Well-Being & Engagement
How to Thoroughly Evaluate Your Workplace Wellness Program
Evaluating your wellness program is a critical step in ensuring the continued success and viability of the program. The ladies in our department can often be quoted as saying that a wellness evaluation helps you, “reduce the inefficiencies of your program, reuse the best practices that have developed, and recycle sound wellness strategies after they…
> Keep ReadingA Healthy, Holiday Wellness Plan is Possible!
The holiday season is fast approaching! With Thanksgiving only one week away, how many of us are thinking about their worksite wellness plan for the holiday season? Probably slim to none! The holidays can be a stressful time for many people. Life kicks into full gear and most of the time our health gets put…
> Keep ReadingEmployee Health Fairs: The Pros and Cons
Have you ever wanted to have an employee health fair but didn’t know what the benefits or pitfalls would be? Look no further! We’re going to take a brief look at the pros and cons of employee health fairs to give you a better look at how it might supplement your program or give you…
> Keep ReadingWhy Your Company Needs A Solid Wellness Committee
In a business setting, the word “committee” can often evoke a negative response from many leaders and colleagues. This negative reaction is often prompted by a personal experience with a well-intentioned-committee-gone-wrong and we have all had an experience like this. C’mon, you remember… that committee you served on where every member lacked commitment to the…
> Keep Reading24 Low-cost Wellness Strategies You Can Implement Today
Workplace Wellness Programs do not differ from any other business endeavor when it comes to resource allocation. Wellness Program managers must find a way to efficiently balance human capital, physical resources, intangible assets, and most importantly finances. Often, wellness programs will operate within the restrictive confines of a budget that is based on all the…
> Keep Reading7 Best Kept Secrets to Motivating Your Employees In Your Wellness Program
Having trouble motivating your employees to participate in your wellness program? Welcome to the club! This seems to be the trend when it comes to personal health; it’s unfortunately always the last on the priority list. To address this issue, I need to (briefly) introduce you to my favorite model that changed our line of…
> Keep ReadingAttracting the Attention of Senior-level Leaders to Your Wellness Program
When developing a successful and sustainable Employee Wellness Program, it is imperative that you obtain senior-level support. This helps to not only create the “top-down approach,” but will also help to develop the paternalistic culture where employees really start to feel like the company they work for “cares” about their health and well-being. Now, just…
> Keep ReadingHow to Get Your Employee Wellness Program Started
Hi folks! Welcome to our Wellness Wednesday series! For the next three months, we will be offering up useful information for getting your employee wellness program started. Some of the areas of most popular concern that we will focus our attention and resource knowledge on are: Addressing organizational policies that help to support a culture…
> Keep ReadingEncourage Employees to “Eat a Bit Better” With Fooducate
43,844. That is the average number of items carried in your local supermarket. Knowing that number, I would say willpower isn’t your employees’ problem when it comes to making the wrong food choices in the grocery store. Being overwhelmed with choices and not knowing the right choices to make is the real enemy to the…
> Keep Reading8 Wellness Program Leaders Share Their Secret to Creating An Award Winning Program
The First Coast Worksite Wellness Council (FCWWC) just held their annual Healthiest Companies Award Ceremony in Downtown Jacksonville on Wednesday, May 14th, and we are thrilled to announce that 13 of our clients were honored for their commitment to employee health and wellbeing. We feel incredibly lucky to work with so many companies that understand…
> Keep ReadingWhy Your Company Should Follow CVS’s Lead by Going Tobacco-Free
You should have seen the internal emails flying around our office after CVS announced Wednesday that it will stop selling tobacco products at its 7,600 locations across the United States by Oct.1. “I wish more companies would make bold moves like this instead of doing things just for the sake of making money!” one of…
> Keep ReadingTop 5 Ways to Improve Physical Wellness at Your Workplace [Video]
Employees spend more time at work than anywhere else and health care costs are increasingly becoming more of a cost burden to employers. This positions workplace wellness as an important tool in mitigating costs on the employer side while also introducing employees to health resources and programming they maybe couldn’t make time for on their…
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