Building Employee Wellness Programs: Smarter, Healthier Work
Published 12/2025
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Language: English | Duration: 1h 33m | Size: 2.06 GB
Design, launch, and sustain wellness programs that boost engagement, cut burnout, and deliver measurable business impact
What you'll learn
Conduct a targeted needs assessment (surveys, focus groups, HR data) and translate findings into priorities.
Build a persuasive business case using both ROI (costs, absenteeism, claims) and VOI (engagement, morale, brand).
Design a holistic, inclusive wellness portfolio across physical, mental/emotional, social, financial, and purpose/career dimensions.
Create SMART goals and a realistic budget/resource plan (including committee structure and executive sponsorship).
Navigate key U.S./EU legal and privacy requirements (ADA, GINA, HIPAA, ACA, GDPR) and communicate them clearly to employees.
Plan and execute a high-energy launch with clear branding, multi-channel comms, and low-barrier participation paths.
Sustain engagement using incentives as "sparks," social/team challenges, wellness champions, and recognition systems.
Select and govern technology (platforms, apps, wearables) with privacy, accessibility, and cultural adaptation in mind.
Build an evaluation framework (baselines, pulse checks, dashboards) to report outcomes and drive continuous improvement.
Adapt programs across locations and cultures while maintaining a coherent, company-wide wellness identity.
Requirements
No prior experience is required
Description
Most companies offer wellness, but far fewer make it stick. Participation is often low, engagement fades after launch, and leaders struggle to see ROI. This course fixes that by showing you how to design wellness programs people actually use, and how to prove their value.Consider a few realities driving the urgency:Many organizations see low ongoing participation in wellness initiatives.Gallup and other surveys consistently report high daily stress and burnout.Companies that align wellness with culture and leadership behaviors see better retention and performance.Programs that track both ROI (costs, absenteeism) and VOI (engagement, morale) make stronger business cases.What you'll do in this courseYou'll learn a practical, step-by-step system, from needs assessment and legal guardrails to design, launch, engagement, and evaluation. We'll cover mental, physical, social, financial, and purpose/career wellness; show you how to tailor programs across locations and cultures; and help you pick the right mix of tech, incentives, and human support. You'll also see how organizations like Aetna approached mindfulness and sleep, and what you can adapt whether you're a 50-person startup or a global enterprise.You'll learn how to:Build a credible business case that resonates with CFOs (ROI) and CHROs/CEOs (VOI).Design inclusive, multi-dimensional wellness programs aligned to real employee needs.Launch with momentum using clear branding, leadership modeling, and simple, sticky challenges.Sustain engagement with champions, authentic recognition, and a quarterly program cadence.Navigate U.S. and EU compliance (ADA, GINA, HIPAA, ACA, GDPR) without killing trust.Use platforms, apps, and wearables thoughtfully, privacy-first and friction-light.Measure what matters, iterate with confidence, and secure ongoing support.By the end, you'll have a strategic playbook, ready-to-use templates, and a measurement approach that ties wellness to outcomes leaders care about-productivity, retention, culture, and cost.
Who this course is for
HR leaders, People Operations, and Total Rewards teams
Wellness/Well-being program managers and EAP coordinators
Line managers and team leads who influence day-to-day behaviors
Small- and mid-size business owners formalizing wellness for the first time
CHROs/COOs/CFOs seeking an evidence-based wellness strategy
Facilities/EHS leaders integrating ergonomics, safety, and well-being
DEI leaders aligning inclusive wellness with culture initiatives
Global HR/Regional HRBPs adapting programs across countries and works councils
Remote, hybrid, and distributed organizations aiming to boost connection and reduce burnout
Building Employee Wellness Programs: Smarter, Healthier Work
