Comments on: Encouraging better health in employees at a small business http://www.startupnation.com/business-blogs/index.php/2008/06/20/encouraging-better-health-in-employees-at-a-small-business/ By entrepreneurs. For entrepreneurs. Sat, 18 May 2013 17:29:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: B Smith @ Wealth and Wisdom http://www.startupnation.com/business-blogs/index.php/2008/06/20/encouraging-better-health-in-employees-at-a-small-business/#comment-3897 B Smith @ Wealth and Wisdom Sat, 21 Jun 2008 22:36:31 +0000 http://www.startupnation.com/blogs/?p=3909#comment-3897 Health and wellness is so important for a small business. The health care costs are already a burden, and reducing this can have a major impact on the bottom line. Also look at the impact it has on the employees. Morale, productivity, and overall well being all improve. I like the bottoms up approach, but we need to keep in mind that we are leaders for a reason. Work with your team and determine what will be best for them. Wrap your program around this. This approach is similar to a customer approach for your company. Find a niche, identify it's needs, develop products/services to fill those needs, and focus your entire company on the customer. Health and wellness is so important for a small business. The health care costs are already a burden, and reducing this can have a major impact on the bottom line. Also look at the impact it has on the employees. Morale, productivity, and overall well being all improve.

I like the bottoms up approach, but we need to keep in mind that we are leaders for a reason. Work with your team and determine what will be best for them. Wrap your program around this.

This approach is similar to a customer approach for your company. Find a niche, identify it’s needs, develop products/services to fill those needs, and focus your entire company on the customer.

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