Worksite Wellness ProgramsWorksite Wellness Programs

Why it’s important and how to do it

The Worksite Wellness Program Vision

A Worksite Wellness Program vision statement is a concise statement that summarizes the purpose and goals of your company’s commitment to establishing a Worksite Wellness Program. Taking the time to clarify and describe your company’s Worksite Wellness Program vision can provide a focus and a consistent direction for your Procedures for years to come. The vision statement reminds leaders and workers of the link between worker health and the company’s ability to achieve its overall mission.

Answer the following questions and you’ll have the components needed to build a simple and powerful Worksite Wellness Program vision for your company’s culture of health:

• What do you want your Worksite Wellness Program to accomplish?
• How do you plan to accomplish it?
• How does this Worksite Wellness Program mission support or further the company’s mission?

A sample Worksite Wellness Program vision statement might be . . .

To have workers who perform at their best and who enable XYZ Corporation to be an industry leader in printing quality and customer service (company’s mission), XYZ Corporation is committed to providing opportunities for healthy behaviors during the workday (how) in order to encourage workers not to smoke, to be active, and to eat healthfully (what).

The Worksite Wellness Program Brand

In the same way that your company’s name and brand image provide visibility for your business, your Procedures toward establishing a Worksite Wellness Program will benefit from being easily recognizable to workers:

• A consistently used Worksite Wellness Program brand on all communications conveys to workers that the commitment to a culture of health is here to stay.
• A Worksite Wellness Program brand institutionalizes the culture and makes it more likely to withstand changes in staff and budget.

Do what you can to engage workers in establishing the identity (brand) for your company’s Worksite Wellness Program. Not only are they more likely to accept the name, it’s also a great way to announce to workers the company’s Worksite Wellness Program commitment. Here are two possible approaches to involving workers:

Option 1: Have a Worksite Wellness Program contest

1. Announce the Worksite Wellness Program contest guidelines and deadline.
2. Have the Worksite Wellness Program Committee review the ideas submitted, and select a name.

If, for example, your company, Premier Building and Design, is in the commercial construction business, you might receive the following Worksite Wellness Program ideas from workers:

• Cornerstone: Feeling well is what it’s all about
• Premier Elements: Building healthier workers
• Custom Build: Building health builds wealth
• Building Health: Designing better worker health

After reviewing the entries, your Worksite Wellness Program Committee determines that it likes the name “Premier Elements” and the subtitle “Building health builds wealth”. Your committee awards the “name the Worksite Wellness Program contest” prize to the two workers, those who submitted the pieces of the name that represent the final product.

Premier Elements: Building health builds wealth

3. Select a Worksite Wellness Program logo to go with the name.

The Worksite Wellness Program logo is an important piece of the branding

• Review any ideas submitted for Worksite Wellness Program logos.
• If you’re fortunate to have a graphic design professional at your company, enlist her or his help with developing the Worksite Wellness Program logo!
• As an alternative, select a piece of clip-art that fits with the Worksite Wellness Program name you’ve selected. For example, the company referenced above might look for a symbol that conveys building, health and wealth.

Option 2: Worksite Wellness Program Committee determines the name and brand

1. Have your Worksite Wellness Program Committee brainstorm Worksite Wellness Program names.
• To get ideas flowing, ask members to write down all health-related words and words associated with your company or industry.
• Try clustering words together as in the construction company example above.
2. Once your Worksite Wellness Program Committee has narrowed down the possibilities to about three ideas, have committee members vote to select a name for your culture of health.
3. Select a Worksite Wellness Program logo to go with the winning name.
4. Announce the company’s Worksite Wellness Program and the corresponding Worksite Wellness Program name. Explain that employees on the advisory committee chose the name.