Media Release – Post Program Coaching Solution
MEDIA RELEASE Pro-Fit Corporate Health Launches Post Program Coaching Solution To Help Employers optimise participant adherence to Staff Health Programs. Canberra, ACT, March 22nd, 2016 Pro-Fit Corporate Health today announced the launch of their new health Coaching Streams, a ‘post health check’ behavior change program that helps participants of Organisation…
Health starts with sleep!
Without a doubt, poor sleep has become one of the executive epidemics of our time. In fact, the data we collect on our clients indicates that over 60% of the senior executives we work with get 6 or less hours of sleep on the average work night. While some feel…
The Power of a Walk
The inundation of wearable fitness technology has focused primarily on the measurement of your daily step count, although at Pro-Fit we want you to think different. It’s what happens in those ‘10,000’ steps that we find fascinating. At a Functioning level, most of our clients are well aware of the importance…
Health as an Economic Strategy
The cost of health is less than the cost of disease – Although some organisations continue on spending more money to pull people out of the river, rather than spending proactively up stream to stop people falling in the river in the first place. Preventing absenteeism, illness, injury and disease,…
TOGETHER. SHAPING HEALTHIER WORKPLACE CULTURE
We are 2 months into the year already and the research would suggest that most people have already ‘done-away’ with their well intentioned new year’s resolutions. This got us thinking. What if your workplace, your social committee, your HR, Wellbeing or People Branch made it EASIER, rather than HARDER, for…
Vitamin D, Melanomas and the Sun
Each summer the media, dermatologists and cancer councils tell us to be careful and diligent when it comes to spending time in the sun. We are warned that ultra violet rays (UVR) are extremely dangerous; therefore the message to avoid the sun between the hours of 10am and 2pm and…
SHARPEN YOUR BRAIN
The drug for a high performing brain is out there, it just doesn’t look like what you want it to. I’ve had an interesting couple of months recently. In my time consulting for an International High Performance firm in the US, it has dawned on me just how many Australian…
Killing You Softly!
Watch out! You have something under your backside that is going to kill you…. very very slowly! The majority of research coming out of Australia and the US reveals that we are now sitting for approximately 9.4 hours per day…which is 2 hours greater than the average person sleeps per…
Power Napping 101
We all have times during the day where we feel tired and start to lose focus – we call it our daily pulse. Rather than reach for the nearest caffeinated or sugary quick fix, why not try a quick power-nap? While we can’t make up for lost sleep, taking a quick…
Healthy staff are 3 times more productive!
If you are a business owner or manager then I’m sure you’ve come across US articles that suggest you receive a $3-$6 return on every dollar invested in an employee health program. But you may be unaware of some recent research that was conducted in our own backyard. A study…