Corporate Wellness Blog

As with any program, the two critical elements for the success of your wellness program are management support & employee involvement.  Senior Management determines the vision and supports the resources from which action plans flow.  Genuine support from senior personnel also brings credibility to the wellness initiative.  It is critical that management be visible supporters and role models for your Corporate Wellness Program.

workers need to be involved on several levels so that they feel ownership of the wellness program.  Staff Members are the program stakeholders!  All workers ought to have an opportunity to support input and feedback through needs & interest surveys and program evaluation tools.  The information gathered ought to be used to plan programs that target those needs and interests to ensure participation, buy-in, and backing.

There are several methods to identify employee needs and interests such as:

• Holding Employee Focus Groups
• Examining Wellness Interests During Department meetings
• Administering and Summarizing a Needs & Interest Survey
• (Including|Allowing for|Making sure to include} a Chance to Give Recommendations on Each Evaluation Tool  

Any one or combination of several techniques will be sure that the wellness program meets what employees want.

Step 3 supports additional information on determining wellness program needs.  But first, adopting a Worksite Health Promotion Program Committee can help you involve upper management & workers, determine need, and plan your wellness program.