When plumbing products’ manufacturer Moen Incorporated opened a fitness center at its headquarters more than a decade ago, it was a “feel-good” type of service for employee morale, retention, and recruitment. Since that time, however, its wellness initiatives have had a significant impact on the company’s bottom line.
One internal study found that for every dollar that plumbing products’ manufacturer Moen spends on its wellness programs, it saves $3 to $4. The company attributes the savings to reduced time away from work and reduced healthcare costs.
Variety of Programs Offered
The company subsidizes the expense of running the wellness center. Membership costs $15 per month for each associate and includes access to fitness equipment and related programs. The center is open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and many associates are allowed to work flexible hours so that they can visit the center during the workday. (More than half of Moen employees have joined.)
Moen sponsors a variety of programs to help associates lose weight and/or maintain a healthy lifestyle, including massage therapy, personal training, yoga, kickboxing, health screenings, and monthly lunch-and-learn educational sessions. Some programs are available at no charge to associates, while a subsidized rate applies to other programs.
Maintain, Don’t Gain
One of Moen’s most popular programs is “Maintain, Don’t Gain.” About half of wellness center members participated in this yearlong program when it was first introduced. The program targets associates who are satisfied with their current weight and want to maintain it.
Maintain, Don’t Gain participants are encouraged to use the wellness center at least three times each week, and they earn points for each visit and again at monthly weigh-ins if they maintain their weight.
Last year, about 20 participants received fleece jackets with the company’s logo for logging in three weekly visits every week and for maintaining their weight throughout the year. T-shirts and other prizes were awarded to participants who reached other milestones.
Corporate Wellness programs show great ROI. And as one expert noted, there’s little downside—even small improvements make a difference. Check out BLR’s comprehensive Total Workplace Wellness Program—including a guidebook, newsletters, and PowerPoints® updated quarterly—at no cost or risk. Read more.
Fat Bowl
Another popular initiative is the 9-year-old “Fat Bowl” incentive program. Modeled after the television show “The Biggest Loser,” the program takes a team-based approach to losing weight. It kicks off each January when many people set a New Year’s resolution to lose weight. Eighty Moen associates took part in this 12-week program in a recent year.
Exercise at Your Desk
This year, Moen plans to launch a new program, “Exercise at Your Desk” for people who can’t make it to the wellness center for 30 to 60 minutes during the workday.
For example, the customer service team can’t take a long break from answering phones to work out, so Moen will bring 10-minute strength training programs to them at their desks.
How’s Your Wellness Program Doing?
Are your wellness program participants as enthusiastic as Moen’s? Or do you even have a program? If wellness challenges seem too big to tackle, consider the following:
1. Wellness pays off. It’s not a “nice-to-have” benefit—it actually makes money. Studies show ROIs upward of 300% for many programs. That makes it an easy sell to management.
2. There’s a new turnkey “3-Dimension” tool to help you build your wellness program.
Well-structured and well-run wellness programs do show dramatic ROIs, but the key words are well-structured and well-run. Poorly designed programs just spin their wheels—no health benefit and no positive ROI either.
What are the keys to wellness success?
–Careful planning and structure
–Ongoing attention
–Keeping it fresh
With this in mind, BLR’s editors have prepared a new and unique 3-part program that has something for everyone—the people who authorize the program, the people who run it, and the people who participate. BLR’s all new Total Workplace Wellness Program includes these key elements:
Part 1—Workplace Wellness. This 373-page guidebook shows you how to set up your program—from convincing management to implementing a workable plan to maintaining its effectiveness over time. It includes a vast collection of ready-to-use forms, handouts, and checklists that both structure your program and provide the metrics to prove its effectiveness to management’s satisfaction.
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Part 2—Quarterly Manager’s Newsletter. Clearly-written, practical, up to the minute info—the latest in wellness news, case studies of successful programs, and practical tips from the field on running an effective program.
Part 3—Interactive Employee PowerPoints. Employees stay engaged with these interactive training aids. Each focuses on a key wellness topic such as Managing Stress, Healthy Aging, and many more.
PLUS, along with your quarterly newsletter, you also receive quarterly updates for both the guidebook and the PowerPoint® training sessions — so there’s no trouble keeping your program humming with fresh ideas and proven suggestions.
If you’d like to examine the Total Workplace Wellness Program on a no-cost, no-obligation basis for 30 days, we can arrange for you to do so. Let us know and we’ll be happy to set it up.