Empowering Your Wellness Council for Program Success

Managed Care Information Center
June 25, 2009
SKU: HP2677757
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Speaker Kathy Cash a nationally recognized expert in the field of health promotion zeroes in on how you can nurture strengthen grow and harness the full power of one of the most essential components of a successful workplace wellness program - your organization’s Wellness Council. Workplace wellness councils or committees are important elements of successful workplace health promotion programs. "The feedback the committee members provide is invaluable" a wellness program manager told us. "They represent the employee population and are very plugged in to what they need and want from a workplace wellness department." Learning Objectives: Participants will understand how to turn their Wellness Council into the very “heart and soul” of an organization’s wellness program including strategies to: * How to recruit and retain the best members * How to keep members motivated and enthusiastic * Ways to use the Council members in strategic planning * Ways to increase efficiency and effectiveness through Action Teams * Best practices to recruit and nurture astrong Council chairperson * How to increase management support through Council interface * Proven ways to get results through auditable Council documentation * Question and Answer