential gap of several tens of millions of middle aged skill workers over the course of the next 10 years! Thus companies must focus on ways to keep their employees as healthy and productive as possible to stay above the red line. Sullivan encourages employers to embrace the human capital model to overcome this trend. People are appreciable assets, unlike machines, so we need to invest in them by implementing a corporate health and wellness program!
For business, the real value of health is in performance at work versus health care costs. Most attempts to capture the impact of employee health in the workplace has focused on Return on Investment (ROI) versus Burden of Illness (BOI), due to the fact that it is a much easier concept to calculate. However, increased BOI (presenteeism) has a much greater impact than rising medical costs, for it reduces functionality of the employee and costs the company money before an employee ever makes it to the doctors office.
Companies must help their employees avoid the pitfalls of the current “symptom management” approach of American health care by providing its own form of preventative population health management for its employees. This is why corporate wellness is the future NOW!
For more on Sean Sullivan’s breakthrough presentation “Wellness and Productivity: The Ultimate Outcome” look at Immuno Laboratories Practice Development Fall Conference
Take a look at the testimonial below to see how our corporate health and wellness program improves worker productivity:
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Here Is What Happened In 6 Short Weeks.
My bootcamp experience has been phenomenal. Since I have started the program with Hristo 6 weeks ago I have lost over 15 pounds of fat. Not only have I lost weight, but I have enjoyed becoming stronger and more fit than I have been in years. I have also had the added benefit of being with my friends and enjoying their company while also working hard! I am looking forward to the summer program and losing more weight.
– Ramona Robertson Geneva, Ill, Rrobe00@sbcglobal.net
Reason #4: Become “The Company Upon a Hill”
Our corporate health and wellness program will position your company as the one-stop-shop for your employees. By taking the lead in implementing a population health management program for your employees your will be company will recognized as an innovating leader in the future of the American corporation. Take a look below at a host of reasons why you will literally have people drooling with desire to work at your company:
To receive what we offer in a one-on-one setting would cost each of your employees $1,000/week! However, our corporate health and wellness program will allow your employees to receive the EXACT same services we used to provide in personal training for just a small fraction of the cost! In the end, your employees receive a simple, convenient, and affordable way to get RESULTS at work!
Like you, we also run a business and we know first hand how important it is that both our clients and our employees feel appreciated for all that they do. What better gift to give to your employees than the gift of health and fitness! The inherent altruism in corporate health and wellness will separate your company from its competitors.
Here is what another happy and healthy customer says:
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She Lost 6.5lbs and 9 and 1/8 inches in her SECOND week!
I know I told you that I lost 1 1/4 inches the first week total body loss… … Now the really surprising part! I measured and re-measured – READY??? Second week total body loss in inches 9 1/8, and 6.5 pounds of fat I’m so absolutely thrilled! I’ve done workouts and have been measured before but results like this I’ve never seen. I love it!! Boot camp? Get rid of inches and feel great camp!! Thank you and keep making me SUCK IT UP!!!
– Kanella (Chiropractor) Lake In The Hills, Ill, Drmathioudis@yahoo.com
In the competitive job market, entry-level employees 29 years old and under are expecting more perks than previous generations due to their experience with technology and more advanced skill sets. In order to attract the best and the brightest, you simply must provide a benefits package that is second to none…otherwise, they will go elsewhere!
Our corporate health and wellness program provides an amazing platform for team building at the work place.Having people of incredibly diverse backgrounds all come together to pursue a common goal is priceless. The team building inherent to our group workouts directly translates into the workplace.
Your employees are walking, talking billboards for your company. How would you like your employees to walk and talk like our corporate members?
The bottom line when it comes to your company’s bottom line is that a leaner employee is a better employee. Our results-based system will deliver happier, healthier, more energetic employees without the need for expensive equipment or pricey 1-on-1 personal training rates.
If you are truly interested in the long-term health of your employees, Higher Level Fitness’ Corporate Health & Wellness Program is the right choice! We are NOT interested in short-term results and we do NOT offer the typical run of the mill “country-club service”. Our mission is to not only transform your employees into lean, mean productivity machines but also to teach them how to implement the necessary lifestyle to achieve optimal health, body composition and performance for the long-haul. In other words…WE CHANGE LIVES!
Contact Higher Level Fitness at 815-757-4876 or email at
Hristo_Hristov14@yahoo.com and we will be more than
happy to answer any questions you may have about this amazing program!