Healthy Truckers Go the Extra Mile!

Healthy Truckers Go the Extra MileIf youre a trucker whos serious about your career, make aya you think about ways to maintain a healthy lifestyleboth in and out of the drivers seat. Do you own a trucking company or are part of a companys management team? Consider implementing a driver wohlbefinden plan. Healthy drivers will help minimize staff retention challenges and make open positions on your team more attractive to newer, younger drivers. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1472832551951-0) ) Driver wellness programs are growing in popularity across the country and for good reasonthey help prevent illness, boost productivity, and enhance life satisfaction. Healthy drivers are happier, better employees who stay at their jobs longer. They also help reverse the trend of increasing trucker turnover, a problem that has burdened the industry for the past few years as older truckers are retiring and arent being replaced by new drivers.What are the reasons behind this trend? For many, these jobs, with tough, unhealthy working conditions and limited opportunities, arent as appealing as they once were. But thoughtful, well-designed wellness programs can help offset some of these unappealing aspects of truck driving.In order for driver wellness programs to have a deep and lasting impact, they need to be proactive in their efforts to work with drivers, and should be thoroughly holistic, addressing all major dimensions of wellnessPhysical proper nutrition, exercise, and lifestyle choicesEmotional promoting emotional healthIntellectual strategies for sound mental health and developmentOccupational creating true job satisfactionSocial forging meaningful community connectionsSpiritual creating and following a meaningful set of guiding valuesHeres the bottom line Trucking companies should make sincere and measurable efforts to support the wellness of their drivers, and when drivers make health and wellness an important part of their lives, everyone benefits.Why Wellness in Trucking Needs to Go the Extra MileRead More at Supply Chain Management Review