A well organized employee wellness program can produce important outcomes such as improved employee health behaviors, lower health risks, and reduce health care costs. They are also effective at improving employee morale and productivity. As any good business owner knows,…
Wellness Programs for Banks and Credit Unions Often times when you hear about wellness programs for banks and credit unions, they are focused on financial wellness. As these institutions are in the business of money so that immediate assumption is…
More employees than ever are now working remotely, but there is nothing new about working outside of on office or without other employees. Truckers, long-haulers, traveling nurses, river barge captains, and even many airline employees have always been remote workers.…
Good wellness programs are continually improving their offerings. The process of continual improvement requires the use of program outcomes data to help determine program effectiveness. Here are 5 questions you should ask before you evaluate a wellness program. 1. Why…
Wellness programs are designed to help both white-collar and blue-collar workers improve health. Blue-collar workers have many barriers to health not shared by white-collar workers so only the best wellness program ideas for blue-collar workers will get results. The term…
1. What is mindfulness in the workplace? Mindfulness is defined as simply being purposeful and present in your head and workspace. It can be described as an inward and outward awareness of yourself, others and your surroundings. Mindfulness is about being intentional.…
WellSteps would love to be your workplace health (wellness) vendor, but if not, we want to make sure you still choose a good one. When you pick a good wellness vendor, your employees will love it and your leadership will…
Corporate health and wellness programs are more popular than ever. We say they fail when they fall short of accomplishing their goals and objectives. Failure can be defined in many different ways. For example, a corporate health and wellness program could…
How One Broker Got Lower Insurance Rates Playing the Wellness Card This is a story about a real brokerage firm that made the decision to embrace wellness. It started with the question, "Why offer a wellness program?" and what happened as a…
Here's a quick peek at the reasons why school wellness programs are a smart school strategy. There are 3.7 million people who work in schools. Schools are the single largest employer in the United States. Even the federal government only…
