Organizations

Your wellness program won’t be effective if no one is listening to the message you’re sending. To truly improve employee health habits and promote health in the workplace, you need to affect them personally and professionally through a strong and effective communications strategy.
Here’s how:
Make information accessible. If employees have … Continue Reading »

The Harvard Heart Letter reports that poor sleep contributes to heart disease—and that heart disease symptoms can rob your employees of the sleep they need to work effectively. Have a healthier and safer work force. Know the facts about sleep and take steps to educate your employees about the importance of … Continue Reading »

According to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), six specific job conditions can lead to stress among employees. High stress levels may lead to more sick days, lowered productivity and increased risk of on-the-job accidents and injuries. The good news? You can help control many of the stressors or … Continue Reading »

Visitors to letyourworriesgo.com chose health and fitness as their top concern according to a Northwestern Mutual charitable campaign. The award-winning web site was an engaging marketing effort that allowed visitors to choose some of life’s greatest worries, pick a transportation method, and watch the worries be sent away by various conveyances. Over 300,000 worries … Continue Reading »

The best way to prevent flu is to get vaccinated. But for those employees who didn’t get a flu shot, the next best thing is to stop the spread of the influenza virus – especially since co-workers can resent getting the flu from a colleague. Here are important reminders for the … Continue Reading »

Popular culture likes to poke fun at the workplace. Think of NBC’s "The Office" and the cult-status movie "Office Space," or workplace blogs where employees anonymously vent frustrations. But behind the laughs and leers is a stark reality: Employee stress levels continue to rise.

According to Mental Health America, stress … Continue Reading »

Small steps can translate into big gains. Taking stairs instead of elevators, parking far from an entrance and walking to it, going to a colleague’s workstation instead of sending an e-mail – nice moves to stay physically active, but how much do they really benefit your health? Plenty, say Danish researchers, who … Continue Reading »

For your next health and productivity management presentation on the benefits of wellness, you might consider citing a study by the Partnership for Prevention, a nonprofit policy group.

Partnership for Prevention released a study showing that taking five simple, relatively low-cost preventive steps could save 100,000 lives a year.

The study, funded by the CDC, Robert Wood … Continue Reading »

Reliable information is part of a robust corporate wellness program. Discover TopHealth®, the fast-reading, two-page newsletter read by more than a million employees monthly at more than 10,000 organizations.
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TopHealth®, a fast-reading, two-page newsletter, is read by more than a million readers monthly at more than 10,000 organizations. It is designed to be your regular employee communication vehicle for delivering useful tips on maintaining health and wellness. … Continue Reading »