Senior leadership is continuing to put an emphasis on improvingemployee health, according a survey by Willis North America'sHuman Capital Practice, a unit of Willis Group Holdings.
In fact, senior leadership commitment rose 42 percent in 2010,compared to 6 percent in 2009. Respondents also say the two mostimportant factors in the success of a workplace wellness programwere management support and strong organizational cultural support.Still, employers continue to have trouble successfully engaging theworkforce in wellness initiatives and faced barriers when measuring employee success.
"While it is encouraging to see organizational support at thesenior level significantly increasing, the survey indicates a needto focus programs on increased employee engagement," says CherylMealey, national practice leader, wellness consulting of WillisHuman Capital Practice. "Senior management is really starting toembrace the idea that our health impacts how we work, and how wework impacts our health."
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