THE Wellness Institute of Zimbabwe (WIZ), a global resource hub for matters pertaining to good health, has launched a campaign to encourage industry leaders to embrace wellness matters among their employees as it helps in improving work production.
This comes at a time mental health, social re-engineering and psychological support remain a limited area for concern in some Zimbabwean corporates and Africa at large.
Speaking at a Press conference in Harare on Tuesday, WIZ administrator Ropafadzo Gloria Sibanda said there is a need to foster commitment from corporate leaders to embrace and promote the wellbeing of their workforce.
"It is high time organisations realize that wellness is not solitary, but a virtuous cycle that transforms lives beyond the cubicle. Wellness impacts on the performance of employees.
"Health in the workplace goes beyond the absence of illness. It encompasses mental well-being, ergonomic practices and a culture that promotes a balance between work and life. A healthy workplace is the backbone of a thriving organisation," she said.
Sibanda added that an average adult has various economic related engagements, including work, which may lead to stress, fatigue and the need for work-life balance.
"Employees are affected socially, financially, emotionally, physically (and) intellectually, these areas remain neglected in the workspace yet they have proven to affect the productivity of employees.
"Everyday we step into our workplaces with a responsibility, a responsibility to return home in good condition (emotionally, physically, financially and even spiritually). Responsibility is a collective effort that begins with leaders and extends to the entire organisation," she added.
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WIZ is a global resource hub to promote wellness, occupational health, safety, environment and quality.
Its aim is to positively influence thought leadership in wellness matters by promoting policy design, systems implementation, culture management, compliance and strategy design benchmarking.
WIZ will host its annual wellness conference next month in Vumba, under the theme: Reimagining and Shaping the Future of Wellness in the Workplace.
