methodology? One of the most effective
ways to understand and collect employee
opinions regarding their benefits is through
the development of an organizational or
employee opinion survey.
Once you have determined the
different benefit packages that are available and what your competitors are doing,
you can use this information to form
the basis of a survey and find out what
employee preferences are, which packages
are most appreciated, or what you may
want to consider doing differently. It is
also a way to increase employee engagement and involvement. However, be sure
to implement the suggested changes
and feedback that you received in the
employee survey, or your employees may
be less encouraged to provide suggestions
and feedback going forward.
3. Partner with local businesses to
promote employee well-being
Consider additional ways to promote
the health and well-being of your
employees. One option is to partner
with local businesses to bring an exciting
agenda of positive health and fitness
messages, education, and initiatives into
your workplace and share the same with
others.
How this works is pretty simple on
the surface. You pinpoint companies operating in your local area, and get in touch
to invite them to share taster sessions with
your members of staff and vice versa, for
mutual benefit. They get to increase the
awareness of their services, as do you, and
build connections with those who are
interested. At the same time, you get the
opportunity to create an exciting program
of events.
However, you will need to get some
strong foundations in place if you want to
make sure that it’s a success. So remember
to do your due diligence when it comes
to choosing who to work with. You want
experts who know their stuff sharing their
advice. Messages around moderation,
eating real, whole foods, moving more and
making sustainable long-term lifestyle
changes are the ones that you should
gravitate toward. Businesses that promote
crash diets or living on packaged shakes
should be avoided.
The above strategies can be a great
kick-start to offering an attractive benefits
package without breaking the bank.
Remember that your benefits solutions
should be tailored to your organization
and company needs. For the best results,
think about your wider policies and procedures, and the overall workplace culture. It
might be the case that there are big issues
at play that you need to tackle first, such
as a trend amongst your managers for
requiring staff to work long shifts without
a break. You can’t fix everything at once,
but be sure to take a holistic approach! G
Lynda Zugec is managing director of
The Workforce Consultants,
www.TheWorkforceConsultants.com,
a network of human resource professionals and industrial-organizational
psychologists. The network of experts
provides businesses with human
resources solutions and assists organizations in advancing their human
resource strategies.
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