Wellness days...
What is the reward for not taking any days sick? I was thinking about this the other day when a number of colleagues phoned in sick because they felt unappreciated and wanted a day off without affecting their holiday entitlement. I thought to myself that is interesting... People are using sick days to have time out. In Australia they have duvet days, days where employees just want to be at home chilling because they don't want to come into work. So with many parts of corporate culture there seems to be more focus on the negative rather than the positive. So where is the reward in being well other than actually feeling healthy?
That evening, whilst out rowing, the wellness day popped into my head again. I realised that I have an excellent diet, feel well, do exercise and work for a company that does not recognise that maybe well people should be rewarded for their optimism, their happiness and their capacity to work consistently. Happy and well people are productive, have more ideas and contribute with enthusiasm. Yet there is more focus on the fact that people are unwell and need to be fixed. In my own wonderful bubble I built a corporation where wellness, positivity and concentrated focus were recognised and illness was accepted. I thought what would I do to motivate people to be well, genuinely well. I decided that if I had the chance I would create wellness days where those who have been well get rewarded with a day off every six months, are provided with a nice hotel stay or spa or whatever it is that floats their wellness boat.
You see in my mind, and you can correct me if I am wrong, people who are happy do not seem to get ill. They do not bring others down, instead they make the choice to be happy each day. They choose their response to circumstances and have a way of lifting other people's energy. They have an abundance of energy because they are happy - they are known as the 2%. So why can't we reward these people for the joy they bring and the work they do? Is being happy the reward in itself? Anyway I feel that large corporations should consider wellness days and now I have come up with happiness days. Days where we focus on happiness. That way there will be more positive enthusiasm rather than eye rolling combined with yawns. People would enjoy their work more and be more productive. Me and idealist - erm yes!
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