Taking a Step Toward Workplace Wellness: Low and No Cost Resources

1. Taking a Step Toward Workplace Wellness:Low and No Cost Resources Jane Ellery, PhD Gina Edghill, MS,CHES Rhonda Murr, MA Contact Information: E-mail: jellery@bsu.edu Phone: 765-285-8259 Website: www.bsu.edu/wellness/wwrt http://ilocker.bsu.edu/users/wwrt/WORLD_SHARED/ECIHRJune08

2. Definition of Wellness • Functioning optimally in your current environment • Helping find a “Sense of Coherence” • Meaningful • Manageable • Understandable • Moving beyond “physical health” and considering current culture

3. Competitive Attitude – Red Zone Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships, Jim Tamm, 2004 • Competitive • Short term • Defensive • Seeks to win – Self only • Feels like war • Reactive - Rigid

4. Thumb Wrestling Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships, Jim Tamm, 2004 • Objective – Win Points • Select a partner • No talking • 1 point per thumb pin • Start and stop by my signal • Keep count of your points

5. Collaborative Attitude – Green Zone Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships, Jim Tamm, 2004 • Collaborative • Long-term • Seeks mutual gains • Sees others as partners • Seeks solutions not blame • Open to influence – Flexible • Seeks understanding

6. Thumb Wrestling Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships, Jim Tamm, 2004 • Objective – Win Points • Select a partner • No talking • 1 point per thumb pin • Start and stop by my signal • Keep count of your points

7. Low trust-high blame Threats and fear Guardedness Hostility Withholding energy Risk avoidance Attitude of entitlement Cynicism and suspicion Work is painful External motivation High trust-low blame Mutual support Dialogue and shared vision Honesty and openness Cooperation Risk taking Sense of Contribution Sincerity and optimism Work is pleasurable Internal motivation Red ZoneGreen Zone Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships, Jim Tamm, 2004

8. Focus on the advantages of collaborating Think laterally to find win-win projects Develop shared values Integrate goals and strive for balance Build relationships Prepare to encounter talent, temperament, and personality differences among partners “Grow” together and plan for changes/transitions Develop a communication plan Partnerships make a difference… Suggestions for Success

9. Potential Partners • Professional Organizations • Local Chamber of Commerce • Health Plans • Benefit Brokers • Hospitals • Schools • Other Area Businesses • Health Product Vendors • Community Agencies • Universities and Colleges

10. State-level Initiatives

11. Wellness Council of Indiana www.wellnessin.org Key needs when starting a workplace wellness program: • Top Management Support • Planning by a Wellness Team • Needs Assessment and Analysis • Program Goals Linked to Business Goals • Formal Operating Plan for Program • Promotion/Communication Plan • Incentive Program • Safety Initiatives • Evaluation of Planning and Activities • Supportive Environment www.wellnessin.org

12. www.smokefreeindiana.org www.indianatobaccoquitline.net/

13. www.in.gov/inshape

14. Oops… www.in.gov/isdh/19944.htm

15. Important note: Long name… and long download time! http://ilocker.bsu.edu/users/wwrt/WORLD_SHARED/WCPWWR.pps

16. Local Resources

17. www.bsu.edu/wellness/wwrt

18. www.bsu.edu/bbc

19. A Business Health Assessment Ball State University – Health Fellows Initiative

20. Workplace Wellness Minor • New “minor” to help students receiving HR, Communication/PR, Psychological Science, and Allied Health degrees have an advantage as they are looking for a job • Education Redefined – learning by doing • Interdisciplinary look at workplace wellness/occupational health and safety

21. Resources to Support an Aging Workforce – United Way, Fisher Institute and others! For more information: Charity Bishop United Way of Delaware County 500 N. Walnut Muncie, IN  47305 Phone: 765.288.5586 ext. 232 www.uwdcin.org

22. Other Resources You Can Use!

23. Spark PeopleEmployee Wellness Program http://sparkpeople.com/employeehealth/home.asp • By starting a free employee wellness program for your company you'll receive the following benefits: • A personalized, online health and wellness program for each employee and their dependants over 18 years of age • Ideas and promotional materials to help you market the program internally • A simple platform for offering incentives or rewards to participating employees • Motivating opportunities to compete with other participating organizations www.sparkpeople.com

26. Major Components of SparkPeople Wellness Program • SparkPoints: • Encourages you to perform activities and tasks that are proven to help reach your goals • tracking foods, reading articles, writing on message boards • SparkTeams: • SparkTeams lets you work with or against other members of your office • Set SparkTeam goals and have friendly competitions • Custom Team homepage: • Upload an image or logo on the team homepage (and link that image to your company’s website) • Team Message Boards: • Activity tracking – see the level of activity among team members with the team

27. Other SparkPeople Highlights • SparkPoints leaderboard: • Use as a platform for a rewards or incentives program • SparkMail: • Team leader has the ability to easily communicate with all members of their team • For communicating any team challenges or rewards/ incentive programs • Automatic joining: • When someone who is not a member of SparkPeople clicks on a link to your team page, then joins SparkPeople, they are automatically placed in your team after joining

28. Free Promotional Resources to Help Engage Employees • Email Template • Promotional Flyer • Incentive Quick-Start Guide

29. www.smallstep.gov/

30. www.welcoa.org

31. www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/hwi/index.htm

32. http://medlineplus.gov

34. Using the Resources • http://www.healthfinder.gov/library/nho/ • Monthly Observances provide great wellness ideas to inform and involve your workplace • You can link to websites for each health observance event • FREE printable information and ideas to use for new wellness ideas throughout the year

35. Featured Sites for Monthly Observances • April is National Donate Life Month • May is National Physical Fitness and Sports Month • June is Home Safety Month

36. Month at a Glance • National Humor Month • Have a comedian come to your office • During a lunch period, set aside time to share funny stories or tell jokes • Have each employee put their best joke in a box and read a new joke at each meeting. April is National Humor Month

37. www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/healthy_sleep.pdf

38. Discuss Ideas Share Your Favorite Resource So, what is my next step?

39. Becoming an Internal Champion • Show the connection between health and productivity • Expand the definition of productivity • Highlight current organizational expenditures directed at health and productivity management programs • Compare yourself to norms and best practices • Dig deeper – identify health and productivity conditions that most affect your bottom line • Commit to collaborate • Implement solutions • Measure, measure, and measure some more Goetzel, et al., 2001, 2005

40. Recruiting an Internal Team • Looking to one person to answer an organization’s problems is a waste of time • Collective wisdom… groups’ decisions will consistently be a better choice than individual decisions • The larger the group, the more reliable its judgment Do not underestimate the wisdom of a group! James Surowiecki – The Wisdom of Crowds

41. Occupational Health Safety Coordinator Training Specialists Operating/Manufacturing Representatives EAP Counselors Management Representatives Human resources MIS Enthusiasts Detractors Involve Key Players… Work to capture the diversity of your population recruiting independent thinkers to your team Ensure responsibilities of health promotion are uniformly and strategically disseminated throughout the organization

42. Taking a Step Toward Workplace Wellness:Low and No Cost Resources Jane Ellery, PhD Gina Edghill, MS Rhonda Murr, MS Contact Information: E-mail: jellery@bsu.edu Phone: 765-285-8259 Website: www.bsu.edu/wellness/wwrt