FROM ORGANIZATIONAL HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR ASSISTANTS – You can have it all.
Improvements in health and wellbeing are attained by changes in behavior, by making the right choices. That’s what Hallie Warner, Chief of Staff at Adam Hergenrother Companies, found out when developing her overall strategy for positive organizational and individual health. In this interview, Hallie is sharing her success wellbeing story and talking about her efforts to adopt healthier lifestyle practices. Her vision reflects a commitment to creating a better future: “SELF first, RELATIONSHIPS second, WORK third.”
JULIA: Why is organizational health and wellbeing so relevant?
HALLIE: I believe it’s a result of the pendulum swinging too far in the direction of workaholism for many people. Over the past few decades as technology has integrated work and life, it has become accepted that there is no separation. People, myself included, began to wear “busy” like a badge of honor. I believe that the focus is back on health and wellbeing in order to bring us all back a little more consistently to the middle where we can experience a healthy integration and flow between work and life. Personally, I do not believe in work-life balance. I would not enjoy my career if I had to check out at certain hours or leave work at work. I do some of my best work on the weekends or at night after a workout. It’s not realistic to think that we are going to completely separate work and life, but I do think we can all do better. Creating a work place that encourages healthy activities – like taking the day off to volunteer, walks at lunch, nutrition classes, meditation training, and more – will only create happier and healthier employees.
