HERO June Briefs
UPCOMING EVENTS Join us via webinar at the HERO Summer Think Tank Developing Dashboards to Engage Leaders at All Levels (a free MEMBERS ONLY event) June 19, 2018 | Edina, MN Registration is still open for the HERO Summer Think Tank meeting. If you cannot attend in person, we are …
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Why our search for “replacement behaviors” is crazy making
How many Americans will be killed this year by tobacco use? And how does the societal burden of addiction to smoking cigarettes compare to, say, our national opioid epidemic? Readers who have worked in public health for a long time may well know the tobacco death toll by heart: 480,000 …
HERO May Briefs
UPCOMING EVENTS HERO Summer Think Tank Developing Dashboards to Engage Leaders at All Levels (a free MEMBERS ONLY event) June 19, 2018 | Edina, MN Register now and book your hotel room by May 19 to take advantage of a discounted rate. Join HERO and our special guests at the …
HERO April Briefs
This month finds HERO staff reflecting upon the learnings from our Winter Think Tank in Austin, Texas while we’re gearing up for our Summer Think Tank gathering in Minnesota. In Austin, we addressed the topic of “Overdosed. Are we taking in too much?” where we challenged Think Tank members to …
How are we doing at breaking the stigma about Opioids?
When something is surrounded by stigma, not talking about it comes naturally. From topics as charged as knowing someone going to prison to others as benign as dealing with a child’s bedwetting, avoidance can feel like the most reliable way to cope. But when we buy into a pattern of …
Building Resilience in the Workplace
Given the high prevalence of stress and mental health issues reported by US employees and the associated costs borne by employers, the CEO Roundtable commissioned the American Heart Association’s (AHA) Center for Workplace Health Research and Evaluation to report on workplace initiatives to build workforce resilience. This webinar shares insights …
HERO March Briefs
UPCOMING EVENTS Karen Moseley HERO Summer Think Tank: Developing Dashboards to Engage Leaders at All Levels (a free MEMBERS ONLY event) June 19, 2018 | Edina, MN Leadership support is essential for sustainable, effective health and well-being initiatives and sharing program evaluation and performance data is one strategy for building leadership support. But …
Autonomy and Companionate Love: Do we need a revolution in employee wellness offerings?
Autonomy and Companionate Love: Do we need a revolution in employee wellness offerings? Thirty years ago, during the budding era of worksite health promotion, wellness offerings were primarily an executive perk. Convenient physical exams, individual coaching and healthy foods served at the executive lounge were a sign of status afforded …
Companies That Care About Community Health: What’s their advantage?
As the movement from wellness to well-being gains momentum, more companies are looking beyond the workplace walls to the communities around them to build and encourage a 24/7 culture of health. Recently published research helps to distill business priorities related to corporate engagement in community health improvement partnerships. Findings also …
Head, Heart and Feet in Weight Management
It has been argued that the willpower of our citizenry hasn’t measurably changed during the decades in which our nation’s waistlines have measurably expanded. I agree, and I’d also submit that a weakening of political willpower and a lack of moral courage among those of us called to leadership is …