corporate wellness: past, present and future

Corporate wellness: Past, present and future

Henry Albrecht and Michael Parkinson, MD, MPH, FACPM

It’s totally possible.

Principal of P3 Health Former Chief Medical Officer, Lumenos

Past President, American College of Preventive Medicine

Henry Albrecht CEO Medical advisor to Limeade

Limeade is a corporate wellness technology company that measurably improves health, well-being and performance.

Dr. Michael Parkinson

Agenda

Welcome

Timeline of corporate wellness

Where wellness is today

Future of wellness: 2 fundamental shifts

Q&A

Timeline of corporate wellness

Companies see benefits of vital workforce |  1879 Pullman company establishes employee

athletic association |  1880 National Cash Register institutes twice-daily

exercise breaks

2010 +

2000s

1990s

1960s

1800s

Leaders concerned with illness prevention |  Focus on safety and health risks |  1962 – U.S. Congress passes cigarette labeling |  1971 – U.S. Dept. of Labor establishes Occupational

Safety & Health Administration

1800s

2010 +

2000s

1990s

1960s

1800s

Companies focus on high-cost employees |  Johnson & Johnson releases 1st report tying

effectiveness of wellness to productivity |  1984 – Boeing is first to ban smoking |  Dee Edington study (2M employees): “risks predict costs”

2010 +

2000s

1990s

1960s

1800s

Healthcare-costs-only approach… |  Edington: “Change Natural Flow” & “Health as Economic Strategy” |  Best programs encourage healthy behaviors from everyone |  Lumenos, Definity, IRS launch CDHP’s & Health Savings Accounts |  Insurers add wellness components

2010 + 1990s

1960s

1800s

Early 2000s

Wellness 1.0

2010 + 1990s

1960s

1800s

Early 2000s

Wellness 1.0

Integration of health, safety and performance |  ACA passes with 30% incentive and healthcare exchanges |  NIOSH launches Total Worker Health Program™ |  Lynch & Gardner: Align corporate wide “roles and responsibilities” |  Edington: Shared Values – Shared Results

1990s

1960s

1800s

Mid-2000s – present

Wellness 2.0

Shift to well-being of whole population |  Limeade: First whole-person well-being improvement model |  Organizational support for well-being |  Fitness trackers bring exercise monitoring mainstream

2000s

Next 5 years

2000s

1990s

1960s

1800s

Well-being, culture and engagement |  Whole-person, whole culture approach (“trust audit”) |  Broader outcomes CFOs, CHROs and CEOs care about (Big ‘E’) |  Employee choice/accountability (?) |  Meaningful integration with business strategy (BI)

Well-being defined

Optimal psychological

functioning and experience

Ryan and Deci 2001

Living the good life — happiness + actualization

Waterman 1993

Well-being defined

Or simply put… “how are you?”

True well-being at work

Is… |  A prerequisite to true work engagement |  Close to the “sweet spot of stress” |  Not judged by healthcare cost

reductions |  Not “done” to employees |  “New age” – mindfulness, resilience,

teamwork, autonomy, family…

Individual

Organizational

•  Science-based improvement models •  The fundamentals – eat, move, sleep, stress •  Personalized programs & targeted

interventions

•  Executive sponsorship •  Manager support for well-being initiatives

The whole employee matters

75% of illness & disease is related to “what I eat, how I move and how I think”

47% of employees say

personal problems affect their performance

37% of HR professionals

agree employees missed work due

to a financial emergency

1. Bensinger, DuPont and Associates 2. SHRM

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If you have well-being & engagement, you get great results

42% More likely to

evaluate overall life highly

27% More likely to have

excellent performance

19% More likely to

volunteer in past month

59% Less likely to look for

a job in the next 12 months

70% Fewer missed

workdays because of poor health over the

course of a year

Gallup: Well-Being Enhances Benefits of Employee Engagement (2015)

Future of wellness: 2 fundamental shifts

From “standalone wellness” to “integrated human performance”

|  “De-medicalize” health: Eat, move, think |  Passive patient to active care partner |  From “wellness” to integrated health,

safety & performance |  C-Suite-led culture trumps incentives

Shift #1

Employee engagement

Well-being virtuous cycle

Business outcomes

Best places to work

Invest in well-being

Shift #2

1. Quantum Workplace and Limeade 2. Aon Hewitt 3. SHRM 4. Macy, Schneider, Barbera and Young

From “culture of health” to “great company” thinking

|  38% more engaged1

|  78% more productive2

|  5x less likely to have safety accident3

|  78% more profitable4

|  65% higher shareholder returns4

|  Culture & outcomes win awards

Q&A

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