Improving Engagement Through Employee Wellness

• Share some learning • Talk about the link to Employee Engagement

• Share the actual results achieved

• Talk about the “surprising” positive benefits

• Discussion

Session Goals

• 2011 - 72% of organizations reported that they offered wellness initiatives to their employees

• 2011 - 23% of employees indicated that their employers provided wellness programming

1 Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, 2011 Buffett National

Wellness Survey, 14. 2 Sanofi Canada, The sanofi-aventis

Healthcare Survey 2011, 15.

1. The “Right” Programming

2. Employee Engagement • In your program

• In your business

Critical Program Elements

“The Right Programing”

Health Risk Assessment

Group Programming

One-on-One Consultations

Awareness

“Employee engagement is the emotional commitment the employee has to the

organization and its goals”.

-Kevin Kruse, Contributor - Forbes

Employee Engagement

• Lower Absenteeism

• Lower Turnover

• Less Shrinkage

• Fewer Safety Incidents

• Fewer Quality Incidents (defects)

• Higher Customer Metrics

• Higher Productivity

• Higher Profitability

Why is Engagement Important?

From the Gallup Q12

• My supervisor cares about me as a person

• I have someone at work I can talk to (adapted)

Employee Engagement

• Support the proactively healthy

• Enhance the healthy

• Move people forward

• Those with a low health profile and low desire to change

Who did we need to reach?

Key to Engagement is Outreach

“The point of a wellness program is to not only reach those who want a program, but

those who need a program”

Equal Offerings

Outreach to all Sectors

Seek out Employees

https://www.facebook.com/

Wellness Conversations

• Gave a common, positive topic of discussion across all sections

• Understanding Why?

• Changing the Norm

Meaningful Conversations

• Team Building Opportunities

Surprising Positive Outcomes

• Fun!

• Smoothie “Walk Around”

• Omelette Bar

• “Week of Awesome”

• Supper’s Ready

Surprising Positive Outcomes

• Cross-Over Programming

– Harassment and Violence and Wellness

Committee

– Social Club and Wellness Committee

– EAP and EWSNetwork

– Leadership Team, EWSNetwork

Surprising Positive Outcomes

• Make your Business Case • Partner Up • Get your Leadership Team in the mindset • Share, Ask, Listen, Ask, Listen, Act • Give Permission • Be Flexible • Take Some Risks • Have Some FUN!! • Measure

Plan “Critical”

• Canadian Companies Report ROI of 1:3 up to 1:6

• Health Benefit Cost Reductions of 5-10%

• Improved Productivity

• Look at your Company Trends

Bruce Telecom Results (2011-2014)

1.08 day improvement sick days 17.8% reduction in health claims per employee 10% reduction in drug claims per employee 8% increase in overall Employee Engagement $136,000 Cost Savings

1:3 ROI over 3 years

Well Employees = Productive Employees

Well Employees = Cost Savings

Well Cared for Employees = Engaged Employees

Wellness & Engagement

Discussion