A fitness program as a motivational element for employees

The most assets for any firm are the employees and the ultimate goal for the employers is to help employees to reach their maximum productivity levels. In-order for this to happen, the employees have to be at their best when it comes to their health and that is why I choose the implementation of a fitness program as my employee motivation element. Exercise helps in supporting optimal weight gain and an overall better health for individuals (Health Fitness Revolution, 2017). Creating a fitness program will be beneficial for the company because it will encourage the employees to reach their full potential.

The fitness program

I will create a program whereby I will seek the services of one gym facility where the employees can go to exercise at any time that they want. The employees will each be provided with a valid gym card that will enable access the services of that gym facility which I believe will greatly help them to improve their wellness. I understand the need for good relations among the employees and I believe that the best place for employees to interact freely is outside the work premises. I will make arrangements to ensure that every two departments for instance the sales and the marketing departments are combined on various days of the weeks to go to the gym for fitness exercise. By doing this, it will ensure that the employees in various departments get to mingle and interact which will help create good relationships between the departments. I also believe that this interaction will create room for new ideas that can help the operations of the company to be generated hence improving the overall functioning of the company.

Advantages of the program to both the employees and the employer

There are very many advantages to encouraging fitness for the employees. Individual that exercise frequently stay home from work as compared to the individual that do not bother to take part in any form of exercise (Health Fitness Revolution, 2017). A fitness program for employees within the company will ensure that that the employees will less likely use their off days which will contribute more to overall productivity. This helps to reduce the hassles of always trying to find replacements at the last minute which affects productivity for the business.

Chignell (2018) illustrate that fitness helps in promoting self confidence among individuals, exercise will help give the employees that they are on the right track in their work roles. This helps in creating self-confidence for the employees and it motivates them to set higher goals and always strive for excellence which benefits both the company and the employees in the overall.

Exercising promotes better blood circulation within the body especially in the brain thus creating more energy for an individual. Exercising also plays a great role in changing people’s moods which will helps enlighten the moods of the employees thus shaping them to be better employees because they are more balanced both physically and psychologically (Chignell, 2018).  A fitness program will help give the employees more energy and it allows them to be more focused and alert which promotes goal achievement with the company.

I believe that fitness program is the best motivational element that would best work for an organization. A fitness program is something that will require commitment and goal setting in order for it to be successful. This will create a culture of discipline, unity, commitment and hard work within the company which will help promote success for the company and also help improve healthcare for the employees.

 

References

Chignell, B. (2018, September 10). Four ways exercise benefits you at work. Retrieved from

            https://www.ciphr.com/advice/promote-exercise/

 

Health Fitness Revolution. (2017, October 26). Top 10 Benefits of a Workplace Wellness

Program. Retrieved from http://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com/top-10-benefits-of-a-workplace-wellness-program/