Making the Business Case

Making the Business Case for Wellness

Having management support of your worksite wellness program is key to its success. Without it, employees will not feel encouraged to use the services you are providing and it will be very difficult to get the resources you need for success.

Most managers and CEOs that have supported wellness programs understand the relationship between employee health and well-being and employee productivity.

Here’s a few extra resources to help make the case to your managers:

Dollars and Cents: Reports on Costs, Lost Productivity and Absenteeism

Do Wellness Programs Make Sense? CFO Magazine, 2010
A brief article that recommends narrowing the scope of your efforts.
Change in health risks and work productivity over time. Journal of Environmental Medicine, 2004.
Short abstract detailing the relationship between health risks and productivity.
A New Way of Thinking, WELCOA Health Report
Capturing CEO support is both an art and a science. In this article, you'll find a new model for engaging the corner office.
Winning Ways: How to Gain C-Suite Support, Integrated Benefits Institute Video
Capturing CEO support is both an art and a science. In this article, you'll find a new model for engaging the corner office.

Case Studies: Examples from Around the Nation

Examples from Maine’s Healthy Maine Partnership. No-cost and low-cost success stories from Maine businesses.
Partnership for Prevention: Leading by Example - A CEO-to-CEO initiative designed to leverage the workplace to improve health by promoting greater business involvement in health promotion and disease prevention.

Early Assessments: How Well Does Your Corporate Culture Support Wellness

Take WellStep’s Checklist for Change - Use this free tool to assess your strengths and weaknesses.

Tools: Estimating Health Cost Impact

Blue Print for Health: A Framework for Total Cost Impact
The Blueprint for Health was developed by the Health As Human Capital Foundation and Riedel & Associates in collaboration with the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) and the National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH). This free interactive tool allows users to estimate the cost of health related benefits in an employee population. The tool estimates: total medical costs, absence days, and health-related work impairment (lost productivity while working).

Tools: Making the Pitch