This document summarizes a presentation on workforce wellbeing and powering business strategies forward. It discusses budgeting for wellbeing programs, tailoring motivation programs, and the intersection between engagement and wellness initiatives. The presentation argues that holistic engagement solutions can impact employee wellness, better workforce health, and ultimately drive retention. It also provides an industry case study and discusses measuring the effectiveness of wellbeing programs.
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3. Powering Forward
Top 2015 Priorities for Executives &
Managers
Budgeting for Wellbeing
Tailor Made MOTIVATION
Dimensions of “Wellness”
“Engagement” & “Wellbeing”
Iberdrola USA: A case Study
6. Some important differences
Executive Leadership = Holistic Engagement
Solutions
HR Managers = Recruitment & Retention Efforts
The intersection:
an effective, holistic engagement strategy will
impact employee wellness, betters workforce
health and in turn drives retention
7. Defined
Holistic or broad solutions that lead
to “better life” for employees and
equal positive organizational
change
8. Industry Specific Differences
• Increased ee engagement
• Improving health and wellbeing
ALL
• Improved health and wellbeingHealthCare
• Increased Engagement
• Lowering administrative burden
Finance/banking
9. Industry Specific Differences
• Increased ee engagement
• Improving health and wellbeing
ALL
• Finding executive sponsor
• Demonstrating Impact
Food/hospitality
11. Budgeting for “Wellbeing”
National Trends suggest a strong
Priority
• 98% of large businesses have invested
& 73% of small businesses
• National estimates of 6 Billion on
wellness & 1 Billion on engagement
programs
12. Budgeting for Wellbeing
• HAVING a budget
• INCREASES in budgeting
• DECREASED funding not the
trend
13. Contributing to changes in $$
1. Over 40% - previous
programmatic success
2. The economy 36% - improving
3. 30% - Management/Decision
maker Changes
15. Tailor Made Motivation
70% of all employees are disengaged:
• Presenteeism
• Productivity
• Negative culture
• Less willing to apply talent
• Less likely to stay
• Less likely to contribute to “health” of
company
16. Tailor Made Motivation
• Traditional versus esoteric
• Examine HOW you will measure
effectiveness in advance of
implementation
• Understand baselines
• Integrate Engagement measurement
WITH Wellness impact
19. “Engagement” versus “Wellness”
Organizational lines are blurring
Historically supervised areas: managed
separately less likely in smaller orgs although
across all employers about 50/50
While they may be MANAGED separately – it is
widely agreed that these initiatives share influence
Agreement that mental health in employees = to
wellness and should be viewed on par
22. Intersection
• Mental & physical - baseline
• Evolution to address additional and
customized areas
• Baseline – know where you started &
WHY
• Buy-in at both levels
• Design approach – no one size
23. Final thought
“Employee engagement is the emotional
commitment the employee has to the
organization and its goals. This
emotional commitment means
engaged employees actually care
about their work and their company.
They don’t just work for a pay check,
or just for the next promotion, but
work on behalf of the organization’s
goals. When the employees care –
when they are engaged – they USE
discretionary effort.” -respondent
Editor's Notes
Talent Wars, exedus of the baby boomers, talent drought and other factors have made employee benefits and particularly ENGAGMENT AND WELLNESS efforts central to organizations as they continue to struggle to move business forward and grow strategic initiatives.
Generally across all industries – there exists a pattern of these priorities for both Executives and HR Managers
There are significant differences in the how the two groups view these priorities and or plan to address them
Employee engagement and wellness have become analogous – intersecting executive and managerial priorities – in turn creating new opportunities for measurement and strategies that produce results
There are significant differences in the how the two groups view these priorities
There are significant differences in the how the two groups view these priorities and subsequently to tackle these
I.e. for those industries leaders looking to demonstrate Impact of these initiatives – year of year claims reductions would be a natural source of verification
Versus those
There are significant differences in the how the two groups view these priorities and subsequently to tackle these
I.e. for those industries leaders looking to demonstrate Impact of these initiatives – year of year claims reductions would be a natural source of verification
Versus those
Movement to exchanges – 2015 – TREND is wait and see – implications & complexities of Cadillac tax etc…
And extremely dependent upon location, size & culture
Investment in technologies – controversial – executives appear to have increased appetite for these moves versus HR managers
Benefit consumption – Extreme transition related to the tension between baby boomer exodus & Mellenials
Kaiser Family Foundation reports
60% of all businesses (AON 2014) report a budget
30% report increases for 2015 and anticipated in 2016
60% of all businesses (AON 2014) report a budget
30% report increases for 2015 and anticipated in 2016
Realtime- immediate – flexible – wearables, apps etc….
Reward – traditionally utilizes to gain participation as initiatives mature focus should shift to encouragement used as refine wellbeing initiatives AND tie to strategic priorities –
i.e. attachment to benefit costs, culture change, recruitment/retention = all offer opportunities for tailoring or customized incentive management
Forbes reported in 2013 on a study that noted upwards of 70% of all employees are “disengaged:
Forbes reported in 2013 on a study that noted upwards of 70% of all employees are “disengaged:
Right employees get the right programs
i.e. Construction companies with high accident rates versus transportation industry which needs to combat the impact of a largely sedentary workforce
OR retail industries that must address turnover AND inventory risk concenrs – building engagement and loyalty to company and brand
AS your strategy evolves it is important to EXAMINE the goals of your wellbeing initiative in line with your workforces and your business needs – demonstrating your program design is responsive in this fashion will move the intiative forward year over year
WELLLBEING
Why is this important – where the supervision of these efforts sits will shape and define the focus and intiative. Effective models create a high level of interplay between functional areas and integration in the program design
SAMSHA
Some models identify as few as 6 and as many as 9 and 10