Workplace Wellness: An Essential Healthy Workplace Guide

Workplace Wellness-The Essential Healthy Workplace Guide Workplace Wellness gives a powerful insight into why institutions need to adopt a mentally healthy workplace, because many global work-forces are becoming ’sick whilst at work’. Here, the author explores the latest ‘global survey statistics'and ‘high-end scholar reports’ in order to find out the major influences and contributing factors as to ‘why’. If you consider one alarming fact alone; that nearly ‘3 Million people’ will die annually from an illness or disease caused through their on the job conditions or their job roles. Needless to say, many family members or close friends will also suffer the trauma too. Stevie has presented the book chapters into two main areas. Firstly, six chapters will look into the extent of the problem and present the statistical facts about workplace illness & disease. Before moving into the ever-pressing issues of Workplace Violence & Bullying, Workplace Stress, Workplace Depression, Workplace Toxic Exposures, and Workplace Eating Habits. The second area of focus, will be predominant in what institutions can do to reduce the impact and become a healthier workplace. Here three chapters are presented on making the case for Workplace Health Promotion,in terms of a cost-benefit analysis followed by a free how-to-guide on how to implement a Health & Well-being Program. The final chapter discusses a variety of well-proven and effective Workplace Wellness strategies and program ideas.

As the author, Stevie brings to light over ten years experience working in the corporate sector, specifically in the areas of HR and Occupational Health and Safety. His tenures have included various roles from advisory, education and training and in management.This experience extends to chairing many organizational health and safety committees, and acted as executive secretary for the Safety Institute of Australia in a voluntary capacity. He as attained a Bachelor of Health Science and an MBA from the Graduate School of Management. He has four children, whom he loves very much and enjoys researching, hiking, fishing and experiencing the many beach sunsets at his home base in Perth, West Australia. He also enjoys meditation and having precious moments just to be still.