The issue of integrating a sports programme at work is often a secondary measurement. However it can have a positive impact on health and overall company performance at the workplace.
There are a couple of reasons why organizing sport at work is preferable.
Sport as tool for management
- Sport can help to bring in a human dimension to the company. Because sports teach us about team spirit, exchanging, sharing, succes, common goals but also individual accomplishments. They can help strengthen a sense of responsibility among employees and make work more meaningful
Employee loyalty
- In an ever-changing economic world, loyalty is an important lever of performance. Offering employees the opportunity to practice sports in the workplace is a means of securing stronger commitment.
Stress reduction
- Stress can have a strong impact on a company’s overall performance. The effects are multiple: lack of concentration, falling motivation, rising costs due to absenteeism and health issues. Encouraging employees to take up sports or physical excercises at work can have good results for reducing the stress level and is beneficial for the general health.
Prevention of repetitive strain injuries
- Repetitive Strain injuries (RSI) are a crucial social and economic issue, both for employees health and company performance. Physical excercis had a preventieve effect on RSI
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