Posts Tagged ‘wellness’
Limeade’s Henry Albrecht, on why he hates the word “no,” and how to hire the best people
Henry Albrecht is founder and CEO of Limeade, an online wellness company focused on building happy, healthy, high-performance workforces. Before founding Limeade, he was a vice president of product management at an enterprise software company and a product and marketing leader at Intuit. Describe your leadership philosophy Leaders are (enthusiastically) followed. I know — it’s [...]
Going social with benefits conversations — a Q-and-A with Jennifer Benz
In the past two years, Jennifer Benz has added 10 employees at her benefits communications firm Benz Communications, where the client roster includes such household names such as Intuit and Brooks Brothers. In a recent conversation with Robert Jones, contributing editor of SmartBrief on Entrepreneurs, Benz shared her views on using social media for communicating [...]
Kimberly Wilson, on how to bring tranquility to your worklife
Kimberly Wilson is the creative director and founder of Tranquil Space, one of the top 25 yoga studios in the world, as well as the author of “Hip Tranquil Chick: A Guide to Life On and Off the Yoga Mat” and “Tranquilista: Mastering the Art of Enlightened Work and Mindful Play.” Miri McDonald, an expert [...]
Kaiser’s Christine Paige, on designing a wellness program that works
The annual conference for the Society for Human Resource Management is right around the corner. One of the speakers this year is Christine Paige, senior vice president for marketing and Internet services for Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest not-for-profit health system. She will be speaking on Wednesday, June 30, at 10:00 a.m. about “Total Employee [...]
6 tips for ramping up your job performance
This guest post is by Baron Hanson, the principal and lead consultant for RedBaron Consulting, a management consulting firm based in Charleston, S.C. RedBaron advises business owners on accelerating their small- and medium-sized organizations into marketspace leadership. Protecting the time before work to be healthy, the time during work to be productive, and the time [...]
Ready or not, H1N1 is here
No matter how many warning bells sound or how clear to the average person it is that something serious is about to happen, there are always going to be some people who refuse to buckle down and prepare for the inevitable. So is the case with businesses and the H1N1 flu, according to a recent [...]
Today’s bonus tracks
As employers look for ways to lower health care costs, here’s a particularly tasty option for SmartBrief on Workforce readers to check out: discounted coverage for people who belong to CSAs. “This could be a great fit for employer wellness incentives,” writes Jennifer Benz. “Employees are often offered reimbursements for gym memberships that go unused [...]
Today’s bonus tracks
Oh, Tanya, thank you for writing this piece on the absurdity in how we cover prenatal care and birth in this country. It would be funny if our collective stupidity didn’t put our lives at risk, as well as our bank accounts. She shares some great suggestions on how employers can help, including making sure [...]
