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 …
Alliant Healthy HERO Award Employee Applicant Form
The Alliant Employee Benefits Healthy HERO Award ~Recognizing an individual’s effort fostered by your organization’s commitment to health & well-being~ Thank you for your interest in applying for The Alliant Employee Benefits Healthy HERO Award. Please complete the required information within this application and submit the required materials, both denoted …
Alliant Healthy HERO Award Organization Form
The Alliant Employee Benefits Healthy HERO Award ~Recognizing an individual’s effort fostered by your organization’s commitment to health & well-being~ Thank you for your interest in The Alliant Employee Benefits Healthy HERO Award. If an employee from your organization will be applying for the award, we ask that a member …
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 …
Member Profile: Gregg Gascon
MEMBER PROFILE Gregg Gascon During 2018, each monthly Brief will include a member profile where we ask our guest to answer three questions we believe other members would be interested in learning more about. Our second member profile features Gregg Gascon, PhD, CHDA, Clinical Data Scientist, OhioHealth Group Clinically Integrated Network. …
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 …
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 …
HERO February Briefs
HEROForum18 CALL FOR PRESENTERS From the C-Suite to the Shop Floor: Well-being for All October 2-4, 2018 Sawgrass Marriot Resort Ponte Vedra Beach, FL HERO is seeking industry experts, leaders of best-in-class employer programs, and innovative solutions to explore how organizations can achieve the optimal balance between dual strategies, like …
HERO Think Tank Readings for “Overdosed: Are we taking in too much?” The Opioid Epidemic
Winter Think Tank Meeting March 1st and 2nd Austin, Texas How are we doing as a profession, and as family members and citizens, speaking up about addiction? As I was preparing our Think Tank Agenda focused on the opioid epidemic, I was weighing how much time to allow for personal …