What is this about? The American College of Cardiology (ACC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) have issued a new set of guidelines for the primary prevention of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). These recommendations provide an important background context for workplace wellness programming efforts to prevent heart disease among working Americans. These guideline recommendations represent the… Continue Reading ›
Benjamin and Kerwynn Prinzing from Kadalyst, hosts guest, Larry Chapman, Founder & CEO of the Chapman Institute and with over 40 years in the industry over an interactive Live Stream event on what’s working on not working in the wellness industry.
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Budget is usually a major challenge for most employee wellness programs. Since employee wellness and well-being programs are completely discretionary or “optional” in terms of management decision-making around resource allocation, it makes it very hard to adequately fund these kinds of programs. Employee wellness professionals usually must work… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? First, the good news… employer wellness programs have been proven to help people change their short-term wellness behaviors. Now, the bad news… those same wellness programs have been shown to be pretty poor at helping people change their long-term wellness behaviors. For our purposes, we will define “short-term”… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Unfortunately, most employee wellness programs in the U.S. are both under-funded and relatively ineffective. They also tend to be more tactical in nature with limited strategic or business value. A recent article in JAMA documented the ineffective nature of the typical employee wellness program using an admittedly elegant… Continue Reading ›
Source: Chapman Institute What is this about? Unfortunately, most employee wellness programs in the U.S. need to be redesigned for greater effectiveness, but few wellness coordinators know how to make a simple redesign proposal “pitch” to their senior management team. The proposal they put forward needs to be seen as feasible and logical for senior… Continue Reading ›