Benchmark 1: Committed and Aligned Leadership
Having leaders throughout the organization that are deeply committed to the wellness of employees and wellness in their own lives is an important first step to creating successful worksite wellness initiatives.
These resources will help you gain leadership support for wellness in your organization or those that you consult. You are given some questions to help put together your plan that assesses and gathers leadership buy-in. You also have access to a Wellness Leaders reading list.
-
Articles
Profile of a Supportive Leader for Employee Wellness
Discover the 4 main characteristics of a supportive leader for successful workplace wellness initiatives.
-
Webinars
Leadership Strategies for Workplace Wellness Success
Organizational structure directly reflects a company’s broader priorities and long-term strategies for business success.
-
Expert Interviews
The First Steps of Developing Managers into Wellness Champions with Jack Bastable
Get the first steps to take as a manager for yourself and with your team. Here what’s most important to succeed with many of us now managing remotely.
-
Case Studies
Mastering Leadership Support for Wellness with Rachel Druckenmiller
Hear a quick case study of how Rachel Druckenmiller, Director of Wellbeing at SIG, has mastered gaining leadership support for wellness in her own organization and for clients.
-
Employee Facing Resources
Lowe’s Leadership Communication to Employees Sample
An important requirement of leading a healthy company is communication. To be effective, the CEO must communicate the importance of wellness to employees and make it a priority throughout the company.
-
Key Mindsets for Mastering Checklist
Complete these worksheets with leadership and/or your wellness team to help determine your strategic wellness goals.
-
“It Starts with Us” Leadership Campaign Communications: Mental Health Awareness Month Example
A wellness campaign and leadership communications example for Mental Health Awareness Month.
-
Inspired Leadership Training Activity and Resource Packet
This quick guide provides an activity packet, breathwork practices, articles, and supplemental resources to help inspire leaders to promote workplace wellness.
-
Articles
14 Must-Reads for Wellness Leaders
Wellness Alliance’s recommended reading list brings you the very best book suggestions for implementing the 7 Benchmarks of the Well Workplace.
-
Toolkits
Benchmark 1: Committed and Aligned Leadership Toolkit
Benchmark #1 is about having leaders throughout the organization that are deeply committed to the wellness of employees and wellness in their own lives is an important first step to creating a successful worksite wellness strategy.
-
Expert Interviews
Leadership Lessons from a Three-Star General Lt. Gen. Kowalski
Learn about increasing employee performance, expanding your influence as a professional, and what makes a leader great.
-
Wellness Program Provisioning
Use the two exercises in this resource to do just that and learn to identify priorities as you work through Wellness Alliance’s Well Workplace Process.
-
Walk the Walk: Leader Wellness “Rhythm” Meetings Guide
A facilitation guide and series of prompts for leaders to put wellness at the front and center during weekly individual and team meetings.
-
Leadership Workplace Wellness Initiative Feedback Focus Group Facilitation Guide
Facilitation guide aimed at collecting feedback and ideas from your leadership team/stakeholders on the progress of your Workplace Wellness Program.
-
Avoid “Recreating the Wheel”: Opportunities for Influence and Culture Change Reference Guide
A review of 8 key programs, strategies and systems that are natural integration points for your Workplace Wellness Program.
-
Individual Wellness Plan (IWP) Template
A fillable template owned by the leader (or team member) for wellness self-development and role modeling.
-
Business Allyship: A Playbook for Influence
A reference guide aimed at developing your coaching and influence to drive buy-in, decision making, and ultimately the business partnership needed to make your Workplace Wellness Program a success.
-
Stakeholder Workplace Wellness Program “Personas” Worksheet
A fillable worksheet (with examples) used to establish and communicate progress and measures of success to your key stakeholders.
-
Internal Workplace Wellness Evaluation Plan
A fillable worksheet (with examples template) aimed at helping you understand and empathize with your key stakeholders by creating “personas” for each of your stakeholder groups.
-
Developing Your Vision and Mission Statements
Get some ideas for developing the best statements to represent your organization and wellness program.
-
Sample Resources
Assess Your Company's Leadership Support for Employee Wellness Sample Survey
If you’ve been looking for a tool to assess your company’s leadership support for wellness, here’s a useful tool that can help you.
-
6 Steps for Capturing Leadership Support for Wellness Initiatives
This engaging exercise is designed to get you and your team members moving in the right direction.
-
Workplace Wellness Organizational Identity Audit: Facilitation Guide
A guided facilitation guide aimed at facilitating a discussion around wellness integration into key organizational identity elements including organizational purpose, mission, vision, values, and behaviors.
-
5 Questions to Ask: Learn How Leadership Values Workplace Wellness
Get to know your company leaders ideas of workplace wellness by asking the suggested questions.