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
1
2
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
limeade.com | marketingteam@limeade.com
Download our e-book or
reach out:
http://sip.limeade.com/evolution-
of-wellness

Corporate wellness: Past, present and future

  • 1.
    Corporate wellness: Past, presentand future Henry Albrecht and Michael Parkinson, MD, MPH, FACPM It’s totally possible.
  • 2.
    Principal of P3Health 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
  • 3.
    Agenda Welcome Timeline of corporatewellness Where wellness is today Future of wellness: 2 fundamental shifts Q&A
  • 4.
  • 5.
    Companies see benefitsof vital workforce |  1879 Pullman company establishes employee athletic association |  1880 National Cash Register institutes twice-daily exercise breaks 2010 + 2000s 1990s 1960s 1800s
  • 6.
    Leaders concerned withillness 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
  • 7.
    Companies focus onhigh-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
  • 8.
    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
  • 9.
    2010 + 1990s 1960s 1800s Early 2000s Wellness1.0 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
  • 10.
    1990s 1960s 1800s Mid-2000s – present Wellness 2.0 Shiftto 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
  • 11.
    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)
  • 12.
    Well-being defined Optimal psychological functioning and experience Ryanand Deci 2001 Living the good life — happiness + actualization Waterman 1993
  • 13.
    Well-being defined Or simplyput… “how are you?”
  • 14.
    True well-being atwork 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…
  • 15.
    Individual Organizational •  Science-based improvementmodels •  The fundamentals – eat, move, sleep, stress •  Personalized programs & targeted interventions •  Executive sponsorship •  Manager support for well-being initiatives
  • 16.
    The whole employeematters 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 1 2
  • 17.
    If you havewell-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)
  • 18.
    Future of wellness: 2fundamental shifts
  • 19.
    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
  • 20.
    Employee engagement Well-being virtuous cycle Business outcomes Best places towork 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
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    limeade.com | marketingteam@limeade.com Downloadour e-book or reach out: http://sip.limeade.com/evolution- of-wellness