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Beat Business Burnout with Frequent Communication
Quick Summary: Companies need a wellness check during stressful periods. One of the most important healthy habits an employer can use in the fight against burnout is frequent communication.
All a Twitter When Using Social Media for Benefits Communication
Quick Summary: Regardless of your feelings about social media, they’re a fact of modern life. If you use these tools to communicate benefits information in your workplace, exercise care. There are definite dos and don’ts to keep in mind.
Posted in Communicating via Social Media
Tagged Benefits, Communication, Social Media, Wellness
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Time to Develop a Workplace Social Media Policy
Quick Summary: Social media present their own set of issues in the workplace. Don’t let status updates and online corporate communications go live without some guidance on how to use, and not abuse, social media. Update that employee handbook with guidelines on using social media in the workplace.
To Target Employees of Any Age, Use This Chart
Quick Summary: Employees pay attention to different benefits messages at different life stages. Workplace communicators should consider basic age profiles when creating (or editing) messages that can resonate with each individual.
Posted in Connecting with the "Generations"
Tagged Benefits, Communication, Social Media
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How Do You Spell Relief: 7 Action Steps to Lower the S-T-R-E-S-S Level at Work
Quick Summary: Increased productivity and controlled health care costs are reasons to smile. But is your workforce paying too steep a price? Will those gains disappear as heightened employee stress takes its toll? Here are a few ways to keep your smile from turning upside down.
Posted in Promoting Wellness Program Events
Tagged Benefits, Communication, Stress Management, Wellness
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Health Care Reform: Communicating When You Don’t Know the Answers
Quick Summary: As the saying goes, “The devil’s in the details.” And there certainly are plenty of details yet to come about the health care reform legislation passed in March 2010. But if you think it’s too early to communicate with your employees about the subject, think again.
Posted in All Things Benefits, Workplace Communication
Tagged Benefits, Communication, Stress Management
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Support Families in Fighting Obesity
Quick Summary: Childhood obesity is everyone’s business, but the sensitive topic must be approached with a supportive tone from employers. Remind employees of the programs you already provide such as access to private counseling through an EAP—and do so with compassion.
Help Employees “See” the Value in Eye Health Exams
Quick Summary: Annual comprehensive eye exams can reveal warnings signs of serious diseases, such as high blood pressure, heart disease, and diabetes. Exams can also identify “silent” diseases like glaucoma and macular degeneration. Help your employees understand why eye health is an important wellness investment.
Posted in Promoting Wellness Program Events, Workplace Communication
Tagged Communication, Stress Management, Wellness
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Is It Time to “Tweet” about Your Benefits?
Quick Summary: To help each employee choose the benefits package that best meets his or her needs, most organizations hand out packets and brochures that explain options. That material often lands with a thud—it can be bulky and confusing. Some savvy companies are complementing that material with ultra-quick Twitter messages throughout the year. Continue reading
5 Things to Consider Before Cutting Perks
Quick Summary: The financial squeeze is still pressing many companies, and you may be considering a cutback in perks. But look before you start slashing—consider that it’s often the smaller things (and maybe least expensive) that have the biggest impact on employee retention and morale. Continue reading
Posted in All Things Benefits
Tagged Benefits, Communication, Social Media, Stress Management, Wellness
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Is Your Own Department Getting in the Way of Workplace Communication?
Quick Summary: HR directors, benefits managers, and others responsible for employee communication often have numerous and lofty goals (not to mention executives looking over their shoulders). Reaching employees effectively helps to engage their participation and reduce health care costs. But it’s tough to connect with workers when your own department’s communication isn’t open and efficient. Continue reading
When Reaching Young Workers, Put On a New “Face”
Posted in Communicating via Social Media, Connecting with the "Generations"
Tagged Benefits, Communication, Social Media, Stress Management, Wellness
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Pump Up Workplace Wellness in 4 Easy Steps
Posted in Promoting Wellness Program Events
Tagged Benefits, Communication, Stress Management, Wellness
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8 Steps to Starting an HR Blog (and 3 Reasons Why You Should)
Posted in Communicating via Social Media, Workplace Communication
Tagged Benefits, Communication, Social Media, Wellness
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