The recently released The State of Wearables in the Workplace survey, conducted by the �
Having been involved in worksite marketing in one role or another for the last 17 years, I have benefitted from having strategic conversations with worksite insurance professionals and brokers during �
May is Disability Insurance Awareness Month, which is an ideal time to make sure employees are educated about the advantages of disability insurance. It's important that employees are protected with h�
We all have 24-hours and how well we manage to accomplish important tasks in a day is the skillful art of leading a healthy and fulfilling life. As a busy professional, you might typically find that �
Developing a corporate wellness program that meets the needs of your workers is easier said than done. So how do you do it? By tailoring your strategy and connecting it with your culture.Here are �
So April 15th, or tax day, is here, and in the United States that means today is the final day to file your taxes. While the growth of the internet has made �
Over the past decade, the workplace wellness field experienced a growing awareness of the influence of organizational culture and environment on employee health. It is �
A group of companies, led by Vitality Group, Johnson & Johnson and PepsiCo, recently proposed that publicly traded corporations disclose their employees' collective�
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Al LewisAs organizations look at their balance sheets this year, one area that will undoubtedly undergo intense scrutiny is the cost of employee benefits. It is a notoriously d�
A breadth of literature has clearly demonstrated the pivotal role of worksite wellness programs in improving health and capably suppressing healthcare costs.
When I made my way west after graduate school and arrived as a nutrition consultant at a high profile Silicon Valley tech company, I was stunned to discover that for su�
With 15 locations across six states with a total of 2,050 employees, Menasha, Wisconsin-based electrical contractors Faith Technologies counts on its "Wellness Chargers�
Wellness programs have evolved over time-what was once a company softball team has been replaced by an onsite wellness center with physicians and employees in the workp�
As most employers know first-hand, the costs of providing health and wellness benefits to employees continues to spiral upward. What many employers do not realize is a �
Sometimes it takes a pair of fresh eyes with a different perspective to see what's working and what's not in a corporate wellness program. HR Directors work feverishly �
When the Corporate Wellness Magazine staff received an opportunity to review a product that would enable us to behave as if we were surfing on a surfboard whil�
From the boardroom to the classroom, Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) have learned and implemented game-changing lessons about how teacher health affects their att�
Normal, Illinois-larger than a village but smaller than a city. With its Middle American charm and an award for being one of the top ten towns in the Midwest for Millen�
Corporate Wellness Magazine interviewed health insurer giant Humana about its goals of healthcare delivery within a revolutionized industry. Humana CEO Bruce Brouss
When they met at Google's six-month incubator program in Palo Alto, California in 2011, entrepreneur Monisha Perkash and trained physician and health expert Charles Wan�
Energy is the physical or mental ability that allows an individual to do something. GlaxoSmithK�
Employees in your finance department are not the same as employees in the call center, so treating them as such may result in missed opportunities to engage them in wel�
After two hours at a computer, smartphone, tablet, e-reader or video game, an individual's eyes feel sore. After four to six hours working on a computer as part of a re�
What offers a steady hand in times of volatility no matter which market or business sector you are in?
Education and integrity.
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Because wellness is so often associated with strength, what do strong women offer to the world of wellness? What strong women offer their families, their work and commu�
In today's era of "big data" and "data analytics", it is natural to see growing interest among corporate wellness managers to leverage this information to drive their p�
This article is the second in a series examining the impact of women in the wellness world. You can find the
"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
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Fitbit celebrates a banner year in 2015—the company’s IPO raised $841 million and sold $1.8 billion worth of merchandise. It also made strides
Employee engagement is crucial to sustaining a strong wellness program. The initial goal of implementing a wellness program within an organization is to reduce healthca�
InMovement is making employers stand up and take note that no employee should have to choose between earning a living and living healthy."Sitting all day is junk food for your body," said Gary Hir�
The forecasts are strong for the growth of the wearable device market but not everyone agrees that volume in the industry equates to value. Technology analysts say some of the companies who offer thes�
Rather than pursue mergers and acquisitions as the recipe for growth, the famed Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. is relying on its reputable standard of meaningful face-to-face interaction and building�
With wages flat and health care costs rising, employees are looking to their employers for answers to ease their financial ills. Employees tend to trust their employer more than they do their accounta...
Lam Research is an American multinational corporation operating in Austria, South Korea, Taiwan and the United States and designs, manufactures and services semic...
Stress in today's workplace is endemic and ever increasing. Why is this? We live in a culture where multi-tasking, distraction and overwhelm are the norm. We are bombarded with soundbites, Facebook po...
As ergonomic thought leaders tailor their products and services to the growing needs of employers seeking answers to employee back pain from sitting all day, they hope to do more than mass market thei...
Are your employees exposed to medical errors or perhaps even overtreatment-and if so, as an employer, what is your responsibility?Fifteen years ago, after the Institute of Medicine published a 223...
Romania is the first European country to partner with the Corporate Health and Wellness Association (CHWA) and launch a CHWA chapter to advance health and wellness in the workplace. Under the leadersh...
A proactive approach to local and international disease threats is an essential safeguard to business productivity. Human capital is arguably worth more to a business than tangible assets because it i...
It's no secret that healthcare costs have been rising in recent years and are projected to continue to climb for years to come. This is why it's so important to be proactive and take measures to keep ...
For The Breakers Palm Beach, the wellbeing and fulfillment of its 2,000 team members are top priority. This independent, family-owned resort makes an unprecedented investment in that commitment, to em...
Employees are taking on more financial responsibility for their benefits, and they have more interest than ever before in acquiring benefits that work best for them. For employers, voluntary benefits ...
Resolved: There can be no corporate wellness without technological wellness. There can be no way to encourage, track, or communicate with and correspon
The Corporate Health and Wellness Association (CHWA), an independent resource for corporate wellness education, featured a $100,000 plus wearable giveaway for attendees. Seven different wearable techn...
Wearable fitness trackers, the fancy watches you see people wearing today, are making a splash in the corporate wellness space. These devices track activity levels, sleep and can even count the calor...
Companies are faced with a difficult balance - offer employees a meaningful health plan and manage the ever-increasing costs of providing healthcare coverage. Since the Affordable Care Act's employer ...
The debate over the best weight loss diet has been raging since John Rollo first promoted a low carbohydrate diet for diabetics in the late 1700's. Over the preceding two centuries, there have been hu...
Summer is almost over, and soon it will be time to start communicating your company's employee benefits offerings for 2016. If you haven't already, one offering you may want to consider is a company-s...
It wasn't too long ago that C. Everett Koop, former U.S. surgeon general, challenged Americans to "create a smoke-free society in the United States by the year 2000."1 Boeing Co. stepped up...
