For decades the keynote speakers at corporate events limited their remarks to topics that would directly impact productivity.
They might talk about career advancement, problem solving, goal setting or leadership skills–things that would be used the next time their audience set foot in the office.
But as cultural awareness of the importance of health and wellness has grown, so has the awareness that wellness does, in fact, have a direct influence on workplace productivity.
And conversely, poor health has diverse and widespread negative impacts on the workforce.
With this growing awareness has come a greater effort by the leaders of organizations to create wellness incentives, motivating employees to pursue better lifestyle choices that would lead to better health.
But some employees, for a variety of reasons, experience a degree of health inertia. They feel that their health is their own business, and their efforts to improve it in the past have led to little or no change. These employees often have a hard time participating in these initiatives.
How can this kind of inertia be overcome? One way is to hold a wellness-focused corporate event, and choose from the best of healthcare keynote speakers to give the main address.
A great keynote speaker, such as a doctor with years of experience helping hardworking professionals with their gut health, can reframe wellness from something nebulous and elusive to a series of simple steps toward better health.
Wellness Equates to Productivity
The data is in and the numbers don’t lie. People with better gut health have better focus, drive and mood; they are more likely to enjoy their work, to get along with fellow employees, and to be capable of staying on task until the job is done.
They may also have better problem solving abilities, be better at setting and achieving goals, and be more inclined to encourage and help other members of their teams.
And many chronic diseases–a growing cause of absenteeism in the workplace–can be halted or even reversed with simple lifestyle changes.
Making Wellness Accessible
To an educated mind, the above points all seem fairly self-explanatory. The real question is how to motivate employees to pursue these outcomes.
This is where a great keynote speaker comes in.
Their expertise in their field, combined with an engaging style of communication and plenty of research-backed practical know-how, will plant excitement in the hearts of all listeners–even those who consider themselves a lost cause.
Health is, after all, a combination of many small factors. Altering these factors alters health, and even the smallest step–the smallest change in dietary habits, or adding some more steps to one’s daily walk–can, over time, create noticeable positive change.
Because companies are becoming more cognizant of the importance of wellness for employee performance, and at the same time are recognizing the challenges inherent in attempting to motivate employees to change their health habits, a keynote speaker who specializes in workplace wellness is quickly becoming recognized as a resource that should be utilized.
