HR Answers: Gardening program provides sustainable wellness and engagement
Remote and on-campus employees can benefit from this organic vegetable gardening offering that incorporates hands-on and online learning.
With the landscape for employers changing on a regular basis and best practices for engagement always in flux, organizations are searching for regular activities that are inclusive—whether employees are working from home, on campus or both. As demands of both life and work increase seemingly on the daily, programs offering stress reduction and a healthier lifestyle, while improving company culture, are a must.
If your credit union is searching for engagement activities or a new employee benefit, consider an employee gardening program. Such notable companies Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Apple, Tesla, Whole Foods, Bed Bath & Beyond, IBM, Patagonia, Intuit, LinkedIn and PayPal have turned to StartOrganic to design, develop, execute and maintain organic gardening programs that have proven to be successful for engaging employees working remotely as well as on campus.
Away From the Office but Engaged
Gardening programs can have something to offer even those employees that don’t live near the office or corporate headquarters. For example, the StartOrganic online corporate wellness and sustainability program is designed to help reduce employees’ stress levels while improving productivity and physical health by teaching people how to rely more on themselves and less on the grocery store by growing their own organic vegetables. The StartOrganic team manages all development aspects for the online course content.
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