Corporate Wellness – Page 4

Category: Corporate Wellness

POLL: 73% of Americans would try to lose weight if the government offered an incentive

The question of how and where to apply incentives to behavior change is a popular source of debate. Forbes has a good article summarizing research that shows that the majority of Americans would try to lose weight if the government offered an incentive. Of those that would try, 51% indicated "I would try really hard" to lose [...]

Don’t Sabotage Your Corporate Wellness Program: Part 1

If you are one of the many companies across the nation who has adopted a corporate wellness program to encourage a healthier lifestyle and reduce health insurance costs, congratulations! You already know that a healthy employee is a happy employee, and productivity and loyalty will rise in your favor in return. But there are small things [...]

Maintaining a Corporate Wellness Program – Individual Options

One of the aspects of running a corporate wellness program is the team challenge. Getting many people who work together involved at the same time gives them motivation to lose weight and improve their health for the good of the team, as well as themselves. These people will often be found eating together, going to the [...]

Maintaining a Corporate Wellness Program – Offering the Right Program

How many times have you started a focused corporate wellness program, only to have lukewarm reactions? Many companies have conducted a health risk assessment and offered specific wellness programs to employees, but have discovered that most of these employees have filed the information away and, on occasion, completely forgotten about the entire program because they were [...]

Maintaining a Corporate Wellness Program – Communication

Making sure that you communicate with the participants in your corporate wellness program guarantees that everyone knows what is going on at all times. It’s up to you and your team to make sure you use the proper communication methods, making sure that your employees do not get overwhelmed by participating. One of the communication methods [...]