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To a large extent,
the future of Healthy
Companies depends
on well-trained, motivated,
and healthy personnel
G u e s t c o l u m n
Healthy companies go beyond this and
promote a change of attitude in their em-
ployees, motivating them to improve their
health and creating the right environment
so that they may achieve this.
Achieving this change in attitude and mo-
tivating employees while providing them
with the means required for living a healthy
life implies that it is necessary to design
cross-cutting strategies involving different
departments within the company. This stra-
tegy should include awareness-building
measures, information, and specific action
proposals.
Spanish companies currently implement
very diverse lines of action. Their initiatives
can be grouped into three basic pillars: pro-
moting health, sports activities, and good
eating habits. A company’s strategy should
also contemplate different initiatives to
bolster each of these pillars in a balanced
way. Without a doubt, healthy employees
and productivity are interlinked: on one
part, absenteeism is reduced significantly,
the work environment improves; and, most
importantly it reaffirms employees’ com-
mitment, loyalty, and involvement with the
company’s objectives.
Therefore, health, safety, and well-being at
work are essential for all of us and our fami-
lies and also for the company’s productivity,
competitiveness, and sustainability.