Livelihood, Health and Resiliency

An Evaluation of Wellness Programs for Lend Lease

Our Health: It Matters

We Spend The Majority of Our Time in Buildings

The Way We Design Our Buildings Can Truly Create An Impact

Integrating Career, Going to the Gym, and Community

Interaction

Merging Habit with Health

Innovation, Discovery, and Turning Play Into Productivity

What are the Financial Impacts?

According to a Harvard study published in Health Affairs, medical costs fall by $3.27 for every $1 spent on wellness programs, and absenteeism costs fall by $2.73 for every dollar spent.

Du Pont Co: (ROI: $1.42) Absences from illness unrelated to the job among 45,000 blue-collar workers dropped 14% at 41 industrial sites where the health promotion program was offered, compared with a 5.8% decline at 19 sites where it was not.

The Travelers Corporation: (ROI: $3.40) The company claims a $3.40 return for every dollar invested in health promotion, yielding total corporate savings of $146 million in benefits costs. Sick leave was reduced 19% during the four-year study.

Financial Impacts (cont.)

Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company: (ROI: $1.68) Their Stay Alive & Well program cost $76.24 per employee. Over half of the 1,600 employees participated; participants significantly lowered cholesterol levels, blood pressure, and weight and experienced 21% lower lifestyle-related claim costs than non-participants. Resulting savings: $127.89 per participant.

California County: (ROI: $1.79) To prevent back injuries among its employees, a county in California targeted white- and blue-collar workers, offered classes and fitness training. As a result, there was a significant increase in employee morale, reduced worker’s comp claims, medical costs and sick days related to back injuries.

Financial Impacts (cont.)

When Designing for Health, What Is Your Purpose and Vision?

Is It to Follow Standards?Common features of wellness programs can encompass the following:

Health fairs

Seminars, classes, lectures, and newsletters

Online health and wellness resources

Nutrition counseling

Health and exercise coaching

Gym and health-club memberships or membership discounts

Heath risk assessments

Stress management programs

Smoking cessation programs

On-site clinics

Or to Set the Standard?

Five Keys to Successful Wellness Programs

1. Effective Communication Strategies: broad outreach and clear messaging from organizational leaders

2. Opportunity for Employees to Engage: Making wellness activities convenient and easily accessible

3. Leadership Engaged at All Levels: Senior managers need to consider wellness an organizational priority to shift the company culture.

4. Use of Existing Resources and Relationships

5. Continuous Evaluation

Program Design Elements to Consider

Legal considerations

Incentives, Penalties, Peer Support

Case Studies Examples from Leading Wellness Programs: http://greatist.com/health/healthiest-companies

Thank you.