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A DAY AT THE AUSTRALIAN
INSTITUTE OF SPORT
Friday February 29th 2008
What better way is there to get
your staff all fired up for a fit and healthy 2008 than enrolling them in a
one day health, fitness and wellbeing seminar at the AIS?
So, here it is, the one day
SEVEN HABITS OF FIT AND HEALTHY
PEOPLE SEMINAR, designed to inspire and motivate your staff to keep
themselves fit and healthy to the best of their ability.
Your staff will have the opportunity to
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gauge their current
level of health, fitness and wellbeing. |
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get focused on themselves, their health
and their career |
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have some fun; all work an no play
made for a lot of Jacks and Jills extremely dull. If you bring a
group out it will be a great morale booster. |
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have a slap up, healthy meal in the AIS dining
hall |
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reset their health, fitness and wellbeing goals for the year |
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come away from the day with their
batteries recharged, ready to tackle the challenges of 2008. |
THE INVESTMENT
The fee, all up,
including lunch, an interactive workbook and a
selection of my ebooks is
$155.
*****Sign up here*****
We've got limited spaces so forward an email confirming your
attendance. Just use the contact form.
We'll then direct you to our StrataPay payments centre where you can use your
credit card to make your payment. Your space(s) will be confirmed when payment is
made.
Refunds will not be give to people who fail to notify us of their
inability to attend before COB on Tuesday 26th of February.
WORK GROUPS
If you'd like to book in a workgroup
give me call. It will be a
fantastic day out.
If you'd like an exclusive day out for your workgroup, let me know.
LIVE OUTSIDE CANBERRA?
If you live outside Canberra and you'd like me to run a one day seminar for
your staff, send me a note and I'll make it happen.
WANT MORE INFO
Give me a call on (02) 6288 7703
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Why would you bother to run a corporate health, fitness
and wellbeing program?
Simple answer; it works. (See the results below.)
BUT,
it only works if
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you've developed a high level
wellness culture in your
organisation - top bottom and sides. |
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as a condition of their
employment,
all your staff are involved,
preferably in their work groups. If the program
is voluntary, the workaholics and those at
greatest risk to overall productivity are unlikely to attend.
It defeats the whole point of the object. |
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one of the
key
performance indicators of management
effectiveness is the health, fitness and
wellbeing of each workgroup - along with
absenteeism, presenteeism, workers compensation
and retention. |
THE SNAP SHOT
Here's a snap-shot of some of the results gathered
from successful corporate wellbeing programs over the last 20 years.
Miller Health - September 2007 Health Climate Survey on the health, fitness and wellbeing
status of 956 employees from 20 corporate organisations.
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Percentage of people experiencing discomfort |
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Musculo-skeletal dysfunction
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55 |
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Low level of aerobic
fitness
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48 |
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Lack of energy
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45 |
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Poor sleep
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43 |
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Overweight
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42 |
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Anxious |
31 |
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Wrong job |
30 |
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Under appreciated at work |
29 |
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Snoring |
28 |
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Insecure |
27 |
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Headaches |
24 |
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Crook gut |
23 |
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Under appreciated at home |
20 |
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Based on this survey we uncovered the following
high and positive
correlations.
Lack of energy
- poor sleep
- musculo-skeletal dysfunction
- low level of aerobic fitness
- anxious about life
- insecure and/or apprehensive about life
Obesity
- Snoring and sleep apnoea
- low level of aerobic fitness
Under-appreciated at work
- in the wrong job
Unhappy family life
- sad and depressed
Canada Life Survey - based on 200 random fitness centre participants.
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84% reported significantly better health |
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9% reported lower
stress 74% reported better self image |
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63% reported
better work attitude |
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54% reported
weight loss 7% rise in productivity |
Absenteeism
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People's Credit Jewelers dropped 23% |
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Goodyear Tyres in Sweden, 50% less |
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Dallas Police Force, 29% less |
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Metropolitan Life Insurance, 47% decrease |
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New York State Education Department, 40% decrease in
sick leave. |
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Dallas Police Force cut sick leave and reduced incidence of
low back
problems after 6 month fitness program. |
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Johnson & Johnson
decrease in sick day |
Productivity
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Dallas Police Force noted a 39% increase in officer
commendations after
a 6 month fitness program |
Back dysfunction
Contributing factors include poor posture, obesity, lack of physical fitness
and faulty technique. The prophylactic importance of good muscle condition
is suggested by that fact that injuries are most common in industries where
lifting is not a regular occurrence.
1986 'Fitness and Health in Industry', in
Journal of
Medicine and Sport Science, Vol 21.
Obesity, ill-health and days away from work
According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
(AIHW) obesity can place undue strain on the heart, joints
and spine, increase the risk of high blood pressure, type 2
diabetes and other conditions, and may contribute to workplace
absenteeism .
Obesity and workplace absenteeism among older Australians
examines the relationship between obesity and workplace
absenteeism in almost 10,000 employed men and women, using data
from Australia's 2001 National Health Survey.
The analysis indicates that in general obese workers are more
likely to be absent from work due to personal illness or injury
than non-obese workers, and for a longer time when they are.
Obese employees were 17% more likely than non-obese employees to
have been absent from work as a result of illness or injury at
least one day during the two weeks prior to being interviewed.
Of people who missed work for these reasons, obese employees
tended to have more days off than non-obese employees - four
days compared to three days.
