Ron Friedman: 4 Ways to Support Employee Health Instead of Sapping It

1. Facilitate physical fitness - Many companies now offer their employees access to standing desks, onsite gyms, and even company bicycles
2. Make healthy eating easy - Having access to nutritious food makes it easier to stay energized throughout the day. Yet at most companies, when food is provided, it’s often unhealthy – pizza or donuts
3. Foster mental growth - As human beings, we have a psychological need for growing our competence. That applies to all domains in life, but it’s especially true at work
4. Pay employees to stop working - Intelligent workplaces recognize that taking time off is not a luxury. It is essential to top performance, an optimistic mindset, and full engagement

Source: Harvard Business Review
Source URL: https://hbr.org/2015/11/how-to-support-employee-health-inste...

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