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What is the link between employee wellness and on-the-job productivity for workers in the plastics industry? Specifically, how does incorporating a comprehensive plastics training program impact the physical and mental wellness of floor workers?  That’s one of the questions reporter Cait Murphy of Fortune Magazine asked herself as she participated in energy management training for executives at a well-known human performance institute in Florida. The employee education and training program is designed to teach employees how to manage their workday to maximize productivity and quality while minimizing on-the-job stress. Some of the things Ms. Murphy took away from the training course include 1) the fact that in the right amounts, stress can be a productivity enhancer, 2) workers should eat every two or three hours,  and 3) they should incorporate scheduled rest and recovery times and manage energy, not time.

This field of research is based on the idea that to effectively manage energy requires training like an elite athlete — not an athlete in sports, but a corporate athlete. The productivity technology is measurement-based and grounded in the sciences of performance psychology, exercise physiology, and nutrition. It teaches that managing energy, not time, is the key to sustained high performance. And of course, plastics training and education plays an important role in giving employees that added measure of confidence in their abilities, which trickles down to enhance their overall productivity.