Employee Wellness

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Is your Company Suffering from “I’m Too Busy” Syndrome (The Guardian: 01/08/2017)

The Busy Syndrome – or is it the 21st Century syndrome? Our go-to response to the question of how are you doing – “ I am so busy” is sometimes seen as a badge of honor. If everyone in your company is constantly saying “I’m busy”, take a step back for a moment and ask “Are we focusing on what

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Women at Work (The Guardian : 18/07/2017)

According to a recent PEW Research Center analysis of labor statistics in 114 countries, women make up 40% of the workforce in more than 80 countries globally. Tanzania with 50.5% working women is amongst the top five countries with the highest female representation in the workforce. Why workplace wellness is vital to women According to a recent Mercer study titled

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Financial Wellness at Workplace (The Guardian: 14/02/2017)

According to PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2016 Employee Financial Wellness Survey incorporating the views of 1.600 full-time employed adults in the U.S.: • 45% of employees identify financial matters as the most stressful issue they face; • 40% have difficulty meeting their household expenses each month; • 24% have withdrawn money from their retirement plans to pay for unrelated expenses. The report further

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So What Exactly is Wellness? (The Guardian : 04/07/2017)

We have been receiving several inquires for conducting Employee Wellness Seminars and most of them request “can you talk about healthy food choices”? Analyzing these requests further revealed that wellness is associated with what we eat – which is a critical, but a miniscule component of the total wellness equation. Wellness is much more than merely physical health, exercise or

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Hypertension – Are Your Employees at Risk? (The Guardian: 20/06/2017)

Hypertension – also known as high blood pressure – is a result of blood pushing vessel walls at a higher speed than normal. The heart’s job is to pump blood into arteries or blood vessels throughout the body. With high blood pressure, the heart works harder and causes arteries to harden, contributing to atherosclerosis and heart failure. Normal blood pressure

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Do You Have Your Program Design for Employee Wellness? (The Guardian – 13/06/2017)

Increasingly, companies in Tanzania are recognizing the need for Employee Wellness Programs by providing gym membership and some are monitoring gym attendance and subsidizing membership dues as a wellness initiative. This is a positive step indeed – however gym workout is only a small component of a wellness program when you consider the numerous health risks that a typical employee

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So What is Corporate (Workplace) Wellness? (The Guardian : 30/05/2017)

This article is inspired by a couple of recent encounters, where I was asked – “But what exactly is Corporate Wellness?” I am glad this question was asked, because it would be a shame if your organization missed out on all the benefits of Corporate Wellness Program. When you think about it, everyone is striving to be healthier. Trying to

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Are you managing your Employee Healthcare Expenses? (Published in the Guardian of 11/10/2016)

Health care costs have been steadily rising for the past four decades and present a major challenge to employers. As a result, executing strategies to contain escalating health care costs has become a business imperative for today’s companies. Four key strategies used by Employers to control costs are: Reduce the number of employees Eliminate expensive benefit plans in favor of

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Economic Results of Non-Communicable Diseases (As published in The Guardian of 23/08/2016)

We recently launched our “Movement to Fitness” program with a cross section of participants from various organizations in the age range of 30 – 60. Fitness assessment conducted at the program onset, revealed a set of conditions such as impaired fat levels, overweight, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, asthma, knee pain, back pain…. Each participant has been provided with a walking/running plan

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Is EAP in your Management Toolkit? (The Guardian 12/04/2016)

A recent study conducted by Morgan Philip and Mazars was unveiled during the 2016 edition of the African CEO Forum 2016, which brought together 800 attendees, including over 500 CEOs from all four corners of the continent, 100 bankers and financiers and 200 prominent African and international figures. A quantitative survey conducted from January to March, 2016 highlighted that 41%

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