Health and Wellbeing in Real Estate

The business of real estate is highly competitive and demands irregular working hours. While delivering a great service to our clients is vital, our success is only possible through the commitment and passion of our people. The importance of staff health, wellbeing and culture in our work environment aims to support our people so they can be at their best.

We all know that sometimes, in the rush to meet a deadline or get to that meeting, we forget that our minds and bodies aren’t machines.  As we work hard and try to deal with stress long term, the results can be damaging, not only for our overall wellbeing but the productivity of the workplace too.

Our focus on wellness in the workplace isn’t just a nice thing to do. When people are treated well, and the work environment allows for time to breathe and relax, we are all more productive, happier and more likely to succeed and stay in that environment, equaling less staff turnover and a robust working atmosphere.

The Gartland Experience

Gartland Property are pleased and proud to offer our team various health and wellness initiatives, to not only reward them for their tireless work but to assist them in establishing a healthy balance between their work and home lives

In July, we were proud to be the recipient of the 2018 Geelong Business Excellence Award for Health Promoting Workplace Award… Part of our commitment to staff include a range of regular activities and opportunities to connect staff inside and outside of work, a few of these include:

– In-house group lunches;

– Company paid yoga memberships; – Upstate Yoga 

– Regular support for staff to get involved with local charities;

– Accrued Mental Health Days (in addition to sick and annual leave days);

– Monthly in-house massages; – Geelong Corporate Wellness 

– Flexible working arrangements;

– Weekly fresh fruit deliveries; The Fresh Food Merchant

– Personal and professional development opportunities.

We are at the beginning of this journey and always encouraging ongoing conversations and ideas from staff on how to improve our culture and their work/life balance on a daily basis. To my readers, if you have any suggestions around building culture, health and wellness iniatives or maybe an implementation in your workplace that has been beneficial, we would love to hear from you!

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