Harnessing Stress for Good: The Power of Mindset
If most of what you know, practice, and teach about stress is based on the fight-or-flight paradigm, hold on to your hat. Recent scientific findings show mindset — how we think about stress — has the power to foster negative effects… or significantly enhance well-being. According to Stanford researcher and clinical psychologist Alia Crum, assuming […]
Recruiting Top Well-Being Practitioners
Hire the right people and your job automatically gets better; employ the wrong people and it gets worse. This fundamental truth seems so obvious that you’d expect anyone with hiring and leading responsibilities would do everything they could to get it right. Surprisingly, it’s often not the case. At HES it took us many years […]
Prospecting Webinars Boost Wellness Participation in the New Year
January is a perfect time to offer webinars that highlight your services and programs throughout the year. These prospecting sessions are overviews of what’s available — with enough details to hook potential participants, but not so much they don’t feel a need to come back for more. Some guidelines: Make the topic timely. Use headlines […]
Draper’s Deep Community Roots Create Unique Well-Being Opportunities
Since 1902, Draper, Inc. has been the largest employer (manufacturing audiovisual products, window shades, solar control items, gym equipment, and more) in the small rural town of Spiceland, Indiana. These strong roots create a bond linking the company’s employees, their families, and the surrounding community. Linda Brinson (Safety and Wellness Director) confirms: “We employ about […]
Self-Coaching: Life Skills for Lasting Success
Workplace wellness coaches offer employees and family members a personalized approach to behavior change. Whether or not your organization offers this resource, why not teach participants the skills they need to coach themselves to a healthier lifestyle? The Coaching Framework Certified wellness coaches integrate a wide range of skills and knowledge — in behavioral and motivational science, […]
Top 10 Ways to Boost Intrinsic Motivation
Our upcoming white paper: Intrinsic Motivation: The Foundation of Outstanding Well-Being Programs delves into the science supporting this model. Here’s an excerpt with steps to shift your programming in an intrinsic direction starting today. Find out what obstacles employees face (they don’t feel they have enough time or they perceive activities as too costly) and […]
The Exponential Power of Cross-Promotion
Cross-promotion is an efficient way to breathe life into your communication strategy and, consequently, your well-being program. As consumers, we’re frequently exposed to this technique. In a well publicized example a few years ago, Google™ named its new Android™ operating system KitKat and relied on the Kit Kat® candy bar brand to stimulate interest. Nestlé, […]
Happiness Is… Being Self-Sufficient
Along with having a big life outside work, we notice the happiest well-being managers don’t have their whole identity wrapped up in their job. They show a quiet confidence to make it, no matter what comes their way. Some suggestions to boost your self-sufficiency: Gift list. Make a list of things you’d take with you […]
How and Why to Foster Lifelong Learning at Work
Nora, a recently promoted team lead, has an insatiable drive to learn. Since joining the company, she has accessed many in-house learning opportunities, along with tuition reimbursement for online classes. She’s excited about her role as well as those opportunities for career development… and it shows. After 2 years, Luke is getting bored with his […]
Third Thursday POS Wellness
Simple, effective, and fun. That’s the best way to describe this easy-to-implement wellness program. On every third Thursday set up an education table in the cafeteria or other high traffic location (Point of Service). Align the topic with a national health month or an internal initiative. Some ideas to get started: Blood Pressure — providing […]