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To be effective teams need to be (and stay) motivated. This article provides you with pragmatic approaches to doing just that.

In building a results-oriented worksite wellness program, it is essential to have an operating plan. At the WELCOA, we believe that there are seven essential components of an exceptional operating plan.

One of the biggest mistakes in helping companies to build results-oriented wellness programs is that people don’t spend enough time planning. Read on to find out why planning is a necessary step in developing a results-oriented wellness program.

Instead of treating all leaders as unsympathetic to health promotion, wellness professionals need to tailor their approach to the attitudes of managers-ultimately moving leaders through their own “Stages of Change” toward a more supportive position on health promotion. This article outlines a new way of thinking about capturing senior level support.

Over the course of the last 15 years, we have been studying and highlighting the both the process and the necessary elements of capturing CEO commitment for the purpose of developing a “best-in-class” wellness program. As a result of our relentless searching, we have identified six specific tests of leadership necessary for leading a workplace wellness program. Each of these tests will be examined in more detail in this article.

This report focuses on the cornerstone of the WELCOA movement—the Seven Benchmarks of results-oriented workplace wellness programs. Read on to learn more about this dynamic process for helping organizations build “best-in-class” wellness programs.

Over the years, we’ve come across dozens and dozens of the best excuses as to why practitioners don’t evaluate their worksite wellness initiatives. Here’s our Top 10 list of the major reasons why people don’t evaluate their worksite wellness programs.