The COVID-19 pandemic is being called a great disruptor. The pandemic is certainly massively disrupting many, if not all, aspects of life as we know it. A recent article I read focused on how the pandemic will disrupt corporate wellness. …
Historically, the focus of business has been shareholder capitalism. But a radical shift in capitalism occurred on August 19, 2019. On that date, the U.S. based Business Roundtable announced a shift in its Statement of Purpose of a Corporation from one of shareholder primacy to one of stakeholder primacy. The…
I am seeing increasing calls today for employers to address the social determinants of health. In addition, in an email Webinar announcement I received today, I read that employers are increasingly shifting their focus from managing the employee work experience to managing the life experiences of their employees.
Reading today’s…
On a recent Webinar, during a conversation about the importance of self-care, an attendee posted in the Webinar chat that she was tired of all the attention being given to self-care in response to the effects of the 2020 pandemic. Coming from a wellness practitioner, her comment really surprised me…
On a recent employee benefits webinar, each of the three presenters reported they are seeing an accelerating demand for benefits related data by their client companies. In many ways, this makes perfect sense.
Employers are becoming more sophisticated when it comes to the provision of employee related benefits and services…
The Happy Worker Hypothesis has been around for a while now and has been heavily studied and researched. It is generally accepted today that the happy worker is an engaged worker and engaged workers benefit the organization and the organization’s bottom line.
While there is a lot of chatter about…
The shift in focus by employers and the worksite wellness community from a singular focus on employee health to a focus on employee wellbeing potentially opens the door for employers and worksite wellness practitioners needing to address any one or more of the many different areas or common issues associated…
There is increasing chatter within the worksite wellness community today about the need to address the whole person. If one really looks at and understands the concepts of wellness and wellbeing, one will clearly see that by their very nature, wellness and wellbeing are both already whole person approaches. …
Here in the U.S., President Joe Biden has announced several initiatives for his first 100 days in office. This got me to thinking… How might employers address health focused worksite wellness in 100 days or less?
Here my thoughts:
Here in the U.S., incoming President Joe Biden has announced several initiatives for his first 100 days in office. This got me to thinking… How might employers address employee wellbeing in 100 days or less?
Here my thoughts:
1. Determine what the organization’s definition and model of employee wellbeing will…
