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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.
Who Has the Most to Gain from Your Company Wellness Program?
Quick Summary: The workplace represents an ideal setting for the delivery of health and wellness programs, and building and sustaining a corporate culture of health is a critical component in implementing an effective program, according to The Vitality Group, a provider of incentive-based wellness solutions.
More than Free: Lunch-and-Learn Programs that Last (Part 2)
Quick Summary: Fill employees’ plates year-round by staging lunch-and-learns that complement the wellness big picture at your business. How can managers maintain the momentum after a successful lunch-and-learn program?
Posted in Promoting Wellness Program Events, Workplace Communication
Tagged Benefits, Stress Management, Wellness
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More Than Free Lunch with Benefits: Host Engaging Lunch-and-Learns (Part 1)
Quick Summary: Do more than serve lunch-with-a-speaker. Employees will come back for second and third helpings if educational events focus on their needs and give them reason to act.
Posted in Promoting Wellness Program Events, Workplace Communication
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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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Make a Wellness Culture Shift
Quick Summary: Wellness at the workplace is more than a task—it calls for a company culture shift. Where to start? “Senior level buy-in is a critical first step,” says Ginny Hridel, a wellness program coordinator for the Council of Smaller Enterprises in Ohio. Measuring the potential value of a program will inspire the change, she adds. “Wellness has an impact on all other costs: health insurance, workers’ compensation, absenteeism, just to name a few.”
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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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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4 Reasons to Talk about Benefit Trends
Quick Summary: Benefits professionals aren’t the only ones who find value in understanding benefit trends. You may be surprised at how helpful the information can be to your employees. Continue reading
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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