PERSONAL TRAINER FOR YOUR COMPANY
Unless you are running your company yourself, your business success is largely due to the employees you entrust to implement your vision. Thus, their physical and mental well being are essential. This may have motivated you to install a gym or designate a workout area on-site. (If you haven't set aside such an area you should consider it, will explain as we go) Your employees could relieve stress, keep in shape, become more productive and feel good about their boss' concern and generosity. If the goals for gym usage are being met, I'm sure your business is doing well. But if participation is low (its not your fault, will explain later) you may consider adding the availability of a personal trainer. This augments and personalizes your commitment to their health. An investment in a personal trainer is relatively low and, again, shows your concern especially if your employees are limited by decreased room for advancement or relatively set earning levels.
Health related absenteeism and presenteeism (workers who show up but aren't well-40% women, 30% men) substantially cost your company in lost production, lost production, medical costs and workers compensation payouts.
THE PRICE
(For California businesses)
*Lost production $11.2 billion
*Medical costs $10.2 billion
*Workers comp payouts
$338 billion
Do you know how many hours your employees lose a year to absenteeism and presenteeism? The average US worker loses 115 hours annually (5% of 2000 hours). 20-35% of employees account for 70-80% of the time lost. The majority of those employees are sedentary. Sedentary employees are absent 3 times more than physically active employees.