IAWHP Pre Con Discussion Table Notes

Getting a Job in WHP• Focus – do you prefer prevention (personal training, health coaching, wellness) or rehab

(ATC, PA, PT, Cardiac Rehab)• Goal – private (work for employer) or commercial (create own business). What’s your

comfort?• Read publications outside of health (to differentiate yourself – EAP, employee benefits,

HR, leadership, workers comp)• Become an expert in one area – diabetes educator, injury prevention, smoking cessation)• Identify contact and request an informational interview (call/meeting). Send thank you

note with resume.• Pursue internship. Don’t discard part-time – get your foot in door• If new to field, create “related qualifications” section on resume and list attributes

(budgeting, analytics, organized, writing skills, data management, leadership)• Obtain certifications: CHES, Coaching• Take leadership role and create community health task force (invite non-profits, hospitals,

health plans, employers

Engaging Leadership• What are leaders business needs – build wellness bridge to

reduce injuries, improve morale.• Address past failures as part of new plan• Start small with planned pilot and measures• Make participation a metric for middle management• Work with supervisors to fit in (plan in advance so they have

time to prepare)• Get to know union leaders (ensure things are made in USA)• Explore ACA incentive plan• Align wellness with open enrollment (VP Benefits or VP HR)

Bridge Health with Your Business Needs

Business Needs Wellness Programs

Engage senior managers Golf Conditioning, Ski Conditioning

Impact absence, short-term disability Injury Prevention Programs

Leverage health plan / EAP resources

Health Coaching “warm hand-offs”

Help employees cope with change Eating for Energy; Relaxation Techniques; Tips for Greater Energy and Performance

Diversity and WHP• Challenges – gaining trust, different value systems, opinion on

nutrition/diet, finances, communication styles, literacy levels, different job functions and cultures (sales, engineers, hourly)

• Solutions – become familiar with population (committee to id concerns); gain trust first (“People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care”); make leadership aware of challenges and obtain funding to meet needs; provide self directed resources; adapt tools like bi-lingual HRA; document participation in your report; package programs that can be shared with female/household; offer translators; create employee/child programs

Strategies for Companies < 1000 EES

• Barriers – no budget, remote workers, lack of awareness

• Administered by a variety of departments• Leverage wellness champions (volunteers) and EAP

program; health plan resources• Develop new campaign/brand• Topics of interest – nutrition, stress• Health challenges popular (walk, stairs, water)• Survey “what would make employees happy?”

Strategies for Companies > 1000 EES

• Understand your culture (what do people want; what are their barriers to part)

• Provide express programs that don’t take a lot of time• Provide quality/professional staff• Engage senior management – define their business need and build

wellness bridge to meet that need (prevent injuries, improve morale)• Create dashboard report for mgt to brief them on your goals and

progress monthly• Think about VOI (Value) not just ROI• Offer programs 24/7 (rotate days/week)• Engagement – offer onsite coaching (vs tele)• “Meeting you where you’re at, taking you where you want to be”

Additional Strategies

• Survey participants and non-participants• Plans must be aligned with company business

plans (are stakeholders vested in wellness)• Strategies > Tactics > Operations• Marketing Strategies (internal, vendor, hybid)• Focus on employee segments (female, male,

hourly, salaried, union, remote)• Assess and provide intervention (measure time 1

and time 2)

Best Practice Design Principles

9 Best Practice Dimensions• Leadership• Relevance• Partnership• Comprehensiveness• Implementation• Engagement• Communications• Data-Driven• Compliance

Social Media at WHP• Hire young intern/staff to guide social media strategies (Facebook,

Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, email, trends/viral)• Have mgt approve plan• Explore virtual platforms (on demand)• Resources/Books – Tribes, Connected, Contagious• Leverage lay leaders – look for role models to become wellness

champions (one per location)• Align with organization communication systems – leverage THAT to

spread word• Auto – retweet• Creates posts; leverage blogs; Tell stories! Get and share

testimonials!

Enhance Career

• Consulting path (create, challenging with billable hours, lack of job security, rely on client decisions)

• Specialist in an area (finance, injuries, diabetes, data management, MBA)

• Explore new opportunities with health plans, insurance brokers

CDC Healthier Worksite InitiativeFood at Meetings Guidance

CDC Healthier Worksite Initiative

• Goals– For worksite health promotion to become a part of

CDC culture– Increase “healthy days” among CDC employees

• Strategies– Formative research– Collaboration– Physical Environment modifications– Policy modifications

http://www.cdc.gov/hwi

CDC Workplace Tools and Resources

CDC Workplace Health Promotion Toolkitwww.cdc.gov/whp

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