A new year presents the perfect
opportunity to make changes in your workplace to improve the
productivity, wellbeing and performance of your employees. One of
the most effective ways to do this is to boost the healthiness of
your workplace.

A healthier work place will be much
more productive than an unhealthier one, with employees taking less
days off for sickness and illness. With that in mind, here are 5
tips that you can take to improve the healthiness of your
workplace.

1. Lead by example

The best way to support changes you
make in your workplace is to lead by example- live a healthier life
yourself. Some simple measures you can take to improve the
healthiness of your lifestyle include improving the amount of
exercise you take, stopping smoking and reducing your alcohol
intake. Leading by example will help to encourage your employees to
take steps to improve the healthiness of their own
lives.

2. Get a fruit
box!

Experts recommend that we should eat
at least 5 pieces of fruit and vegetables a day as part of a
healthy diet. Investing in a weekly (or even daily) communal fruit
box is a great way to boost the vitamins and minerals that your
employees consume in a day and make your workplace healthier
overall.

3. Invest in some office
plants

Even if you don't think that plants
are very interesting, it's undeniable that plants can help to make
a bland space feel much more organic and human. This can have the
added benefit of improving the mental health and wellbeing of your
employees.

4. Consider sponsoring gym
membership for your employees

Offering a gym membership (or
subsidising the cost of one) can be a good way to encourage your
employees to get active and burn some calories- especially
important when you consider the fact that most roles around the
office require us to sit for long periods of time. Exercise
improves the immune system and general health of the body, as well
as releasing mood-boosting endorphins.

5. Ditch the chocolate and
crisps in the vending machine

It goes without saying that paying
attention close attention to our diets and what we eat is a good
way to stay on top of our health. Vending machines are a great
invention when it comes to quieting the mid-morning or afternoon
hunger pangs but they are often filled with very unhealthy options,
like chocolate bars and crisps.

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