How much does leadership matter in helping ensure that a well-run workplace wellness program runs well? Plansponsor reports that "More than three-fourths of employers with workplace health wellness programs in place reported positive impacts from their wellness...
Digital, wellness, and company culture -- is there a connection? Entrepreneur Magazine writes: "If improvement in your employees' wellness is your goal, digital technology can play a significant role in improving their health and consequently, their productivity....
We reported previously on "why you need to engage manager in workplace wellness." In that post, we noted that one of the authors stated: “Leadership support is essential in any workplace change, including wellness. Most employee wellness initiatives don’t utilize the...
Last week we published a terrific podcast with Dr. Brian Wansink. Wansink is Director of the Cornell University Food and Brand Lab and author, most recently, of “Slim By Design: Mindless Eating Solutions for Everyday Life.” The conversation covered important and...
In addition to the obvious -- helping employees stay healthy -- well-run workplace wellness also can (and should) contribute positively to a company's culture. How might that occur? A recent study shows the positive effects. The study, "Using a Wellness Team as...
One benefit of workplace wellness programs is their potential to change personal health behavior even outside of the workplace. Could one area be to reduce the amount of sugar soda people drink? The New York Times reports that last year the University of California,...
We've reported on the various ways workplace wellness programs can help increase employee engagement (or even employee recruitment) in the U.S. (for example here, here, and here). But what about outside the U.S.? We provided news from the UK here, which showed that a...
We have often reported on the increased amount of time that employees spend sitting, and the risks that too much sitting puts on employee health and health behaviors (for example here, here and here). We also report on new ways to engage employees in workplace...
One challenge for people who face genetic obesity risk often is the belief that exercise and diet may have no positive effect. This also can be a challenge when engaging obese employees in a workplace wellness program. A new study shows that this belief simply may not...