Company Health and Wellness : Worksite Health Promotion Program: Building Program Support

As with any program, the two most important components for the success of your wellness program are management reinforcement & employee participation.  Senior Management determines the vision and provides the resources from which action plans flow.  Genuine reinforcement from senior personnel also brings credibility to the wellness plan.  It is important that management be visible supporters and role models for your Employee Health Promotion Program.

workers need to be involved on several levels so that they feel ownership of the wellness program.  Staff Members are the program stakeholders!  All workers must have a chance 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 support.

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

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

Any one or combination of several techniques will make sure that the wellness program meets what staff members want.

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