Business Ambitions Often Come at a Price, What’s Yours?

Madison, WI, January 10, 2007 --(PR.com)-- Health and wellness issues are a key factor in employee absenteeism and productivity. According to a recent CEO Magazine poll, healthcare costs are one of their reader’s top three concerns for 2007. Most professionals and entrepreneurs complain that “time is money, and money is time.” However in an effort to grow their bottom line many find their own mid-line growing too.

“Investing in your own health is an investment in your business and career,” says Anke Johnson, President of Natural Solutions by Anke, LLC, a Fitchburg-based certified professional health coaching firm. “Health coaches keep executives focused and accountable, help increase stamina and motivate executives to live a healthier lifestyle. As a result, they feel reenergized, rejuvenated and renewed, and are able to get past the sticking points and achieve lasting improvements in life balance and better work performance.”

To assist companies in addressing these issues, Natural Solutions by Anke provides organizations with an employee benefit that combines their one on one certified health coaching with a comprehensive web site customized to each client. The site features an extensive library including care guides, calculators, health and mood assessments, and a “virtual gym,” featuring exercise instruction. Clients can also communicate with each other via forums and online chat. Johnson says, “Our new program is a great way for senior management to protect their most important asset – their people.”

Also appealing is that organizations can bundle different levels of services to create a benefit package specific to their needs. This could include one on one health coaching for key employees, a web site-only package for others and a series of lunch and learn type sessions. There’s also a compelling intangible benefit says Johnson, “Management can show their employees that they value them, their health and their importance to by providing them with the benefits of health coaching, either as a perk or as an incentive.”

Dan Lautenschlager, President of Madison Computer Guy was an early adopter of the executive coaching program and is seeing it pay dividends. “I’ve lost weight, I feel better, I sleep better, and my waist is almost an inch smaller since I began this journey. The additional energy has allowed me to acquire more clients, generate more revenue, and work more efficiently.”

About Natural Solutions by Anke, LLC:
A certified professional health coach and energizing speaker, Anke Johnson (pronounced “Ahn-ka”) has over 10 year’s experience helping women over 30, professionals, entrepreneurs and sufferers of chronic illnesses work more effectively, have more clarity, feel strong and energetic, and be more alert and creative. Anke speaks several times a month, provides several regularly scheduled complimentary teleseminars and coaches individuals and organizations on Health and Wellness topics through her consulting firm, Natural Solutions by Anke, LLC, on the web at www.naturalsolutionsbyanke.com.

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