Corporate Wellness - The Work/Life Balance Revolution

Laura Rosadoni

"If an employee has a problem the company has a problem..."

Modern life together with all its "luxuries" is imposing more expectations and demands on people than ever before. With ongoing development and continual changes in society�s standards, companies, professionals and employees to are forced to continuously readjust.

Repeated & rapid change at work and at home can escalate uncertainty and feelings of powerlessness. These changes bring with them new challenges that bring increasing loads of stress. This "new" form of stress is termed "technological stress" and if not dealt effectively and with "new" approaches it will eventually lead to lack of vitality, mental fatigue burnouts and possibly even disease. In company terms this can result in increased absenteeism, lower turnover, lower productivity, job-related accidents, workers compensation claims, higher health insurance premium and increases medical expenses. But behold it is not only the workers and the companies that are feeling this pressure but also the consumers, who often unaware of those changes, are given the added stresses to deal with.

Unfortunately, the more 'civilized' we become the more we have to contain ourselves, the more we have to contain ourselves the more repressed we become, and the more repressed we become the more likely it becomes that we will develop anxieties and stresses with all the diseases that follow.