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A wellness initiative or program is only effective if it engagesvarious segments of the workforce, including those who are“at-risk,” and achieves positive workplace outcomes—lowerabsenteeism, presenteeism, improved performance. Butwellness—changing unhealthy behaviors—doesn't exist in a vacuum;it's influenced by family, financial and work stressors whichundermine motivation to pursue personal wellness. Emotional orbehavioral issues frequently complicate the adoption of healthierhabits.

Wellness works best when it's accompanied by an employeeassistance program which screens for personal or behavioral healthconcerns and then connects employees to targeted, appropriatesolutions. When addressing these personal or behavioral healthissues, employees are more motivated to pursue wellness. A growingnumber of companies recognize this, as just about every RFP thatcomes in asks us to provide wellness/EAP integration. Brokers arewell-positioned to help drive solutions that seamlessly combinecoaching/counseling staff, technology and data. In our experience,that's the difference between wellness which delivers an ROI andwellness which doesn't. Ultimately, it's what makes wellnesswork.