If you’re a fan of mixing personal exploration with business travel, chances are your team is, too. Work-sponsored health and wellness programs are in the budget and here to stay.
With more businesses operating remote or hybrid, employees crave in-person collaboration. Team-building activities spark creativity and increase productivity. Endless win-wins and easier than ever to incorporate into our bleisure lives.
Here are six easy ways bleisure leaders can boost health and wellness for people and the planet:
- Embrace “sober curious.” This wellness trend is driven by party-goers who want all the cocktail fun, none of the booze. Plan your happy hour with various mocktails or host at a sober bar.
- Choose alternative accommodations. Small team trip? Try glamping, B&B, or boutique hotel. A little effort makes a bigger local economic impact and a more memorable experience.
- Get dirty. Many local environmental groups offer easy-to-plan, hands-on volunteering, from community garden clean-ups and trail maintenance to home repair and more. No experience is required; they provide the gloves.
- Get moving. Do your brainstorming exercise on the trail. Start the day with yoga or a sunrise walk. End the day with a boxing class or archery lesson. Incorporating physical activities, accessible to all and judgment-free, reinforces your commitment to health and wellness.
- Change the scenery. Why host strategy meetings in blah conference rooms? Try the local museum, park pavilion, riverboat, or zoo. An inspiration win-win!
- Pick One Must-Do. If options, time, or money are limited, pick one meaningful activity and request 100% participation. Bring a reusable water bottle. Use mass transit or rideshare only. Forego or reduce a team expense and donate those funds to a local charity.
The best bleisure living leaders know it’s all about good health: the team, the planet, and the local communities. What’s on your bleisure living leader checklist?
