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Could workplace wellness be the next smart avenue for talent management?

That's what Meghan M. Biro, CEO of TalentCulture, writes in Forbes: “Implemented well, they’re mutual ROI meets wearable tech meets a deep level of employee engagement that reflects beautifully on employer brand. Not only can they enhance performance, but they show a genuine concern for employees’ well-being. And they’re part of one of my most basic adages: a happy employee is good for profits.”

In addition to describing the ways an effective, engaging wellness program can help improve company culture, Biro also outlines four “essential” ways to bring your wellness program “up to date and make it tech-friendly:”

1. Provide wearable tech
2. Create occasions
3. Offer tangible incentives
4. Measure its effectiveness

Indeed, the idea that workplace wellness can be connected to talent management was also addressed in a recent piece in economia. Here, Kylie Roberts, director of talent development at Grant Thornton, said: “We know that when our people are well and healthy, they are happier and they create and sustain better relationships both at work and in life and are therefore more productive.”

Added Sally Evans, senior manager in the diversity and inclusion and employee wellbeing team at PwC, in the same piece: “At PwC we see resilience as a skill and we are weaving it into every aspect of our training from someone who joins the company to partner or director level. We want to embed resilience into people’s everyday life. For us, resilience focuses on physical and mental wellness, not just the ability to bounce back from setbacks. Our resilience training helps develop the leaders we want for the future.”