Questions covered in this Blog
- Why does health performance always matter?
- What is the relationship between health performance and performance at work?
- What are the cognitive functions, and how do they impact your performance level?
- How do we work on our cognitive power to achieve long-term performance results?
- How does health Performance impact our performance at the workplace?
Let’s start our discussion.
Correlation between Health Performance and Workplace Performance
The relationship between health performance and both your physical and mental health is connected to your performance at the workplace. Your organization always expects you to work harder and fulfill the task while also being concerned about your well-being.
Imagine that if you are relaxed, both physically and mentally, your progress will be better at work, while on the other hand, if you are mentally and physically unfit, then it will be hard to continue your job properly. So this indicates that your optimal health performance is directly linked to your overall performance, especially at the workplace.
Another thing is that our ability to perform at our best in the workplace is greatly influenced by our health performance, which is not only a personal issue. There is a complex interaction between health performance and work performance, which is important to investigate.
Some of the key factors that we will discuss here will prove to you how important your health performance is in your life and, of course, at the workplace as well.
1. The role of your energy level
The first and foremost thing that you must consider is: How is your energy level at work? If you do regular exercise, eat a healthy diet, and sleep well at home, then you feel fresh and energetic at work and can put all your energy into your job. As a result, your performance will improve over a long period of time.
So you still have a question: How important is your energy level?
Example
For instance, have you ever thought about a day when your energy level is high and you find yourself effortlessly brainstorming creative campaigns and leading meetings with enthusiasm? The energy you gain from your healthy habits becomes the driving force behind your consistently high levels of performance at workplace.
2. Impacts of Your Mental Resilience?
When you are energetic and fresh, it impacts your mental health positively, and another thing that is also important is that if you have a healthy mind, that of course means your mind is resilient. When we talk about our mental well-being, it means we are highlighting our cognitive functions. When you are mentally resilient, you have strong cognitive functions, which of course play a very crucial role in your life, particularly at the workplace.
Important Note:
Remember that when you control your stress and prioritize your mental health, your mind not only works actively but also makes decision-making sharper, creativity flourishes, and problem-solving becomes effortless, for sure.
Example
Imagine you are a programmer in your company, where your job is to do coding. Sometimes you face complex situations, and your boss also gives you a deadline to complete this task. If you are calm in this situation and don’t put pressure on your mind, then you can probably handle this critical situation more efficiently rather than being stressed or confused.
3. Why Work-Life Balance is Key for Success?
Work-life balance has become a hot topic in business and management, particularly in HR, as you are aware. Keeping work and personal life in balance is an ideal mix that impacts positively not only your health performance but also your performance at work because your health performs at the optimal level, and this optimal level of your health is fairly possible through work-life balance, which is the center of our discussion.
Let’s make it simple for you
If you want to handle challenges at the workplace, then you must spare time for yourself, e.g., leisure time, time for your family, and most importantly, time for sports and other physical activities. Even though it seems easy and simple, by doing this, you are not just improving your health performance but also transform your performance at work as well.
Example
Suppose you are a project manager in your company, and sometimes when you are working on a specific project, you have to complete it within a given period. If you are mentally active and resilient, then you will complete your project efficiently and on time. This is only possible when you have a healthy work-life balance where you design everything for yourself, including your goal, your activities, e.g., social life, proper exercise, and other related hobbies that have a strong impact on your health performance.
Here you will find an answer: How do you meet deadlines at work?
Over time, you will notice that this healthy work-life balance enhances your participation in the project that you are dealing with. This approach will help you meet your deadlines at work because you are working on developing your cognitive functions.
The point here is for you to understand that if you make a complete balance between your working life and social life, then your mind is more active, processing things quickly, which helps you put your complete intentions into work and complete the project deadlines. When you are physically and mentally fit, your approach toward completing a task or doing a job will be more proactive.
4. How Health Impact on Team Dynamics?
Your company or any organization, no matter how big or small, works with a group of people. When we talk about our individual health, you must understand that this is not just a personal issue in your company. The reason is that your personal health performance has a significant impact on team dynamics in your workplace, in addition to how well you feel about yourself.
Here the question is: How does your poor health performance affect the overall performance of your team?
When you are working as a team, each of your team members has a task to do, and everyone contributes their part of the work. With the support of each other, your team will complete the task. If you don’t perform well due to any health-related issue (physical or mental), then your team members can indeed affect the overall dynamic and performance of your team.
