For the Health of It: The Bottom Line on Healthy Workplaces

Stress in the WorkplaceWe’d expect that healthy employees in healthy workplaces create healthy bottom lines. What may be unexpected is just how big the impact is. We’d expect that work-related stress is also considered a big problem. Did you expect it to be far more critical than smoking or high blood pressure?

Consider these research findings: 

  • Employees with four lifestyle risk factors are absent over 50% more often than those without risk factors, and cost two to three times more in health costs.
  • Employers pay an extra $488/year for every sedentary employee.
  • 97% of respondents agreed that employee health is directly related to corporate success.
  • Canadian employers consider work-related stress to be the most important health risk facing the employees in their organizations (56% of respondents), followed closely by smoking (35%), mental health issues (35%), and high blood pressure (35%).
  • Stressed employees elevate absence costs by 19%, disability costs by 30%, and turnover costs by 40%.
  • Organizations with highly effective workplace wellness programs have performed over 55% higher than their industry peers.
  • A meta-analysis on workplace wellness programs from Harvard researchers found that medical costs fall by about $3.27 for every dollar spent on wellness programs and that absenteeism costs fall by about $2.73 for every dollar spent.

These conclusions come from a recent article on “The Business Case for Wellness Programs” written by YourWorkPlace editor Karen Richardson.

The YourWorkPlace April 18 conference in Toronto that Vera Asanin and I are kicking off, co-hosting, and closing together is taking shape very well. Click here to check out the program. Presentations, panels, and discussions include:

  • The Changing Workplace Today
  • Leading @ the Speed of Change
  • Supporting Mental Health is a Sound Business Decision
  • Taking Care of Self
  • Managing Employer Brand
  • Foster Engagement
  • Social Media is Here to Stay
  • Thriving Workplaces
  • Breaking Down Silos
  • Building Exceptional Workplaces on a Budget, and
  • The High-Performance Balance

Click here to also watch Simon Sinek’s 18 minute TEDx video on “How Great Leaders Inspire.” Simon will be delivering a keynote on “Start with Why” based on his bestselling book by that title.

Attendees will receive a copy of my latest book, Growing @ the Speed of Change with registration. And as part of our partnership with YourWorkPlace, The CLEMMER Group is offering a $100 discount on registration (discount code CLM100). Click here to register and be sure to use discount code: CLM100 to save $100!

We’ll help you to give ‘em health!


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For over three decades, Jim Clemmer’s keynote presentations, workshops, management team retreats, seven bestselling books, articles, and blog have helped hundreds of thousands of people worldwide. The Clemmer Group is the Canadian strategic partner of Zenger Folkman, an award-winning firm best known for its unique evidence-driven, strengths-based system for developing extraordinary leaders and demonstrating the performance impact they have on organizations. Check out www.clemmergroup.com for upcoming webinars and workshops.

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