Health Leadership Forum III: healthy workplace = high performance

A healthy workplace is the springboard for high performance in a 21st century organization. Both managers and employee have shared responsibility to make it happen. That’s the message delivered to a packed house of lead managers from every county department, separately elected office, labor unions and county council staff at the 3rd annual Health Leadership Forum.

Health is a shared responsibility

With over 90 percent participation in the county’s wellness assessment and a 16 percent shift from higher to lower risk categories, employees have demonstrated they are engaged and looking for more ways to get and stay healthy.

 A healthy workplace benefits everyone

Dr. Dee Edington, head of the University of Michigan’s Health Management Research Center detailed his well-researched business case for health promotion, establishing a dynamic connection between healthy workplace programs, employee vitality and keeping a lid on costs.

Says Edington “You can’t change behavior without changing the work environment. You have to provide a range of choices so that the individual has the opportunity to act when they are ready.”