Workplace Wellness that Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization

Section IIIMake it Last (Workplace Wellness That Works)

The final set of steps focus on how to sustain a wellness movement in your organization—by giving employees the tools to engage with the movement.

Step 7: Create Meaning explores tangible ways to shift away from incentives and go deeper by connecting with our intrinsic, human needs. By creating alignment between the purpose of the individual and the purpose of the organization, your wellness movement will have the framework to last.

Step 8: Design Nudges and Cues discusses tangible ways to change the environment through nudges and cues that promote wellness throughout the organization. This chapter helps you continue to evolve the culture of the organization to authentically support and sustain individuals' efforts to integrate well-being into their daily activities.

Step 9: Launch and Iterate discusses the importance of fostering a growth mind-set to nurture ongoing support of wellness for individuals, teams, and for the organization as a whole. This chapter offers tips on how to experiment more, learn more, and devise wellness programs that actually work.

Step 10: Go Global goes beyond national borders and discusses how to grow the movement across the international branches of your organization. Even if you're a domestic organization, you can take a global outlook for unexpected answers. This chapter explores effective wellness movements that have gone global, such as Chade-Meng Tan's “Search Within Yourself,” to help ...