Assuring Long Term Behavior Change – Crossing the “Chasm”

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 ›

Getting management to be serious about Wellness

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 ›

Proposal for Wellness Program Redesign

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 ›