A commitment to human capital accounting can drive profit, improve productivity and enhance culture. In business, organizations get what they measure — which is to say that most leaders are burdened by an intense focus on profit and loss and often miss the underlying motivations of those dollars.
Workplace wellness programs started gaining traction in the 1980s and 1990s — about the same time workers started to see their healthcare costs significantly rise. The original idea was beautiful and simple: Giving employees access to well-being resources would make them happier, healthier and more productive. Unfortunately, the great idea stopped there.
