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Company Newsletter Articles for Employee Wellness Protect Your Bottom Line
When it comes to company newsletter content, employee wellness and managing personal stress is the most vital topic to employees, not the mission or company productivity. Sorry, your company's productivity comes second (Navy Seals Team Six is the one exception however that comes to mind.)
A company newsletter that only talk about productivity, communication, and company news is not going to get the same readership as a company newsletter that also includes plenty of wellness articles, stress management tips, and how to cope with change.
Omitting helpful personal wellness articles that give employees insight will cause your newsletter to be read less frequently.
There are many areas upon which your company newsletter articles may touch upon. Not only is wellness important to individuals, but so is it necessary for optimal productivity at all levels in the organization.
That theme is the critical one for this article because without solid useful content, employees will devalue the value company newsletter articles in their mind and cease to get the important help they need to stay fit and remain healthy, and of course manage stress.
When in search of topics or ideas, you may cover areas such as diet and nutrition, along with exercise and spiritual well being (e.g., meditation). Employees with take interest in newsletters that address their mental well being; such articles would also touch on coping with the stress. Employees will look forward to newsletters that address the current trends in health care insurance. Company Newsletter Articles should also address employees’ families’ well being. Relevant health topics may include vaccination, flu, foods being pulled off the shelf and many others. Article ideas may also include smoking, healthy lungs, allergies and sleep awareness.
Though most companies will have separate correspondence that covers financial related matters in detail, company newsletter articles should help clarify financial qualms while simplifying inherent complexities at the same time.
Your newsletter should address financial education as often as possible, given that financially secured employees perform better in the workplace. Newsletters may also address the advantages of savings, health care benefits; among others. In this sense, think of company newsletter articles as reminders, not the main source, but nonetheless highly effective in keeping employees up to date.
Topics for company newsletter articles are countless especially in the health and wellness area, other great health topics will include counseling, nutrition 101, heart health, ideal weight and many others. Though this article explores the areas of finance and health you should not confine yourself to these two, since, every company is unique in its own right, the make up of your staff will sometimes dictate topics to cover. Company newsletter articles serve many functions; these include reducing conflicts, improving morale, and making employees happy. The most important function, however is to maximize productivity. When utilized in the right manner, it will address exactly what it was designed to address.
Whether delivered as hard copy or email, the effectiveness of the newsletter will rest in the message. An effective newsletter will not bloat its main points; it is decisive and precise; it goes straight to the point while inciting emotion.
A good newsletter will not only grab attention at the beginning, it must also sustain attention once grabbed, this is easily achieved by avoiding irrelevant or bleak material.
WorkLife Excel is your answer to great company newsletter and easy, cost-beneficial intervention strategy for helping your employees stay happy, healthy, and productive.
Daniel Feerst, LISW, Publisher-in-Chief
Executive Editor and Founding Publisher 1-800-626-4327
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WellSpan EAP
York, Pennsylvania
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