Workplace Design With Wellness in Mind If, as the saying goes, we are products of our environment, then it stands to reason that an office setting can largely influence a worker’s health, productivity and well-being. Designing a workplace that lends itself to optimal performance goes far beyond providing each employee
Does your gym run hot and cold? Perhaps your fitness center turned up the heat years ago with a sauna, hot tub and, maybe even more recently, hot yoga. The benefits of heat therapy are far-reaching and numerous: increased blood flow and circulation; looser muscles; better sleep; stress management; and
Amenities That Work in Today’s Office Environment These days, the sky’s the limit for office amenities – a phrase that rings especially true in workplaces where rock-climbing walls allow employees to reach new heights, literally. To draw more bodies back into buildings, landlords and employers are going to great lengths
Do You Need a Mental Health Day? When it comes to mental health days, maybe, like Nike, we should all just do it. Granted, not every business has the luxury of closing for a week at a time to allow their employees to rest and recover, but perhaps it’s appropriate
How Financial Health Factors Into Employee Wellness We know all too well the role diet and exercise play in health and wellness, but let’s not forget that money matters too. Because there’s no greater stress or drain on quality of life than struggling to manage bills and expenses, pay debts,
Wide Open Spaces Gain Ground in the Gym If you’re striving to increase usage of your fitness center, it might be time to clear out some equipment. Sound counterintuitive? It’s really not. Because with exercise looking different for many gym goers these days, fitness facilities now find that they can
Wellness at Work Is on the Rise In what comes as no surprise to us here at Aquila, “workplace wellness” is poised to gain some serious ground this year. No longer just a buzzword, it’s become a normal part of doing business.But don’t just take our word for it. The American College
Help Your Employees Get A-OK With AI Looking for real results in corporate wellness? Perhaps it’s time to try artificial intelligence (AI). AI is computer technology that mimics human thinking and capabilities. And as the AI industry grows, so does the complexity of “thinking” by these machines. Suffice it to
Smart Use of Fitness Trackers in a Wellness Setting With nearly one-third of Americans sporting a wearable device to monitor steps, sleep, heart rate and more, club operators and corporate wellness programmers have a treasure trove of information at their disposal to better serve their members and participants. The landscape
How Suite It Is: Chief Wellness Officer Coming to a Company Near You The emergence of the Chief Wellness/Well-Being Officer role signals a serious and growing commitment to workplace health beyond the reach of an HR department. What began as an effort to stymy burnout among health care workers is
