10 REASONS YOUR WELLNESS PROGRAM ISN’T WORKING

Posted: June 16, 2016  

As cited by Alan Kohll, President Total Wellness Inc., wellness has been a “buzz word” for several years now. There are strong indications that, if applied properly, a sound wellness program can promote a healthier corporate environment, healthier, more productive employees and a reduction in health plan premiums. However, there are some things that can become hurdles to a successful wellness program.

  1. Using Scare Tactics to get employees to participate
  2. Incentivizing poorly in order to gain participation
  3. Not offering Biometric Screenings
  4. Offering Only Biometric Screenings
  5. Not consulting “wellness exerts”
  6. Poor communication
  7. Using the wrong provider
  8. Not encouraging feedback
  9. Forcing participation
  10. Stressing out

If you find yourself in any of these situations, please go back to the drawing board, consult some professionals and redesign your wellness program.

Here are a few resources with some ideas.

http://fortune.com/2015/04/13/corporate-wellness/

https://www.healthylife.com/template.asp?pageID=41

http://healthadvocate.com/downloads/whitepapers/WorkplaceWellnessCheckList.pdf

IT CAN WORK FOR YOU TOO!!