The Secret to Mentally Healthy Workplaces
As we seek to create mentally healthy workplaces let’s first ask how we got to the place where so many workplaces undermine our mental health.
EAP, Employee Engagement, Mental Health, Wellness, Workplace Culture
Coping with Workplace Stress: How Employers Can Help
Your job is the vehicle for providing an income to meet these needs, yet it can be the very thing that creates more stressors along the way.
Employee Engagement, Healthy Living, Insights, Productivity, Well-Being, Wellness, Work-Life Balance, Workplace Culture
When Disasters Strike: Your EAP Protects Your Business and Your Team
The recent back-to-back hurricanes and wildfires on the West Coast magnify the need for all businesses to have a well-developed crisis response plan. Organizations are faced with twin needs in disaster situations – supporting employees and getting back to business as quickly as possible. Fortunately, companies with a strong Employee Assistance Program (EAP) have a powerful […]
Disaster & Trauma, EAP, Employee Engagement
Can You Make Your Wellness Program Go Viral?
Whether it’s a trending hashtag or a popular kitten-playing-the-piano video, an idea that goes viral grows exponentially through social sharing. A concept that starts with an individual can spread like wildfire through Westeros (#gameofthrones for the uninitiated). Your wellness program can benefit from the same viral thinking that created a star out of a mom […]
Employee Engagement, Healthy Living, Insights, Well-Being, Wellness, Workplace Culture
How Do Your Employees Sleep At Night? Should You Care?
Sleep may seem like the most unproductive part of each day. It’s downtime, off the clock, non-billable-hours time. Surely, worrying about whether or not your employees get a good night’s sleep is not something you need to consider…or is it? With a new focus on overall employee health and well-being, many companies are waking up […]
EAP, Employee Engagement, Health, Healthy Living, Insights, Productivity, Wellness, Work-Life Balance
4 Must-Haves for Employee Wellness Programs
Editor’s Note: Our second guest blogger for this month is Kembre Roberts, Manager for Employee Wellness at Southwest Airlines. She is no stranger to the corporate wellness world— before joining Southwest Airlines in 2011, her first 10 years in the industry were focused on designing corporate wellness initiatives and linking health plan savings to healthy lifestyles. We […]
Employee Engagement, Healthy Living, Insights, Well-Being, Wellness, Workplace Culture
Ten Dangerous Myths About Employee Engagement
Editor’s Note: Our friend Rodd Wagner is one of the sharpest minds in our industry. So we were delighted when he offered to write a guest post on a subject that’s been bothering both him and us – the many dangerous myths about employee engagement that too many employers believe. Rodd makes some great points. Enjoy – then, if you’d like to talk further about employee […]
Career, Employee Engagement, Insights, Uncategorized
Difficult Conversations at Work: A Guide for Supervisors
Management can have great rewards and great challenges. Handling a difficult conversation—delivering bad news or discussing an uncomfortable subject—is definitely one of the toughest parts of the job. It must be, or else why would so many supervisors go out of their way to avoid doing it? Yet try as they might, the truth is […]
EAP, Employee Engagement, Workforce Management, Workplace Culture
4 Ways to Improve Unhealthy Rivalries in the Workplace
When most people think of a workplace rivalry, they think of competition. Competition is a natural and inevitable force within a growing and thriving workplace. Employees compete for recognition and promotions. Your sales team competes for new business. Even some wellness programs promote rivalry in the form of challenges and incentives. In many cases, workplace […]
EAP, Employee Engagement, Workforce Management, Workplace Culture
What to Do About Mr. Negativity
Every organization has a Mr. (or Ms.) Negativity. Symptoms can include sour facial expressions, eye-rolling, a pessimistic outlook, cynical commentary, disruptive office gossip, unexplained absenteeism and poor work performance. Just how serious is this diagnosis, you ask? Ever heard the expression, “People are hired for their skills, but terminated for their behavior”? Enough said. Unfortunately, negativity can be […]
Employee Engagement, Insights