Corporate Wellness Incentive Plans : Company Wellness Program: Outcome Evaluation
Evaluations determine the outcome of a Workplace Wellness Program. They help you figure out if your objectives were met. It is a good idea to add an evaluation component to your Workplace Wellness Program.
Evaluations may conclude that some interventions didn’t work well. You may find that a popular Corporate Health Promotion Program expenditures too much and didn’t really affect employees’ health. While these may not be the outcomes you hoped for, without this information you might continue ineffective interventions. Having this information will help you cultivate better solutions. When your results are great, it’s magnificent! You can spread the word to employees and management that your program is achieving its objectives and goals.
Three major areas of an assessment
• Company Health Promotion Program structure – The basic framework of the program
• Corporate Wellness Program process – How well the program is run
• Corporate Wellness Program outcomes – Whether the program met the set objectives
Common questions used to evaluate a Corporate Wellness Program
Workplace Wellness Program Structure Questions
• What is included in the Worksite Health Promotion Program? What is the intervention?
• Where does the Employee Health Promotion Program take place?
• How is the Company Wellness Program delivered? What content is included?
• Who manages the Company Wellness Program?
Company Health Promotion Program Process Questions
• How many people take part?
• Do participants complete the Corporate Health Promotion Program?
• Are participants satisfied?
• Which aspects of the Company Health Promotion Program are best attended?
Workplace Wellness Program Outcome Questions
• Does the Company Wellness Program improve knowledge about health concerns?
• Does the Employee Wellness Program change behavior?
• Does the Corporate Wellness Program save the business money?
• What is the return on investment (ROI)?
• Ascertain through an employee survey what incentives and rewards they value.
• Identify what incentives the company can offer as well as what the budget will allow.
• Ensure that every colleague who achieves a goal receives some recognition.
• Avoid offering incentives/rewards for the “best” or the “most.”
• Avoid using food as a reward.
• Use incentives/rewards to reward your Corporate Wellness Program, through logos and branding.