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Give Employees the Wellness Programs They Want?
Posted by Bob M. in Commentary, Employee Wellness Programs, Give Employees What They Want, Uncategorized on November 6, 2011
When I dashed off my video response to Carol Harnett’s “Give Employees What They Want” video blog, I vacillated quite a bit. Of course, I want to give employees the wellness programs they want. But I also want to give them evidence-based wellness programs, which stand the best chance of helping employees improve their health.
Let’s use, as an example, hydration programs. (If you can’t get your mind around the fact that dehydration is not a common health risk among employees in the US, I’ll offer up a more readily acceptable example in a future post.)
Promoting hydration isn’t important, but it’s not harmful, either. So why not just give employees what they want Read the rest of this entry »
Is It Wellness? The Truth about Water Consumption and Dehydration
Posted by Bob M. in Commentary, Employee Wellness Programs, Give Employees What They Want, Mind Mapping, Uncategorized on October 30, 2011
A couple of months ago, Carol Harnett and I engaged in a video dialog about “giving employees what they want.” I think I inadvertently took the discussion off-topic, relative to Carol’s main point about giving employees the benefits they want. I talked about giving employees the wellness programs they want. As an example of programs employees want, I mentioned programs that promote hydration. As soon as I uttered the hydration example, Read the rest of this entry »
Give Employees What They Want?
Posted by Bob M. in Commentary, Employee Wellness Programs, Give Employees What They Want, Uncategorized on July 25, 2011
About a week ago, my friend and colleague Carol Harnett posted a video blog called “Should We Give Employees What They Want?” in her Work.Love.Play.Daily series. Carol is one of America’s leading voices in employee benefits, health and productivity management, and performance innovation. Her video struck a chord with me, because it touched on a topic I ponder every day. Ultimately, whether to “give employees what they want” is the pivotal question before HR, Benefits, and Wellness professionals today. So I created a video reply with my own thoughts on the topic, especially as it relates to wellness. The videos are below — first Carol’s, then my reply. I’ll have more to say about it Read the rest of this entry »
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Give Employees Dog Poop in Their Meditation Rooms?
Posted by Bob M. in Commentary, Employee Wellness Programs, Give Employees What They Want, Uncategorized on November 7, 2011
[We've been discussing "giving employees what they want." Click here for the previous posts.]
In the late 90′s, I worked for a small consulting company in northern California. We had eight or nine employees working in a beautifully refurbished old house, and we all took pride in being nontraditional.
At some point, the Vice President of Operations (half the employees were VPs) decided she wanted to bring her dog to work, so she adopted a dogs-at-work policy. And she started bringing her coonhound, Dirgo, to the office almost daily. Our vice president of Client Services adopted a nervous 11-month-old boxer, named Bedelia, and this energetic pup also became a standard presence at our workplace.
At the time, pets-at-work was considered the ultimate employee benefit at all the cool northern California companies. And you certainly can make a case that pets-at-work promotes wellness and work/life balance. Read the rest of this entry »
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