Workforce Health Engagement | corporate wellness, consumerism, communication & more | hosted by Jesse Lahey, Aspendale Communications
Workforce Health Engagement is a show exploring strategies to improve your employees’ health and productivity – and to protect your bottom line. Join us as industry experts discuss how to engage employees in population health management, wellness, and healthcare consumerism.
Workforce Health Engagement is a special series for CEOs, HR executives, and other business leaders about creating a culture of health and building on the latest trends in areas such as communication, epidemiology, disease management, benefit plan design, worksite clinics, price transparency, and more.
Over the long term, a “program of the day” won’t help you boost employee health, productivity, and your bottom line. For sustainable success, you need an integrated approach to workforce health engagement.
- Update frequency
- every 21 days
- Average duration
- 35 minutes
- Episodes
- 33
- Years Active
- 2014 - 2018
WHE33: Engaging Wellness Solutions for an On-Demand World | with Lorna Borenstein, CEO of Grokker
Grokker is an on-demand wellness solution that engages employees with better health through video, experts, and community. Loved by users in 172 countries around the world and used by top employers l…
00:40:59 |
Thu 19 Apr 2018
WHE32: Boosting Stress Resilience for Employees | with Andrew Shatté
“Stress is the new fat. It makes us sick, depletes us emotionally, and diminishes our quality of life.”
~ Jan Bruce, co-author of meQuilibrium
Just like managing weight, managing stress is about bec…
00:32:51 |
Tue 18 Jul 2017
WHE31: Building a High-Performance and Health-Driven Culture at Trek Bikes | with John Burke, CEO
The organizations that are most successful in building a culture of health begin at the top, with key leaders championing a vision that includes the wellbeing of every employee. In this episode, Jess…
00:44:06 |
Mon 05 Jun 2017
WHE30: Millennials and Healthcare: How They Experience the System | with Hector De La Torre
They’re supposedly young and healthy, but a new study shows that more than half of Millennials report having a chronic health condition. In addition, Millennials struggle how to navigate the health c…
00:38:04 |
Mon 22 Aug 2016
WHE29: Behavioral Economics for Business Leaders: Turn Good Intentions into Positive Results | with Bob Nease
The new book, The Power of Fifty Bits: The New Science of Turning Good Intentions into Positive Results, by Bob Nease, PhD, is the first practical guide for business leaders to apply behavioral econo…
00:43:37 |
Tue 26 Apr 2016
WHE28: Avoiding Workplace Burnout | with Bill Holston
One of the surprising things about workplace burnout is that no one is immune. Even the most engaged, productive, and passionate people can experience burnout — in fact, their dedication may cause t…
00:45:02 |
Tue 22 Mar 2016
WHE27: How to Engage Senior Leaders in Wellness Communications | with Mark Snyder from Owens Corning
As with any important initiative, it’s vital to have the CEO and other senior leaders actively supporting workforce health engagement. These executives can help to:
Articulate why the initiative i…
00:20:18 |
Tue 24 Nov 2015
WHE26: Mobile Platforms for Workforce Health Engagement
If you haven’t yet realized it, there’s been a communication revolution building, and it has now reached the tipping point for workforce health engagement.
People are now using mobile devices more…
00:31:15 |
Tue 27 Oct 2015
WHE25: For Stronger Motivation, Promote Energy – Not Just Good Health | with Tom Rath
Making the connection between better health decisions and daily energy levels does far more to change employee behavior than telling them about longer-term health consequences.
At most organizations,…
At most organizations,…
00:20:15 |
Wed 22 Jul 2015
WHE24: Benefits Engagement through Gamification | with Dr. Ann Clark and Erin Krehbiel of ACI/MacroLife
Back in episode 14, we talked about the six drivers of behavioral engagement. One driver is Structural Ability; in other words, make it easy for people to take the recommended actions that will impro…
00:34:14 |
Tue 23 Jun 2015
WHE23: Slim-by-Design Workplace: Mindless Eating Solutions for a Healthier Workforce | with Brian Wansink
The best wellness programs are ones people don’t even know they’re doing. That may sound like a pipe dream, but a leading researcher says it’s realistic and effective. A few small changes in the work…
00:31:06 |
Tue 26 May 2015
WHE22: How Well-being Engagement Trumps Wellness | with Doug Stover from Gallup
According to The Gallup Organization, only 24% of employees at companies that offer a wellness program actually participate in it. What’s more, only 12% of employees strongly agree that they have sub…
00:38:47 |
Wed 29 Apr 2015
WHE21: Can Behavioral Economics Solve Your Company’s Health Care Problems? | with Derek Yach from Vitality Institute
A recent study found that the U.S. lags behind other countries in improving disease prevention and life expectancy. America’s weak link? The workplace, according to the study. But it’s also one of th…
00:24:37 |
Tue 24 Mar 2015
WHE20: Does Your Company Make These 6 Common Wellness Mistakes? | with Beth Bierbower from Humana
Today, more than 80 percent of large and mid-size employers offer wellness programs, and more than two-thirds offer financial incentives to take various wellness steps.
However, a large percentage of…
However, a large percentage of…
00:44:40 |
Tue 24 Feb 2015
WHE19: Transitioning to Tobacco-Free Workplaces | with Laura Higginbotham from Owens Corning
Tobacco-free workplaces have become the norm, but what if your company still has older facilities that have permitted smoking and tobacco products for years? You may face serious resistance from empl…
00:25:55 |
Tue 27 Jan 2015
WHE18: Redefining Chronic Disease Care | with Scott Wallace from Dartmouth
Chronic medical conditions drive more than 75% of health care spending. However, people with a chronic condition typically get care through a health system designed for acute care — fragmented, episo…
00:20:54 |
Tue 23 Dec 2014
WHE17: The Cost of Medical Errors: Educating Employees about Patient Safety | with Leah Binder from The Leapfrog Group
All hospitals are not the same! Many hospitals have much worse rates of infections and medical errors that have a serious effect on employers and their employees, both in terms of financial cost as w…
00:34:00 |
Tue 25 Nov 2014
WHE16: Combining Wellness Programs with Medical Management | with Abby Green of HealthCheck360
Jesse and guest Abby Green from HealthCheck360 discuss how to combine wellness initiatives and medical management to drive health improvement and reduce overall benefit costs.
HealthCheck360 is a hea…
HealthCheck360 is a hea…
00:33:20 |
Tue 28 Oct 2014
WHE15: How to Make the Most of Narrow Networks | with Scott Wallace from Dartmouth
Direct contracts and narrow networks of health care providers offer new ways for employers to control the costs of health care. But many of these arrangements are missing huge opportunities to impro…
00:27:03 |
Tue 23 Sep 2014
WHE14: The 6 Drivers of Behavioral Engagement
This episode is the second in a two-part series about leading a health behavioral change. Episode 13 focused on leading a fairly straightforward change, such as influencing employees to get a biometr…
00:29:37 |
Mon 25 Aug 2014
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