A combined team of US Corporate Wellness Coaches and Participating Employee Wellness Clients came together for the popular Colfax Marathon Relay. Here’s a great shot of one of the many teams to compete.
US Corporate Wellness, Inc has formed a partnership with USA Triathlon, governing body of one of the fastest growing sports in the country.
“We’ve developed a special place in our hearts for triathletes over the years,” said US Corporate Wellness CEO Brad Cooper. “The relationships we’ve developed with Tim Yount and others at USA Triathlon made this a simple transition. And the fact is, that while only a small number of those with whom we work at various employer organizations ever plan to do a triathlon, those who do already get it. USA Triathlon members understand the incredible impact good health and a focus on wellness means to their own productivity, energy levels and overall contribution at work - not to mention decreased health care costs. All of these things together made a partnership with USA Triathlon a natural.”
The US Corporate Wellness Team demonstrated they don’t just talk the talk, but rather also make a habit of walking the walk (or running the run!) by winning the Colfax Marathon Relay. In defending the title they’d earned at the Denver Marathon the previous fall, the team easily won the race by more than 12 minutes over more than 400 teams in the popular event.
What do you think? Core values? Employee Wellness Provider? Do they even matter in producing an ROI for your organization in this key area??
Absolutely. Your wellness provider, unless we’re talking about one of those impersonal, generic wellness programs, is central to the culture of your organization, whispering in the ear of every one of your participating team members.
With that said, we thought you might want to take a peek at some of ours (while not a complete list, it’ll give you an idea):
Too soft and fluffy for your liking? That’s ok - just click on over to our White Paper on the ROI of Employee Wellness do get all the hard numbers you could ever want (http://www.uscorporatewellness.com/wellnessquotient.php)
It’s difficult to open a newspaper without reading something about our politicians - on both sides of the aisle - proposing various ways to “fix our health care system.”
One problem - and it’s a major problem - all we’re really talking about with these proposals is determining who’s going to pay for it - not how to actually fix the problem.
The problem is that what we traditionally call “health” care isn’t health care at all - it’s SICK care. We’re waiting until individuals are sick or hurt and THEN kick in the system. At that point, the costs are immense, and the only solution remaining is figuring out how to pay for it.
On the other hand, if we were to focus instead on truly assisting individuals in improving their health, the costs would actually be lower - much lower - over the long haul.
Fortunately, many employers “get it.” They understand that both health care and disability costs (not to mention areas like sick time, recruitment and retention) can be positively impacted by implementing opportunities for employees to actually take better care of their HEALTH, and not just their illness.
Progress, thankfully. Now if someone would just pass the word to our politicians?