Important to Remember
You have to keep in mind that employees who prioritize their health tend to create a more positive and cooperative atmosphere on the team. Your team morale and productivity increase when all members of your team are performing at their best. Hence, this point proves that how does health performance contribute to creativity and productivity?
Here you may think: How can you create a positive workplace environment?
Consider your role as a team leader in your team, where you constantly motivate your team members to put their health first. This mindset basically helps your organization create a positive workplace environment at your company. Positive workplace elements include wellness challenges, flexible work schedules, and team-building exercises. This emphasis on collective well-being creates a cohesive, committed team where each of your team members’ outstanding work supports the group’s success as a whole.
5. Role of Long-Term Sustainability in your Health
Consider your career as a long race in which perseverance is essential. If you want to achieve long-term sustainability in your performance, then you must sustain your health performance positively for the long run. The rule should be very simple for you: when your health performance is positive in the long run, your performance will be positive in the long run at your workplace.
Furthermore, when you are healthy mentally and physically, you have great chances to sustain your position and grow your career for an indefinite period of time. The earlier you understand this, the more beneficial it will be for your future.
Here the question is: How can you achieve long-term sustainability?
You can achieve long-term sustainability in your health performance as well as performance at work when you have to live a long and healthy lifestyle, because a healthy lifestyle improves your resilience and enhances your cognitive power.
Let’s understand this through an example
Suppose for the moment that you are your company’s senior manager. Over time, you have found out that your performance is getting lower day by day, even though the energy level that you had before is going down.
Hypothesis
You design a simple hypothesis by yourself that if I want to deliver good results for your company in the long run, then I have to work on maintaining a healthy lifestyle. You start your daily workout, focus on a healthy diet, and try to maintain your energy level.
After doing this for a certain period, you see a difference not only in your health performance but also in your performance at the workplace because, as you cannot deny, even your professional mentor accepts that a healthy mind is considered a creative mind.
6. Importance of Long-Term Strategy for Building Sustainable Performance
If you want sustainable results that bring stable performance in your professional life, then you have to work on a long-term strategy. The fact is that the long-term strategy not only helped you achieve constant success in your professional life but has also established that if you apply this to your employees and motivate them to implement this strategy on their own if they want to sustain better health and better performance in the long run, instead of solely prioritizing short-term positive effects, it’s crucial to consider the long-term outcomes, which can be even more significant and impactful.
Important Recomandation for you
At the end, we highly recommend reading ‘Peak Performance’ by Brad Stulberg and Steve Magness. In this insightful book, you’ll discover actionable strategies to enhance your health and performance, along with practical advice on avoiding burnout and thriving in all areas of life. By incorporating the latest scientific research, ‘Peak Performance’ equips you with the tools you need to reach your full potential. Don’t miss out on this valuable resource.
To sum up the discussion, it is important to know what you learn from this discussion
First of all, if we talk about the above examples, which clearly explain that health performance is linked to your overall performance in life, particularly at the workplace, which is a key topic of our discussion. So it is crucial to review your health performance before you actually focus on your performance issues at work.
Design a proper schedule for your leisure and other physical activities. Focus on your mental health and eat healthy food. Remember this: by doing so, you will have long-term payback because, as we discussed already and proved by example, if your health performance is good and sustainable, you are of course good in your performance at work, which is definitely sustainable because being healthy simply means being at your best.
What are the bottom lines for you to remember?
The bottom line is that there is a very strong and positive correlation between health performance and your individual performance. If you take care of your health performance, you will see a positive impact on your performance, while if you ignore this, you will, of course, see a negative impact on your performance at work.
What do we hope from you?
We hope that this discussion has improved your understanding of how your health performance is crucial to your performance at work and how they strongly correlate with each other.
Important Note for Readers: Enhancing Individual Performance with Effective Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)
When we talk about individual performance at work, it is crucial to understand how to design and implement a plan to improve performance. We would recommend exploring the article titled ‘How to Design and Implement an Effective Performance Improvement Plan (PIP)‘ as it provides valuable insights into creating performance improvement plans (PIPs) that are aligned with individual needs and conducive to human-centric growth. This article offers guidance on developing plans customized to employees’ strengths, challenges, and overall well-being, which can ultimately contribute to their professional development and organizational success.
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