The Blog
Is Loneliness a Business Issue?
Early in my career, I had gotten a job that I was really excited about. It was a gap in my career that I wanted to fill and I had filled it in with a reputable company that was going to be able— I thought— to give me the experience that I was looking for. Right away...
Help! What employees need and how to do it.
Among many other activities, January is a time to review your company's health and wellbeing strategy for the upcoming year. It's the time I work alongside my clients to discover gaps to fix quickly and other gaps that take more in-depth planning and execution. Most...
Data as a Disruptive Habit for Health and Wellness Leaders
What comes to your mind when you hear the term “employee health and wellness?” For me and many employers that I speak with, this term brings to mind the long history of engaging with health and wellness partners who have promised to deliver improved health to an...
Workplace Health: Supporting the Disabilities We Can’t See
A couple months ago I attended Disability Allyship: Advocation for Abilities, an event sponsored by Breaking.Glass. This one-day conference was focused on disabilities in the workplace and employees with disabilities. Some employees come to the workplace with a...
Perks: Are They The New Employee Benefit?
Every year I teach a group of graduate human resource students about employee benefits. I begin the first class by asking my students for examples of what they consider to be a "benefit" for employees. I never provide them a definition which allows them to rely on...
Insights from HLTH: Healthcare
Last week I spent 4 days at the inaugural HLTH conference in Las Vegas. The goal of HLTH was to initiate a collaboration to "take the waste out of health care." Intrigued with the goal, me and 3,499 people from many areas of healthcare, ventured into Las Vegas to...
What Workplace Wellness Data Doesn’t Tell You
Many of us in employee benefits have, at some point, found ourselves tasked with developing a workplace wellness program. Unlike a health or dental plan, workplace wellness can be a frustrating and costly program to provide to employees. We start out with an employee...