To build productive and thriving onsite teams – that's the goal of leaders everywhere. 

But the creation of high-performing employees involves more than simply training them for their specific jobs. Companies have to truly care about their employees' overall well-being.

Working in multifamily can be extremely fulfilling, but it's also demanding and comes with no small amount of stress. Property management firms have an obligation to help their employees take care of themselves and be the best version of themselves they can be.

Below are suggestions for boosting employee wellness.

• Promote physical fitness. Exercise is a powerful stress reliever, and team members who are physically fit are bound to be happier, more energetic and more productive. Provide discounts to memberships to local gyms or implement a gym membership reimbursement program. 

Hold friendly, low-key competitions among team members to see who can exercise the most during a certain timeframe and offer a great prize for the winner. If your company does this, it might want to give employees digital step trackers or incorporate some other type of technology to track team members' progress. Also, encourage team members to share their progress in these competitions on social media, as this can help employees within your company connect with each other and create bonds that foster wellness. 

Beyond such competitions, urge your employees to take regular walking or exercise breaks during the day. Also, consider bringing in nutritionists to speak with employees about healthy eating, and make sure your onsite vending machines offer some healthy alternatives to sugary sodas and highly processed candy bars and potato chips.

• Promote emotional well-being and stress management. Wellness is about more than how many push-ups you can do or how low your cholesterol level is. It's also about mental and emotional health.

To that end, create a culture in which employees are comfortable reaching out for help and talking with their supervisors when they feel overwhelmed with their jobs – or other problems. 

Have stress management experts come speak to your teams, and even consider bringing in yoga and meditation instructors to teach employees about the powerful effects these practices can have on wellness.

Furthermore, companies should provide things like employee discounts to certain restaurants, tuition reimbursement programs and flexible schedules when appropriate. Services like these enhance employees’ lives outside of work, so they can come back to the office refreshed and energized.

Additionally, establish an environment in which team members understand they don't have to monitor their emails at all hours of the day and respond to work-related messages immediately. Having to do so can be immensely draining and stressful. Of course, some onsite employees will need to watch their work emails during off hours for various reasons, but when this is not necessary, team members should know they are free to totally unplug when they're not at the office.

Finally, offer good paid time off packages and strongly encourage team members to use all of their vacation days. Time away from the office can do wonders for one's mental health. 

• Provide financial education. Few things can eat away at one's well-being like stress about finances. If your employees are worried about saving enough money for a home purchase or retirement, or their kid's education, that can make them less productive and focused at work. Offer onsite classes about the best ways to save, spend and invest.

• Engage in corporate social responsibility. Regularly providing chances for employees to perform charitable work enables them to satisfy the basic human need we all feel to help others. That in turn leads to enhanced well-being.

Undertaking group charitable outings during operating hours or even offering associates paid time off to perform volunteer work are great ways to let employees experience the positive effects of helping their communities. 

In the end, helping our employees thrive is about so much more than job training. It's about really extending a helping hand to make sure they're healthy in every sense of the word.