Health Handouts : Corporate Wellness Program: Building Support for your Program

As with any program, the two key components for the performance of your wellness program are senior staff support & employee involvement.  Upper Management sets the vision and supports the resources from which action plans flow.  Genuine support from senior personnel also lends credibility to the wellness initiative.  It is key that senior staff be visible supporters and role models for your Workplace Wellness Program.

workers need to be involved on several echelons so that they feel ownership of the wellness program.  Staff Members are the program stakeholders!  All workers must have an opportunity to offer input and feedback through needs & interest surveys and program evaluation tools.  The information gathered must be used to plan programs that target those needs and interests to ensure participation, buy-in, and backing.

There are several methods to identify employee needs and interests such as:

• Holding Employee Focus Groups
• Examining Wellness Interests During Department meetings
• Distributing and Summarizing a Needs & Interest Survey
• (Including|Allowing for|Making sure to include} a Time to Give Suggestions on Each Evaluation Tool  

Any one or combination of several techniques will be sure that the wellness program meets what employees want.

Step 3 supplies additional information on determining wellness program needs.  But first, implementing a Worksite Wellness Program Committee can help you involve upper management & employees, determine need, and plan your wellness program.