Workplace wellness that works : 10 steps to infuse well-being and vitality into any organization

**A smarter framework for designing more effective workplace wellness programs**__Workplace Wellness That Works__ provides a fresh perspective on how to promote employee well-being in the workplace. In addressing the interconnectivity between wellness and organizational culture, this book shows you how to integrate wellness into your existing employee development strategy in more creative, humane, and effective ways. Based on the latest research and backed by real-world examples and case studies, this guide provides employers with the tools they need to start making a difference in their employees' health and happiness, and promoting an overall culture of well-being throughout the organization. You'll find concrete, actionable advice for tackling the massive obstacle of behavioral change, and learn how to design and implement an approach that can most benefit your organization. Promoting wellness is a good idea. Giving employees the inspiration and tools they need to make changes in their lifestyles is a __great__ idea. But the billion-dollar question is: what do they want, what do they need, and how do we implement programs to help them without causing more harm than good? __Workplace Wellness That Works__ shows you how to assess your organization's needs and craft a plan that actually benefits employees. * Build an effective platform for well-being * Empower employees to make better choices * Design and deliver the strategy that your organization needs * Drive quantifiable change through more creative implementation Today's worksite wellness industry represents a miasma of competing trends, making it nearly impossible to come away with tangible solutions for real-world implementation. Harnessing a broader learning and development framework, __Workplace Wellness That Works__ skips the fads and shows you how to design a smarter strategy that truly makes a difference in employees' lives—and your company's bottom line. Workplace Wellness That Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization 1 Contents 9 Preface 11 Acknowledgments 13 Introduction: An Overview of Workplace Wellness 17 Section I: Start It (Workplace Wellness That Excites) 35 Step 1: Shift Your Mind-Set from Expert to Agent of Chang: (The Changemaker Imperative) 37 From Expert to Agent of Change 39 Elements of Being an Agent of Change 41 Get Ready for a Challenge 45 Wellness Movements Can Start at the Top 47 Wellness Movements Don't Always Start at the Top 49 Making Your Case 51 Spark "Mini-Movements" 55 Final Thoughts 59 Step 2: Imagine What's Possible: (The Imagination Imperative) 61 Create the Vision for the Movement 62 Early Pioneer in Imagining What's Possible 63 Visualizing What's Possible 64 Leverage Maslow to Move beyond "Health" 65 Health Is More Than a Physical Checkup 66 Keys to Living with Vitality 68 A Look at the Different Elements of Well-Being 71 Physical Well-Being = the Basics 71 Emotional Well-Being = Resiliency 75 Financial = Effective Management of Resources 79 Social Well-Being = Love and Connection 80 Career = What We Do 81 Community = Where We Live and What We Give 85 Environmental = Good for the Earth, Good for Us 86 Creative = Authentic Self-Expression 86 Leveraging Maslow to Draw the Connections 87 Final Thoughts 89 Step 3: Uncover the Hidden Factors: (The Culture Imperative) 91 What Is Culture and Why Does It Matter? 92 Companies That Invest in Culture 94 Why You Need to Understand the Culture 97 Culture Shapes Level of Engagement 98 A Negative Culture Can Undermine Workplace Wellness 99 Beginning to Uncover the Hidden Factors: Assess 103 Tap into What You Already Have 104 Draw Some Preliminary Conclusions 104 Going Low-Tech 105 Leverage Maslow to Assess the Culture 106 The 5 "F" Factors 107 Uncovering the Stories behind the Data 113 Initiate a Dialogue with Leaders 115 Final Thoughts 117 Step 4: Start with What's Right: (The Optimism Imperative) 119 The Strengths Revolution 120 Workplace Wellness Usually Starts with What's Wrong 121 Terror Tactics Don't Work 123 Flipping Around the Negative Vortex 125 The Happiness Advantage 127 The Well-Being Advantage 128 Identify the Bright Spots-Individual 131 Identify the Bright Spots-Organization 132 Reinventing How We Establish a Baseline 134 Final Thoughts 136 Section II: Build It (Workplace Wellness That Grows) 137 Step 5: Take a da Vinci Approach to Change: (The Interdisciplinary Imperative) 139 da Vinci in Action 140 Why a da Vinci Approach Is Better 144 Building Your Internal da Vinci Team 146 Building Your External da Vinci Team 150 The Unexpected Players on Your da Vinci Team 154 Recruiting Leaders onto the da Vinci Team 157 Creating the Engine for Your Movement 161 Generating Ideas You Need to Build a Plan 164 Final Thoughts 166 Step 6: Go Stealth: (The “Sneakiness” Imperative) 167 The Discovery 168 The Difference 170 The Research behind Going Stealth 172 What Leaders Are Actually Focused On 173 Stress in the Workplace 173 What Employees Are Actually Focused On 176 Going Stealth Starts with Renaming 178 The Master Spin Doctors 178 Top Opportunities for Going Stealth 180 Final Thoughts 190 Section III: Make It Last (Workplace Wellness That Works) 191 Step 7: Create Meaning: (The Engagement Imperative) 193 Awareness Is Not Enough 194 Moving beyond Awareness to Incentives 195 Behavior Change: Easy to Start, Hard to Sustain 195 What Is Your Why? 197 Motivation Comes in Two Flavors 198 Participation versus Engagement 199 Theoretical Underpinnings of Extrinsic and Intrinsic Motivation 199 More Carrots and Even More Sticks 200 Money Can Get People in the Door-but It Won't Keep Them There 201 Are Some Forms of Incentives Better Than Others? 202 Should Incentives Be Used at All? 203 A Minefield of Unintended Consequences 204 So Now What? 207 Keys to Lasting Motivation 208 Competency 208 Autonomy 211 Relatedness 212 Purpose 217 Play 222 Moving Forward 224 Final Thoughts 224 Step 8: Design Nudges and Cues: (The "Make It Easy" and "Make It Normal" Imperative) 225 What We Can Learn from Alice 225 What Are Nudges and Cues? 226 Nudges and Cues Make Behavior Change Easier 227 Nudges and Cues in Action 227 Early Pioneer of Nudges and Cues 228 Nudges and Cues Reinforce Well-Being on a Daily Basis 228 Examples of Real World Nudges 229 Some Nudges Require an Investment 232 Cues Are Important Cultural Prompts 235 The Research behind Nudges and Cues 237 Organizations Can Nudge and Cue People into Greater Well-Being-beyond Physical 241 Taking Action to Increase the Number of Nudges and Cues 244 Final Thoughts 248 Step 9: Launch and Iterate: (The Experimentation Imperative) 249 The Iterative Advantage 251 Scientific Thinking Meets Design Thinking 251 The Research behind Launch and Iterate 255 More Research That Calls for a Launch and Iterate Approach 257 Launch and Iterate on an Individual Basis 259 Launch and Iterate on a Program-by-Program Basis 262 Launch and Iterate on an Organizational Level 270 Final Thoughts 277 Step 10: Go Global: (The International Imperative) 279 Changing Trends in Global Health 280 The Rising Need for Well-Being 281 Start, Build, and Make It Last 284 The Bright Spots 286 Crossing Borders to Share Best Practices 288 Fostering an International Growth Mind-Set 290 Getting Started on Going Global 294 Every Workplace, Every Community 299 Final Thoughts 300 Pull It All Together 303 Start It: Workplace Wellness That Excites 303 Build It: Workplace Wellness That Grows 305 Make It Last: Workplace Wellness That Works 305 Final Thoughts 307 About the Author 309 Notes 311 Introduction 311 Step 1 314 Step 2 315 Step 3 318 Step 4 320 Step 5 322 Step 6 323 Step 7 324 Step 8 327 Step 9 329 Step 10 329 Index 333 End User License Agreement 351 A smarter framework for designing more effective workplace wellness programs

