Health and wellbeing: 4 ways to boost productivity and performance

By Jevita Nilson

The economic burden of Australia’s obesity epidemic is well known to most, with recent studies putting the cost of caring for overweight and obese Australians at $56 billion per year¹.

But it’s not just the tax-paying public who are crumbling under this ever-increasing load – Australian businesses are also suffering as the health problems of our nation significantly decrease employee productivity.

Businesses recognise the link between poor employee health, absenteeism and productivity; although many are unaware of the significant impact ‘presenteeism’ can have on their workplace.

Is your organisation social media proof?

By Jevita Derby

INTRODUCTION

Embracing social media can have a variety of benefits for organisations (see our article “Using social media to enhance your recruitment process”), but social media also has many inherent risks associated with it. Organisations must be proactive in their management of this dynamic technology in order to mitigate the risks and harness the technology to gain a competitive advantage.

This article outlines the risks that social media creates for organisations and what organisations can do to moderate these risks.