To make a difference in the lives of your fellow staff members, you first need to understand that getting active is not simply a matter of choice. Some things are within our individual control, but others are shaped by the people and circumstances in which we live and work.
It’s Easier to be Active When…
• We [...]
Archive for February, 2010
The kind of examination you pick depends on when you do it and the kind of information you collect.
This section describes when to use three types – formative, process and summative examinations.
During the Planning Stage
Use formative examinations in the planning stages to ensure that your program is based on solid information. These examinations also help [...]
What Do You Want to Achieve?
Think about why you are assessing and what your investigation is going to measure.
If you’re attempting to find out whether an initiative has been successful, see when you followed your mission statement and met your goals and goals.
If you don’t have a mission statement or objectives or objectives, decide with [...]
Before launching your Workplace Physical Activity Program, summarize the information you’ve accumulated and plan your next steps.
At this point, you have
• gained support from management for the Workplace Physical Activity Program
• formed an staff member committee
• analyzed what’s possible in your workplace
• found out what staff members want and need in a Workplace Physical Activity [...]
To succeed in encouraging exercise during the workday, you must find out what staff members need and want. They’re the people whose behaviour you are trying to influence, so it’s critical to understand their needs and gain their support.
The Staff Member Interest Survey
Ask staff members questions that allow you to assess such key characteristics as [...]
Workplace Physical Activity Programs – Forming an Employee Committee
Although support from the top is critical to a successful initiative, support from other employees is also important.
Once you get the go-ahead from management, identify others who are interested in the project and form a committee to help determine the next steps.
Depending on the size of [...]
Gaining management support is critical to the success of a exercise initiative.
Whether the changes you’d like to make involve the work environment, overall policies or specific programs, successfully implementing your ideas depends on management support.
Support from management is vital for three reasons –
• You need their agreement to involve staff members in a workplace [...]
In today’s business environment, the health of workers is often related to the health of the business. Increased job satisfaction, improved morale, decreased disease and injuries, and increased productivity are just some of the benefits of having healthy workers.
Promoting health in your workplace does not have to be complicated, expensive or time-consuming. Any organization, [...]
Can a small business support company health promotion? Absolutely! Indeed, in some ways it is easier to create a healthful workplace in a small business than in a large company.
Limited resources, particularly in small businesses, can prevent an employer from setting up a health promotion program. Reasons can include –
• lack of budget resources;
• [...]
Employee health promotion is evolving.
Early efforts to develop healthful workplaces focused on safety at the worksite and injury avoidance for employees.
More recently, programs are designed to assist employees to select healthier behaviours like being more physically active or quitting smoking.
Campaigns to raise awareness, educational sessions to raise knowledge, opportunities to learn new skills, [...]
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