Modern Meditation For Business
In addition to the health and wellbeing benefits for employees, there are other specific benefits directly relevant to businesses.
- Reduced costs of staff absenteeism caused by illness, injury, stress, long term illness
- Improved productivity, increased creativity, improved overall staff and business wellbeing
- Reduced staff turnover and associated costs
- Enhanced employer/employee relationships
- Visible perception as an employer which cares about its staff
- Enhanced ‘Investor in People’ status
- Reduced Health Insurance premiums for the business
- A visible and tangible Corporate Responsibility stance
- Enhanced employee job satisfaction
Studies from The National Institutes of Health, University of Massachusetts and Mind/Body Medical Institute at Harvard University show that meditation enhances the qualities companies need most from their knowledge workers: increased brain-wave activity, enhanced intuition, better concentration, and the alleviation of the kinds of aches and pains that plague employees most.
Business Week Magazine
“… a growing number of corporations, including Deutsche Bank, Google and Hughes Aircraft offer meditation classes to their workers. Making employees sharper is only one benefit; studies say meditation also improves productivity, in large part by preventing stress-related illness and reducing absenteeism”
TIME magazine