Hey, it's Rachel Cook, your modern mentor. I'm the founder of Lead Above Noise, where we help

leaders activate performance without sacrificing humanity. We run workshops and facilitate conversations

to move your team forward. Learn more at Lead Above Noise.com. Okay, so can we talk for a minute about red flags? This is a phrase my kids are

using a lot, which presumably means it is having its moment on TikTok. Remember back in the day when

the big tech companies started setting up shop in Silicon Valley, and they had the most amazing

array of amenities like on-site free dining,

three meals a day, on-site laundry, dog grooming, you name it, you never had to leave.

People flocked to working there and slowly started realizing they were never leaving.

These were, in hindsight, some red flags.

Now, listen, no shade on those companies.

Those programs and benefits were sexy.

But also, they were the company's way of solving a problem that they themselves were creating.

Like, if people could do their jobs in a normal window, they'd have time to groom their

clothes and their animals on their own time.

Anyway, this is kind of how I'm looking at corporate wellness programs and initiative these days. Red flags. Like, I am

glad companies are offering them. They're adding value. But I'm also recognizing that the ways in which

work is being done is one of the biggest drivers of our on wellness in the

first place. And I would love to advocate for a fresh approach, a move away from an over-reliance

on wellness at work and a focus instead on wellness in work. To be clear, there is definitely

still a need for investments in wellness programs. Health is a top

priority and I don't mean to be flip. But also, I would love to see us reduce our need to fix

health problems we don't need to be causing or exacerbating in the first place due to poor work

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