Do Company Wellness Programs Work and Do We Need One?

How does absenteeism and presentism impact a company's effectiveness and sustainability? Does my company need a wellness program? What are the goals of company wellness programs? How do corporate wellness programs work? How do you create a workplace wellness program? What are the organizational leaders' responsibility to workforce wellness programs when it comes to program success? What are the bottom line costs of a workforce with unhealthy habits? What are the wellness and nutrition impacts on US worker's massive chronic disease rates? What has elevated the workplace wellness movement in recent years? Wellness expert, Registered Dietitian, retired state public health leader, and Samford University School of Public Health adjunct faculty member Mim Gaines is this episode's guest. She answers all of these questions and more. --- RESOURCES: Connect with Mim Gaines on LinkedIn Article: "The Business Benefits of a Healthy Workforce" (Harvard University) Good Choices Programs Healthy Vending, Alabama Scale Back Alabama Wellness Council of America WELCOA Getting Started Checklist CDC: Workplace Wellness Programs Community Foodbank of Central Alabama Brain Chatter, a podcast where we listen past the daily noise and explore topics at the intersection of leadership, workplace culture, profit, and sustainability.