The future of workplace performance

Almost 2,000 years ago, Ptolemy, one of history’s greatest mathematicians, thought he had the universe thing pretty much figured out.

He determined that the earth was at the center of it all, and I’m sure he felt pretty damn good about himself.

People praised him for his superior intellect, wisdom and oneness with the heavens. Word spread quick, and his theory of the universe quickly became the status quo, unarguable, the truth.

Yep, for about 1,400 years people thought that the geocentric model was the bees knees. For those who aren’t space buffs, that means that the earth is in the center of everything and all things revolve around it.

*Spoiler alert: it got seriously debunked. I hope you already knew that.

Geocentric hoopla however, was not mankind’s first intellectual face-plant. As a matter of fact, the world has been exceptionally good at accepting bizarre things as truth far longer than they should have.

For example; blood-letting, not washing your hands, tobacco enemas for curing your sickness, and that gin was a great cure for indigestion (humans are really smart).

You might be thinking, “that was then, we are far superior nowadays.” Are we though? We talk a big game but still subscribe to some random thoughts and practices.

Which brings me to my main point, my magnum opus, my grassy knoll, the hill I’ll die on: Employee wellness as a historically undervalued social determinant of health.

Needless to say, Ptolemy was wrong, but that didn’t stop generations of people from believing he was right. Likewise, employee performance and wellbeing has been written off, managed under the guise of obsolete systems and practices for too long. News flash, the future has arrived and its name is LEON.

500 years ago, our namesake, Ponce de Leon, was gallivanting across the Caribbean in search of the fountain of youth. He didn’t know it then, but somewhere down the line, we’d actually figure out the secret to living long, happy, and fulfilling lives.

Building your dream team

At LEON Health Science, we are raising the standard when it comes to the way employees are managed and coached. It’s true performance management for your company’s most important growth lever; your employees.

We hope you recognize that your employees are not mere cogs in the industrial machine. They are humans, each capable of so much untapped potential. And believe it or not, they are elite athletes in their own right, masters of their unique craft. They deserve to be treated as such. But how?

Unfortunately, across the majority of industries, the status quo has been to overwork your people, chew them up and then spit them out — missing the fact that a bit of investment could 10X that person’s health, productivity and impact on not only the company, but their family and community. Employee wellness is SO MUCH BIGGER than what happens between the hours of 9 — 5. It’s the key to a healthier future.

Fortunately, we are seeing a wave of thinkers and innovators shake the proverbial boat and make significant headway on the path toward a generation of healthier employees.

That’s right where LEON sits, creating dream teams since 2016.

With our AI powered wellness intelligence, we make culture improvement and stress management easier, allowing employees and employers to keep an ear to the ground at all times, predicting issues like burnout, shaky mental health and drops in performance (before it takes a nosedive). With this foresight, LEON creates a wellness plan for every individual within a company tailored to them and them alone.

We make managing stress, a significant factor in burnout and chronic illness, a whole lot easier to do.

It’s how we’re putting our drop in the ocean and helping drive best practices to get upstream and get ahead of debilitating health issues — something our current healthcare system still struggles to address.

So, if taking your team to the next level and living a happier, healthier life is for you, drop us a line and see how we can help.

Or, if you like doing things yourself, download our platform and be the hero of your people. You’ll be able to better gauge where they’re at and get insights into what you can do to help.

• The LEON Team