Vitality as a foundation for your organization
'Reaching retirement age fit and vital' is an explanation sometimes given for sustainable employability. However, being fit and vital is often thought of only in terms of physical vitality (whether or not you have knee pain or can lift something without problems), but vitality is so much more and can have a greater impact on your organization than you think! That is why it is important to improve vitality in the workplace.
What does vitality mean?
Vitality is the degree to which your employees feel good at work. Both physically and mentally. When employees experience a high level of vitality at work, it means that they are enjoying themselves, feel good about themselves and feel at their best. The feeling of "being vital" is different for both the employee and the employer, even for each person.
What is included in vitality?
Vitality means something different to everyone. For some, it means intense exercise four times a week; for others, it means being able to handle stress well. There is no right or wrong. What matters most is that both employer and employee make time for it and give it attention. This allows an employee to explore how he or she feels most vital, and the employer can facilitate this.
Boosting vitality in 3 steps
Increasing vitality in an organization is not as quick and easy as it sounds. Because each employee's experience differs, it is difficult to know which approach works and catches on. Does offering a gym membership encourage all employees or only those who were already going to the gym? With these steps, you can encourage vitality within the organization:
- Create a healthy organizational culture where employees feel the freedom to give honest feedback and experience freedom;
- When employees experience this healthy Organizational culture , they will be able to express their desires as well as problems around vitality to their manager;
- As an organization, you can respond to the needs and problems to create a targeted vitality plan for the organization that is also supported.
Increase vitality within your organization
Partner with paraDIGMA groep to increase vitality within your organization. Feel free to contact us for more information. We would love to work with you to see what we can do to get and keep your employees fit and vital at work.
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