Protecting Your Investment...... A Health Perspective

It is a reality of modern life that some of the most important things are often taken for granted and frequently lost amongst our more "conscious priorities". Without a plan to value, monitor and control, the health of your key staff will inevitably suffer. The insidious nature of health decline keeps it hidden and so easily over-looked. The solution is to entrench health as a component of the work domain, after all work is where most adult Australians spend the majority of their time.

Creating a healthy work culture must start with a trigger. Our suggestion is to "hold up a mirror" and take a good look at the health of your organisation right now, a TargetHealth workplace health check is that mirror. From here it is a matter of empowering your team members by providing firstly the tools and then adopting a culture that supports encourages and even rewards healthier choices.

The "RES effect"  

Recognition > Encouragement  > Support

Research has shown that workers value more highly and respond more positively to a package of Recognition Encouragement and Support than they will to a 5-10% salary increase*. Most of course would rather have both but there remains little doubt that employees who feel valued contribute more powerfully and do so with a more positive psychology....a win/win outcome if ever there was one!

*Business Management Monthly, vol 19 April 2008

We propose protecting your investment as follows:

1. Engage Target Health registered health professionals to conduct TargetHealth checks for each member of your team

2. Create a "point of interest" around the TargetHealth program including the group &  individual results

3. Set some organisational goals and support the commitment of your team to a healthier life

4. Create "culture portals" as opportunities to build change; enter a team in the bridge to Brisbane or City to surf, run a healthy cooking class, have a monthly walk/ride-to-work day, offer creative healthy food choices at your next meeting.........options aplenty

Our package generally includes:

1. On-site TargetHealth check for each group member (30-40 minutes)

2. Individual and group results with summary report

3. Personal Health Plan (with toolboxes) including targeted priorities for each group member

4. Storage of results in a secure company account

5. Follow-up TargetHealth checks, goal attainment & trend reports

6. One year Healthy Futures subscription (TargetHealth monthly newsletter)

7. Ongoing support for your program and group members

8. Seminars, cooking classes and activity sessions where required (additional costs involved)

A small investment with enormous capital return potential. Call a registered health professional in your area to discuss fees:
                 N.B> This expenditure is 100% tax deductible to the organisation

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