Mental health
Claxton et al.
found that absenteeism increased in
each of the 6 months before a depression
diagnosis and then decreased in
each of the 6 months after the onset
of drug treatment for depression. In
an earlier analysis, Rizzo et al. (9) used
National Medical Expenditure Survey
data and showed that treatment
for hypertension, heart disease, and
depression led to substantial reductions
in absenteeism-related expenditures.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine
2003; 45: 11831195
Poor mental health increases absenteeism by 50%
(Serxner et.
al., JOEM, 43(4), 2001)
Workers compensation
Workers Compensation costs for high risk
employees are 12 times greater than those of low
risk employees
(Musich et. al. JOEM, June 2001,
534-541)
Health and Productivity
A study of 35 employers by the Institute for Health and
Productivity Management
showed a correlation
between medical expenditures and
absenteeism and presenteeism for
musculoskeletal, mental health, respiratory,
and gastrointestinal health
problems.
Journal of Occupational and Environmental
Medicine
2003; 45: 11831195
Workplace health and work
performance
Literature review of 152 studies, world-wide by Monash
University.
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UNHEALTHY |
HEALTHY |
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18 days annual sick leave
49 effective hours worked/month
High fat dies
Low energy levels
Poor concentration
Poor sleep
Poor stress management
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2days annual sick leave
143 effective hours worked/month
Healthy diet
Fit,
Energetic and alert
More attentive at work
Better sleep
More resilient
Close to idea weight.
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Medibank Private
Health profile of corporate Australia- 3620 employees
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10% are completely inactive |
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53% of workforce is stressed |
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40% engage in only minimal exercise |
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62% are overweight |
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56% report not getting enough sleep |
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28% clinically obese as defined by WHO |
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46% live on high fat diets |
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21% have experienced a medical condition in the last 12
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12% of the 21% have reported being depressed |
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22% report feeling exhausted at work |
Employees with poor overall health are nine
times more likely to have sick days compared to healthy
employees. This is 18 days a year compared with 2 days a year.
The major contributors to absenteeism are
smoking
drinking
inactivity
excess weight.
Summex corporate
health management organisation (USA)
Effectiveness of corporate health programs
based on 42 studies involving over 500,000 employees.
28% reduction in sick leave
26% reduction in health costs
Cost/Benefit Ratio $1 spent saves $5.63
Summex said it has helped various clients
achieve such results as a
50 percent reduction in the growth of
health-care costs
29 percent rate of smokers who quit
41 percent decrease in missed work days
20 percent improvement in the wellness
scores of the highest health risk
employees.
RETURN ON INVESTMENT
Summex:
Cost/Benefit Ratio $1 spent saves $5.63
PepsiCo:
Wellness Program 300% return on investment"
Dupont had a
return on investment of $2.05 for every $1.00 invested in its employee
wellness program
Bank of America
return on investment $6 for every $1 spent on its health promotion program
Boral Bwell
Program return on investment $3.8 for every $1 spent and improving
Treasury Corporation Australia:
Reduced Absenteeism by 20%. Improved Staff Retention. Return on
investment estimated $15 for
every $1 spent.
AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND WELLBEING AWARDS 2007
The overall winner of the Health and Wellbeing Award was Greenslopes
Private Hospitals Club Wellness, members having a 24.8% lower
rate of absenteeism.
Their
range of policies, benefits and initiatives include
facilities such as an on-site childcare centre, state-of-the-art
Wellness Centre and on-site gymnasium; the incorporation of workload
management strategies as part of the GPH Strategic Plan; tailored
flexible work arrangements; a Wellness Ambassador Network; and 87.5%
of management participation in their wellness program.
Flight Centre
has seen a 26% decrease in sick days - a saving of more than
$500,000. Their unique Health and Wellness Index Reports compare
individual wellness KPIs to profitability and productivity. Recent
results have shown that the State with the highest health and
wellness indicator also has the best staff retention and highest
increase on budget profit!
City of
Brisbane's Well 4 Life Program with a
dedicated Wellness Centre,
which is a fully equipped gymnasium facility. Here professionally
trained consultants deliver up to 26 classes a week and conduct
personalised fitness assessments. The Recreational Fund enables
employees to participate in self-nominated activities such as rock
climbing and also Corporate Run programs such as Bridge to Brisbane
fun run. Their
extensive flexible work and leave options include fourteen weeks
paid maternity, paternity and adoption leave as well as cultural and
ceremonial leave.
The City of
Playfords building facilities providing fresh air recycling,
interface between indoor and outdoor areas, large cafι areas for
informal meetings, breast feeding facilities and ergonomically
designed work stations. One outcome of the building design has been
the growth of community between the inside and outside staff. Their
Healthy Lifestyle Program provides skin screening and tests for
nutrition, cardiovascular disease, waist to hip ratio, vision and
stress to name a few.
The City of
Melbournes Leap into Life program provides monthly forums and
consultations on topics such as sleep awareness, managing grief,
bone density testing, gender health, cancer awareness, financial
management and healthy cooking. They also provide fresh fruit
deliveries, medical rebates, day spa vouchers and classes in boxing,
pilates, yoga, meditation and tai chi.
In the mean time stay tuned, highly tuned and give yourself a
pat on the head and a bag of lollies if your organisation's absenteeism
rate is less than 4 days off per person per year and your workers
compensation insurance premiums are less than $800 per person. In fact
give everyone a pat on the head and a bag of lollies.
Regards
John
Miller
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