7 Reasons Every Worksite Should Offer An Environmental Wellness Program What is Environmental Wellness? Let's be honest: not all your employees may care about the environment. For various reasons, some don't give much thought to taking care of the planet…
A worksite wellness committee can have a big impact on the success or failure of any employee wellness program. In this article, I’ll answer common questions about worksite wellness committees, describe how to create and manage a wellness committee, and…
To offer an effective wellness program companies need to provide 3 things: Personnel that are qualified to plan and administer the program, Effective behavior change interventions or activities, and A web-based data platform to administer, communicate, and evaluate the program…
Dear Reader, Employee wellness programs can transform lives by improving employee health. Done correctly, wellness programs can prevent disease and improve quality of life for millions of workers. Years of wellness research and real world experience have been applied to…
Most of the stress we experience comes from our jobs and worksites. Stressed workers are more likely to smoke, drink, be inactive, eat poorly, have relationship issues, and get sick more often. All of this means decreased productivity. Job stress…
Before we talk about office challenge ideas and office fitness challenges, it's important to ask what are worksite wellness challenges? Why should we offer them to employees? Office wellness challenges are short-term behavior change contests, interventions, and team activities designed to…
“Wellness, There’s a word you don’t hear every day.”Dan Rather, 60 Minutes, November 1979 What is Wellness and Why Do We Need a Wellness Program Definition? So what is wellness? There are more people working as wellness professionals than at…
There is a lot of misinformation regarding the need for corporate wellness certifications. For the most part, the worksite wellness industry is not regulated even though there are a few federal and state laws to guide how programs are conducted.…