Workplace Wellness That Works provides a fresh perspective on how to promote employee well-being in the workplace. In addressing the interconnectivity between wellness and organizational culture, this book shows you how to integrate wellness into your existing employee development strategy in more creative, humane, and effective ways. Based on the latest research and backed by real-world examples and case studies, this guide provides employers with the tools they need to start making a difference in their employees' health and happiness, and promoting an overall culture of well-being throughout the organization. You'll find concrete, actionable advice for tackling the massive obstacle of behavioral change, and learn how to design and implement an approach that can most benefit your organization.

Promoting wellness is a good idea. Giving employees the inspiration and tools they need to make changes in their lifestyles is a great idea. But the billion-dollar question is: what do they want, what do they need, and how do we implement programs to help them without causing more harm than good? Workplace Wellness That Works shows you how to assess your organization's needs and craft a plan that actually benefits employees.

• Build an effective platform for well-being
• Empower employees to make better choices
• Design and deliver the strategy that your organization needs
• Drive quantifiable change through more creative implementation

Today's worksite wellness industry represents a miasma of competing trends, making it nearly impossible to come away with tangible solutions for real-world implementation. Harnessing a broader learning and development framework, Workplace Wellness That Works skips the fads and shows you how to design a smarter strategy that truly makes a difference in employees' lives—and your company's bottom line.

Content: Preface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction An Overview of Workplace Wellness xv Section I START IT (WORKPLACE WELLNESS THAT EXCITES) 1 Step 1 Shift Your Mind-Set from Expert to Agent of Change 3 (The Changemaker Imperative) Step 2 Imagine What s Possible 27 (The Imagination Imperative) Step 3 Uncover the Hidden Factors 57 (The Culture Imperative) Step 4 Start with What s Right 85 (The Optimism Imperative) Section II BUILD IT (WORKPLACE WELLNESS THAT GROWS) 103 Step 5 Take a da Vinci Approach to Change 105 (The Interdisciplinary Imperative) Step 6 Go Stealth 133 (The Sneakiness Imperative) Section III MAKE IT LAST (WORKPLACE WELLNESS THAT WORKS) 157 Step 7 Create Meaning 159 (The Engagement Imperative) Step 8 Design Nudges and Cues 191 (The Make It Easy and Make It Normal Imperative) Step 9 Launch and Iterate 215 (The Experimentation Imperative) Step 10 Go Global 245 (The International Imperative) Pull It All Together 269 About the Author 275 Notes 277 Index 299 Workplace Wellness helps readers make sense of changing trends in the field of worksite wellness and come away with tangible solutions to build an effective well-being platform in the workplace. How can we be smarter in the way we design and deliver worksite wellness? How can we go about doing something that, in its essence, is actually a really good idea? By exploring the latest research in conjunction with real-world examples and case studies, Workplace Wellness takes an honest look at what employers can do to start to make a difference in the well-being of their employees. Tackling the billion-dollar dilemma in worksite wellness behavior change the book provides insights into new, humane and creative approaches to help empower employees to make better choices. Simply putting wellness programs in place does not guarantee employee participation. Putnam shows how to design wellness programs that are effective and stimulate voluntary compliance. She provides examples, resources, and action items for a variety of programs, and helps you identify what will work in your situation