Long-term results should be the ultimate goal of your employee wellness program. What’s the point of investing in your employees’ health habits unless those habits are around for the long haul?!
Using Intrinsic Motivation for Long-Term Results in Your Wellness Program
Preparing your office for flu season is essential in maintaining a healthy workforce throughout the fall. It’s estimated that 5-20% of the population gets the flu every year, leading to 111 million workdays lost to influenza.
Take a stand and take back your office productivity this fall by being proactive about flu protection. Check out our webinar recording to learn ten actionable tips that can help you get started.
Topics: Workplace Flu Shots
If you’re at all like us, you don’t want your wellness program to be a flop. You put time, money and energy into your employees’ health, so why not strive for success?!
Here are a few common reasons that wellness programs can fail.
HINT: Avoid doing these in your employee wellness program!
Topics: Wellness at Work
Maintaining a Worksite Community Garden All Summer Long
Hopefully you’ve been following along with our garden project this summer. If not, that’s okay. It’s not too late to catch up!
We just want to remind you of the awesome fact that:
You can build a community garden at your workplace!
It might sound daunting, but it’s totally possible. We have the tips and instructions you need to get started in our workplace garden toolkit.
Topics: Healthy Workplaces, Wellness at Work
If you haven’t experienced the magic of TED talks, you’re really missing out. There's no better way to start your day than with a cup of coffee and an inspiring TED talk. TED — which stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design — features "ideas worth spreading." The speaker series launched in 1984, and there are now more than 2,000 TED talks available. The talks are done all over the world by great minds with innovative ideas.
Topics: Healthy Workplaces, Wellness at Work
Quality sleep can make all the difference when it comes to productivity in the office. In fact, overall on-the-job sleepiness costs employers about $100 billion in lost productivity.
It’s time to take that productivity back. Use these tips to get better sleep yourself, and share the tips with your employees to beat office exhaustion.
Topics: Healthy Workplaces
Hopefully you’ve heard by now that we believe everyone is healthy. Yes, everyone. All of you and all of your employees have some healthy habits in your lives.
Topics: Healthy Workplaces, Wellness at Work
What is a Biometric Screening (and how are TotalWellness’ different)
We talk about biometric screenings all the time, but we know it can get confusing—especially when big words like ‘biometric’ are involved.
What is a biometric screening?
To make it a bit more simple, a biometric screening is essentially a quick health exam. It’s used to offer insight into your employees' overall health.
Topics: Biometric Health Screenings
If you’re the wellness coordinator at your company, you know how difficult the job can be. There are a variety of things to focus on from preparation to evaluation and everything in between.
Doing these seven things every day will help you manage the crazy tasks thrown at you as a wellness coordinator.
Topics: Healthy Workplaces, Wellness at Work
Why Do We Choose Positivity For Our Biometric Screenings?
We strive for positivity in all of our health and wellness events. We want to give your employees an experience that’s inspiring, memorable and not at all scary.
There are a few main reasons we outright focus on positivity at our events.

