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Planning a programme to motivate employees

In her presentation at the Active@Work conference on June 17, 2008, Dr. Catherine Woods from the School of Health and Human Performance outlined key strategies to motivate employees to engage in physical activity. Leveraging insights from HEPA guidelines, she emphasized the importance of structured exercise, organizational support, and fostering a positive attitude towards physical activity. The session also explored the determinants of motivation, the role of social norms, and the need for tailored programmes that enhance workplace health.

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Planning a programme to motivate employees

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  1. Planning a programme to motivate employees Dr. Catherine Woods Senior Lecturer School of Health and Human Performance Active@work conference 17th June, 2008 Catherine.Woods@dcu.ie

  2. Outline • HEPA • Determinants • Motivation • Behaviour Change

  3. Part 1 Health Enhancing Physical Activity

  4. Physical Activity “any bodily movement that is produced by the skeletal muscles that results in energy expenditure” (Caspersen et al., 1985)

  5. Active Living Competitive Sport Types of Physical Activity Structured Exercise

  6. What the Experts Say! Professor, Dept of Biomedical Sciences School of Medicine University of Missouri-Columbia “With the possible exception of diet we know of no single intervention with greater promise than physical activity to reduce the risk of virtually all chronic diseases simultaneously” Booth et al., J Appl Physiol 2000cc

  7. HEPA recommendations F • requency Most days of the week • ntensity MVPA • ime 30+ minutes accumulated PA • ype Sport, Exercise or Active Living. I T T (ACSM, 2008, Guidelines for promoting PA with older adults)

  8. HEPA recommendations • Muscle Conditioning • Twice weekly • 10 to 15 repetitions • 8-10 muscle strengthening exercises using major muscle groups • Flexibility • Exercises for 10 mins x 2 week (ACSM, 2008, Guidelines for promoting PA with older adults)

  9. Part 2 How active are we?

  10. % of adults doing no exercise in an average week by gender and year (1998, 2002, 2007). (SLAN, 2008)

  11. Low <5,000, Moderate 5-10,000 and High >10,000 steps per day (SLAN, 2008)

  12. Part 5 Understanding Motivation

  13. Build support for your programme Organisational Goals

  14. Typically recruit only 20% of employees 10% are retained within the programme within 6 months

  15. Stage of Organisational Readiness O’Donnell, Design of Workplace Health Promotion Programmes, 1995

  16. Foster a more positive attitude to PA Create a social norm for good health and good health habits Move the most unmotivated individuals close to adopting some PA or @ least thinking about becoming PA in the near future.

  17. Employers support is NB • If not… • Schedule a home-based PA programme from the workplace.

  18. Active@Work? The individual Perspective

  19. Physical Activity: Why we do, why we don’t… • Motivation through feelings of control • Everything’s under control • Motivation through feelings of competence and confidence • I think I can, I think I can, I know I can… • Stage-based models of physical activity • Moving from thinking to doing… (Biddle & Mutrie (2008) Psychology of Physical Activity, Routledge).

  20. Before you begin Physical Readiness… • “For most people, a medical exam or stress test is not required before increasing moderate-intensity physical activities”

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