Vital FiT: the new SME FiT calendar
Desk calendar with practical tips and tools
Working on vitality is not difficult, the important thing is to stick with it. Corporate health network Zorg van de Zaak MKB presented the first MKB FiT Calendar 202 in 2023: a tool to pay attention to the physical and mental health of your team throughout the year.
"There are all kinds of approachable ways to work on vitality," says Denise Meijdam, director of Zorg van de Zaak SME. "The most important thing is to pay regular attention to the physical and mental health of your team. The MKB FiT calendar helps with that. If you set days throughout the year when you work on vitality, you reduce the chance of it slipping by during busy periods."
Saving with vitality
The abbreviation FiT stands for Functioning in the Future. The FiT calendar lists dates related to sustainable employability and vitality of your team. This is not only about physical health, but also about mental well-being. In a vital organization, people are physically fit, enjoy going to work and receive sufficient support to develop. They are productive, can cope with change and are getting better at their jobs. Recent research by PwC shows that investing in vitality can generate up to 12.6% extra turnover.
The SME FiT calendar helps you work on vitality throughout the year. You put the calendar on your own desk and hand it out to your employees. That way the whole company has an overview of the days when you pay extra attention to vitality.
Personal calendar
Appropriate moments to get started with the theme include Vitality Week, the Day of the Caregiver and Brain Awareness Week. The calendar also contains practical tips and tools to give substance to these moments. Choose a number of days on which you want to hook up, she tips. The calendar can also help you plan FiT conversations with your employees.
"During Vitality Week, for example, we held a brainstorm with our team about what vitality means to us," says Meijdam. "You really don't have to go all out every date. For example, send employees with heavy care duties a flower on Caretaker's Day. Many small gestures together make a big difference."
Entrepreneur, don't forget yourself either
Don't forget your own vitality as an entrepreneur. Zorg van de Zaak MKB is organizing a number of special meetings for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs in the near future to gain inspiration, get a breath of fresh air and spar.
Zorg van de Zaak SME published an FiT calendar for the first time last year and received a lot of positive feedback from customers. This year it is even more focused on the needs of SME entrepreneurs. It also includes a podcast series, in which Zorg van de Zaak MKB helps you get started with your vitality data.
