The benefits of hiring a wellbeing speaker

When looking into boosting morale and engagement among your staff, you may not have previously considered hiring a wellbeing speaker.

But doing so can make a significant difference in terms of enhancing your teams’ overall health and wellbeing.

In terms of educating employees about the key importance of mental and physical health, a motivational speaker specialising in these areas will address a raft of common concerns, from stress and burnout to the impact that work can have on the way they feel.

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What do they do?

This kind of speaker essentially provides workshops and presentations to promote physical, mental and emotional health in a workplace context, to enhance both individual and organisational performance.

As well as raising awareness of relevant issues, wellbeing speakers help promote a positive company-wide structure, typically by sharing their own experiences and inspirational stories. This creates an understanding environment in which people are comfortable talking about the challenges they face at work and outside, and don’t feel embarrassed to seek help.

This way, the lingering stigma which can sometimes still surround mental health issues is broken down. Employees prioritise their wellbeing, and so feel able to ask for support without worrying that they may be judged. They’ll feel motivated to take positive action for their mental and physical health, and to seek out a more satisfying work-life balance, with better resilience to face the setbacks and challenges we all encounter daily in our working and personal lives.

Practical skills and techniques a wellbeing speaker might cover range from stress to time management, mindfulness and breathing.

The cost benefit rewards employers can reap

There are many ways in which investing in this kind of motivational speaker can pay for itself several times over:

Reducing absenteeism: Look forward to a healthier workforce taking fewer sick days, reduced healthcare costs and better staff retention. This can help you make significant savings, for example in terms of the cost of staff turnover and recruiting new team members.
Easier to attract new workers: When you have a strong company culture in which people are loyal to their employer, you not only keep existing employees for longer – you’ll find it easier to attract new team members when you need them. You’ll be able to present yourself to potential new recruits and, for example, when bidding to clients for new work, as an organisation which promotes wellbeing, so you’ll also enjoy the indirect cost benefits of this great PR.
A happier workforce is more productive: It’s well known that healthier, happier teams do more work and to a higher standard. This greater productivity can only have a positive impact on your bottom line.

So while of course looking after staff wellbeing is always the right thing to do, you may be surprised at the effect it can also have on your profits at the same time. Consider hiring one so that employees become more productive, focused and engaged at your business.

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