Health, Habit and

Hygiene
Presented By

Rohit Massey
Chief Consultant, NIESBUD
 To understand the importance
and impact of sound mental and

Agenda Points: physical health on business and

related outcomes
To ascertain effective habits for
better productivity at work
To know and imply standard
procedures at workplace
HEALTH
 The Preston curve is an
empirical cross-sectional
The Preston relationship between life
Curve expectancy and real per
capita income.
A STUDY CONDUCTED IN INDIA
SHOWED THAT ABOUT 66.9% OF THE
WORKERS WERE ABSENT DUE TO
HEALTH RELATED CONDITIONS
INDIA RECORDED A TOTAL
PRODUCTIVITY LOSS OF $6.7 BILLION IN
2012 BECAUSE OF CANCER,
REPRESENTING 0.36% OF OUR GDP.
THIS IS SECOND ONLY TO SOUTH AFRICA
WHICH RECORDED A PRODUCTIVITY LOSS
OF $1.9 BILLION, OR 0.49% OF ITS GDP.
DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY HAVE A
SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC IMPACT; THE
ESTIMATED COST TO THE GLOBAL
ECONOMY IS US$ 1 TRILLION PER YEAR
IN LOST PRODUCTIVITY.
ALMOST A 25% OF COMPANIES LOSE
APPROXIMATELY 14 PER CENT OF THEIR
ANNUAL WORKING DAYS (MORE THAN
51 DAYS IN A YEAR) DUE TO SICKNESS.
AND ONE CAN EXPECT AN EQUAL
PERCENTAGE OF LOSS IN THEIR
PRODUCTIVITY AND PROFITS WHICH IS
A CAUSE FOR CONCERN.
 Accidents and acute injuries affect the
enterprise

Enterprise
The physical health of workers affects
and the enterprise
Health
The mental health of workers affects
the enterprise
Creating Healthy Workplaces

Act Plan

Check Do
AN ACADEMIC REPORT FROM 2014 SUGGESTS THAT
INTERVENTIONS SHOULD TAKE A 3-PRONGED APPROACH:

Protect mental health by reducing work–related risk factors.


Promote mental health by developing the positive aspects of work
and the strengths of employees.

Address mental health problems regardless of cause.
World Economic Forum highlights steps organizations can take
to create a healthy workplace, including:

Awareness of the workplace environment and how it can be

adapted to promote better mental health for different employees.
Learning from the motivations of organizational leaders and
employees who have taken action.
Not reinventing wheels by being aware of what other companies
who have taken action have done.

Understanding the opportunities and needs of individual
employees, in helping to develop better policies for workplace
mental health.
Awareness of sources of support and where people can find help.
 Analyse your workplace.
List 5 ways in which it can be improved to a more healthy workplace, both
mental and physical health wise.
These points should be supported by reasons how these changes will improve
productivity at workplace.
HAPPY MIND,
HAPPY YOU
World Health
Organization
(WHO)
Four Avenues
of 
Influence
HABIT
Successful People are simply those with
Successful Habits
BRIAN TRACY
 Habits are rituals and behaviors that
we perform automatically, allowing us
Habits to carry out essential activities and
following the same routes every day
without thinking about them.
 SETTING GOALS
RESPECTING TIME LINES
PLAN Habits that
SEEK GUIDANCE
AIM TO WIN
lead to
SHARE better
TAKE BREAKS
REWARD YOURSELF
performace
HYGIENE
1. Hand Sanitizers

2. Set Up a Schedule

3. Set Up a Garbage Disposal System

4. Ensure That Communal Areas Are Cleaned

5. Educate Employees

6. Set Zones for Eating and Smoking

Improving
7. Hygiene Evaluation
Hygiene at
8. Address Hygiene Problems Quickly Work
9. Social Distancing