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Sunday, January 1, 2012

January 2012 Employee Wellness Moments!




Physical



Environment



Start logging your team’s casual walking



Consider carpooling



Design and share step-by-step benchmarks for your fitness goals



Check your winter safety supplies



Write down the purpose of each type of exercise program that you are attending



As a group review the CDC hand washing guide for long-term care



Make a list of what motivates you to workout and stay fit



Wash down common surfaces and community supply stations



Have a plan for missed workout sessions



Check your emergency contact numbers for changes



Social



Spiritual



Have a re-gifting party for charity of unwanted gifts that you received this or other holiday seasons



As a team determine what part of your job function contributes to the overall spiritual wellness of your organization



Innovation skyrockets with great teams! Start 2012 with ways that your team can become more trusting and supportive.



As a team identify employee funds or service projects in which you can contribute your time or loose change



Start an information preservation email system for employees who cannot attend lunch and learn programs to reduce miscommunication and improve social interaction



As a team expand your consciousness and education concerning the organizational core values (i.e. what is reverence, stewardship, and service, and what or who determines the boundaries of each)



Have a job intersection meeting to view overlapping and interlocking processes to build awareness and team trust



Find time to share one moment each day that brought you peace and happiness with your team



Have regular resilience celebrations to go over recent triumphs over setbacks



Make it a point to support a team member who has had a rough work week.



Nutritional



Occupational



Have a healthy Bento box lunch contest



Review incidents from 2011 and make sure processes are in place to avoid repeated mishaps



Form a social soup club: exchange recipes or bring in samples



Look at all new job assignments and make sure that all safety equipment is in place



Together, highlight how your work environment positively influences you nutritional choices



Review all skill sets requirements and make sure that staff has an opportunity to demonstrate their abilities for daily tasks



Track how many days a month that your department poses a ban on candy and cookies



Together examine one process a month and determine if it can be made more efficient or safe



Make a chart of calories normally expended by certain job classifications



Check the status of your Vital Life Wellness programming and determine what needs updating or changed to reflect this year’s departmental culture



Intellectual



Emotional



As a team look back at the things that you learned in 2011



Walking is a good way to relieve stress. Walk as a team or as individuals and share the success of your accumulated miles



Keep Sudoku and minute puzzles available for office breaks



As a team learn how to manage success instead of stressing over maintaining impossible expectations



Provide a college homework corner where students can share difficult problems with others



Write down gratitude moments and post in office areas or gathering spots



Provide a Quest-a-Step box where staff can question processes and/or offer valid solutions



Celebrate work anniversaries together



Build an idea bar for group collaboration and research



Take mini-vacation moments by sharing family pictures or past vacations


The employee wellness ideas listed above are low cost/no cost activities that you and your employees can mix or match with previously submitted wellness ideas. These ideas can be used to create wellness moments that focus on the eight dimensions of wellness to enhance your Vital Life Community!

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