Corporate Wellness- Just a Buzz Word?
Not anymore.With nearly 48% of our waking hours spent at work, coupled with America’s ranking as the world’s fattest nation, corporate wellness is not just a fluffy HR benefit - it’s a business necessity that has far-reaching implications for corporations, their employees and society as a whole. Few will debate the profound effect a wellness program can have on the bottom-line-both literally and figuratively. It’s a no-brainer for most employers: healthy employees add up to a happier, more productive workforce, resulting in lower health claims and decreased costs for employers, and a subsequent ROI on wellness programs. The real challenge is implementation and employee participation.
Read on to discover:
* Three Key Questions to Consider When Implementing a Corporate Wellness Program
* Four Ways to Boost Employee Participation in Your Corporate Wellness Program
Three Key Questions to Consider When Implementing a Corporate Wellness Program
5 Quick Steps to “win-win” Negotiation
5 Quick Steps to “Win-Win” Negotiation
Negotiation is the process of bargaining that precedes an agreement. Successful negotiation generally results in a contract between the parties. Best type of negotiation is “win-win” which means both parties will be satisfied with the result.
“Win-Win” negotiation is about alliance not conflict. Successful negotiation results in long lasting and fruitful professional relationships between parties, reduced tension and stress associated with aggressive bargaining methods and leads to more productive and creative businesses.
In this article we explore five steps to a more successful negotiation for all parties involved:
1. Be Prepared.
Make sure you are absolutely clear on what outcome you want to achieve before entering a negotiation. Plan your questions, strategies, alternative offers and suggestions based on how the other party may react. Study and research other party’s long term goals, their recent activities and businesses and their past negotiation history and techniques. Ensure you know what their requirements or offers are before starting.
Creating Content for Articles or Ezines Effortlessly
The benefits of writing as a marketing strategy have been well documented. Articles build credibility, provide lots of links back to your website, and can generate business for you. All good stuff. This is all well and good as long as you have something to write about – right?
Finding content ideas can be one of the dilemmas that stops us from making the most of writing as a marketing opportunity. But I can assure you that each on you has enough content already on hand to write dozens of articles. You just need to know where to look.
Here are 5 areas you can look
Client questions
Any client who has ever asked you: “How would I ……” is giving you the basis for an article. Answering “how to” questions provides real world solutions to real situations, exactly what the reading public want to know about.
To turn a short answer into a longer article, simply:
* Begin with the background or context to the situation
* describe when and how the situation occurs
How to Help Employees Buy in to Change
Change is a fact of life. When something is not working, or a better option is available, change is necessary, beneficial and sometimes even exhilarating. Unfortunately, it is rarely easy.
Think back to when you last changed jobs, had to learn a new technology system, got transferred, went through a merger/acquisition, or simply moved your office. If you are like most people, you experienced anxiety and a sense of disorientation as you said goodbye to the old way of life.
Human resource professionals and other leaders can help their organization adapt to change by remembering that change and transition go hand in hand. “Change” is an event, but transition is a psychological process by which people adapt to the change.Transitions take time and a successful journey through the stages of transition requires corporate and individual commitment, not just compliance.