Workplace Wellness Program Development

Enhanced Wellness @ Work

Workplace wellness enhancement programs emphasize a proactive, holistic approach to workplace wellness. The program begins with an organizational needs assessment. Your wellness program is then developed through a consultative process. Organization receive additional technical assistance to implement and monitor their unique wellness initiatives for optimal effectiveness.

Typical components of a comprehensive wellness program include analysis of the organization’s approach to implementing and managing employee work-life balance policies and procedures. Accompanying stress management training plus mentor coaching supports employee lifestyle changes.

These strategies have been found to be effective in reducing organizational health costs, increasing organizational and work team cohesion and improving health outcomes for individual workers.

Mitigating Job-Related Stress

Most employers understand the hidden costs of employee stress overload: decreased productivity, interpersonal conflict, sick leave and long-term disability. Addressing job-related stress issues before they become debilitating is a sound investment.

As a Certified Stress & Wellness Consultant through the Canadian Institute of Stress, Kathleen Johnston is able to administer a renowned research-based stress assessment for individuals. She then helps you implement strategies and programs that will make a world of difference in employee coping ability. 

Are you interested in mitigating the effects of job-related stress within your organization? Our tailored programs, workshops, and training sessions are developed with you and your employees in mind. Your employees will benefit with an increase in stress resiliency and higher levels of engagement at work. Employee wellness programs pay for themselves through reduced absenteeism and increased productivity.

Burnout Prevention

Maslach and Leiter, key researchers on the topic of burnout, state: 

"Burnout is the biggest occupational hazard of the 21st century. It’s a phenomenon that has been increasing everywhere…growing like a virus."

That’s the bad news. The good news is that burnout is both preventable and reversible.

Employees who are burned out are not just having a bad day or feeling blue. Burnout is the state of no longer being able to connect with one’s work. The person who feels burned out has extremely low energy, very little enthusiasm, and diminished confidence. Burnout is accompanied by physical and mental health deterioration. Missed work days due to illness often become the norm.

Kathleen Johnston offers Burnout Prevention consulting services for organizations, along with customized workshops and training programs designed to address specfic issues.

Please contact Kathleen to explore the benefits of a consultative organization wellness program.