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With its beautiful setting, proud history, summer fishing contest and more, Fond du Lac County in Wisconsin is well-known for many great reasons. The next one may be its wellness program — and the lengths to which leaders there will go to support it.

Having once again been named one of the Healthiest Companies in America by Interactive Health, the county sees its “wellness program as a driving force in the containment of costs related to unhealthy behaviors,” said County Executive Allen Buechel in the Fall Reporter.

Said Buechel: “Our employees have risen to the challenge by the achievement or movement toward a health goal based upon individual demographics. I could not be more impressed by the responsibility this group has taken over their health.”

The report further states: “Through activities and incentive programs, Fond du Lac County employees learn about physical activity, weight management, stress management, medical self-care and tobacco cessation.”

And then there's the annual Wellness Fair, which recently took place. This year's event — which brings together benefits vendors, community health and wellness practitioners, and employees —  had a rock ‘n roll theme. And while you've often seen in this space posts on how important executive leadership is in terms of driving cultural change and making a wellness program work, we challenge any executive to show the leadership and energy shown by Buechel at this year's event: