Healthy Leaders, Healthy Employees: Your C-Suite s Wellness Program Starts Today! M. Nicole Nazzaro NHRMA 2013 Conference Tacoma, WA October 11, 2013

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1 Healthy Leaders, Healthy Employees: Your C-Suite s Wellness Program Starts Today! M. Nicole Nazzaro NHRMA 2013 Conference Tacoma, WA October 11, 2013

2 The BIG Idea It doesn t matter whether your CEO supports your wellness program. There are things you can do today to support your own health at work, and the health of your employees. BUT there are ways to get the C-suite involved! And an engaged C- suite can be the catalyst for a successful wellness initiative inside your company. HOW to do it? That s what we ll talk about today.

3 Let s look under the hood. Look at the quiz on your table. Five minutes to fill it out and score it yourself. Then, let s discuss. The BIG idea: You get what you measure. A baseline = a benchmark.

4 What the C-suite can do. The BIG ideas: The C-suite can set the tone for wellness, either way and there s a way to work with them and a way to work without them (but with their blessing). There are things you can do today to start moving the culture in the direction of wellness. Your own health is the number one priority. No matter what s going on in your company, you can still be as healthy as your genetics will allow and it will help sell wellness to the C-suite and support the culture.

5 Learning Objective #1 Understand different methods for calculating the costs of employee illness (absenteeism, turnover, increased health care costs) and the potential ROI of creating a company wellness culture to address these issues; and effectively communicate the potential ROI of a company wellness culture to CFOs, CEOs and other top-level decision makers.

6 Learning Objective #2 Develop a strategy for creating a wellness culture in your workplace that considers the culture, expectations and needs of all stakeholders, with the C-Suite being able to take the lead on creating and sustaining that culture

7 Learning Objective #3 Create options for implementing a wellness program in phases so as to implement change in a way that increases stakeholder support, reduces resistance, and over time becomes a natural extension of the overall company culture.

8 And a bonus. Even if you don t have C-suite support (yet), you can still build a healthier culture inside your company. But there s a catch. Your company s HR policies have to be awesome, or else your employees won t trust you with their health.

9 What is wellness, anyway? Smoking Overweight/obesity Stress level on a daily basis Quality of food available on site Exercise/movement opportunities during the workday (standing workstations, breaks, exercise, etc.) a gym membership is useless if an employee has no time to use it! Financial health of the organization HR policies to take care of and develop workers careers Family time/flex time/work-life balance Community service/giving back/getting involved in the world outside your organization Culture of health are your employees really encouraged to take care of their health, and is that culture obviously visible to them? To visitors to your company?

10 Start with the end in mind but with which question? If your wellness program is the best thing your company ever does, what will it look like? OR if your company is the world s healthiest company, what will it look like? Please discuss.

11 Here s a structure for setting priorities. Eat for energy Move for fun Rest well Know what you love Have healthy friends Does your workplace allow employees to do all five?

12 And our BIG TEN.

13 Resources are everywhere. Wellness Council of America (Welcoa) National Wellness Institute America s Health Insurance Plans Employee Benefits News Book: Healthy Employees, Healthy Business Nolo.com LinkedIn Wellness is a Business Strategy group Started by Wellsteps, which has a product/service to sell but the group is a great resource for everyone no product promotion allowed, just straight talk on what works And your colleagues!

14 Now, let s really talk. Table talk and planning session Who s doing what in wellness right now? What one goal do you want to come away with from today s work session?

15 Did we forget anything? Questions!

16 Thank you! M. Nicole Nazzaro (206)