HERO Forum20 Ambassador: Olympic Champion Jessie Diggins
A full interview with Jessie Diggins and a review of her book “Brave Enough” is available open access at the American Journal of Health Promotion. Introducing our HERO Forum20 Ambassador: Olympic Champion Jessie Diggins (Interview part one) HEROForum20 is going remote in September 2020, and we have learning sessions scheduled …
The State of Disability Management Among Employers
Zaira Chaudhry, MD, MPH worked with HERO as a Research Intern from January – May 2020. She is a physician-in-training who earned her M.D. at the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine. She also holds an MPH from the University of New England and a B.S. in Human Biology from Cornell …
Member Spotlight: Patty Purpur de Vries, MS; Director of Strategy, Outreach and Innovation for Stanford’s BeWell Program
Patty Purpur de Vries, MSDirector of Strategy, Outreach and Innovation for Stanford’s BeWell Program and an Ambassador for Stanford’s WellMD Center Born and raised in Grand Forks, North Dakota, Patty graduated from Stanford University in 1989 after receiving a full-athletic scholarship. She was a 9-time NCAA All-American in the Shot …
The ABCs of Change
Courtesy of The Avarna Group, www.theavarnagroup.com, 5/25/2019 June 19th, 2020 “Health is not just the sense of completeness in ourselves but also is the sense of belonging to others and to our place; it is an unconscious awareness of community, of having in common.” ~ Wendell Berry On May 25th, 2020, …
Member Spotlight: Lauren (Schulte) Remspecher, MPH, CHES Senior Director, Member Engagement & Communications – St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition
Lauren (Schulte) Remspecher, MPH, CHES; Senior Director, Member Engagement & Communications – St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition Lauren (Schulte) Remspecher is senior director, member engagement and communications for the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition (BHC), a non-profit collaborative supporting over 70 leading employers in their efforts to improve …
Grow
When we encounter new experiences, we learn new ways of interacting with the world and we grow. We do this our whole lives. When we are very young, these milestones are celebrated: our first step, our first word, graduating from college. I think we all know why growing is important. …
HERO Employer Survey – COVID-19 and Childcare Solutions
A few weeks ago, HERO implemented a short pulse survey to better understand how employers were responding to the new childcare needs of employees resulting from school and daycare closures. The following is a summary of the results—some quite creative—all of which signal responsive employers doing all they can to …
HERO March Briefs
We want to start this newsletter with some wonderful, uplifting, heart-warming news. Our very own Mary Imboden, HERO’s Membership Manager & Research Associate, gave birth to a healthy baby boy on Sunday, March 15th. I know you share our joy and well wishes for Mary and her family during this …
HERO February Briefs
There’s still time! The Call for Presenters for HEROForum20 has been extended until March 13! That’s good news for all of us who need just a little extra time. The HERO Think Tank wrapped this week and was a great success. The topic, Burnout and Banana Cream pie, brought a …
HERO Scorecard International Benchmark Report: Focus on Chile
Interview based on data from Q4 2019 International Benchmark Report The international version of the HERO Health and Well-being Best Practices Scorecard in Collaboration with Mercer© (International HERO Scorecard) helps employers learn about best practices that advance workplace health and well-being and determine the extent to which their initiatives incorporate …