Sample Worksite Wellness Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion
Is your organization’s Worksite Wellness Program Health and Wellness Committee new? Has it existed on paper but been inactive for a while? In either case, some of the following may be appropriate agenda items for your first Worksite Wellness Program meetings. You may also want to revisit these topics annually.
• Clarify roles of Health and Wellness Committee members
Are members responsible for implementing changes or recommending changes?
How long are members’ terms on the Health and Wellness Committee?
How will new members be selected?
• Determine Health and Wellness Committee meeting frequency and processes
Establish dates, times, and locations.
Determine how agendas will be set.
Plan for recording and distributing meeting notes.
• Plan Worksite Wellness Program communication with leadership
Does a leader sit on the group or does the coordinator report on progress (and to whom)?
How often do leaders want reports on Worksite Wellness Program progress?
• Select a name and brand for your organization’s Worksite Wellness Program
• Create a vision statement for your organization’s Worksite Wellness Program
• Identify existing allies Worksite Wellness Program for promoting worker health within your organization
Who do Health and Wellness Committee members know who could be relied on to support workplace changes required to establish a culture that encourages health?
• Brainstorm challenges your organization may face in working to establish facilities, policies and Worksite Wellness Program practices that promote worker health
What do committee members regard as opportunities? How about potential Worksite Wellness Program obstacles?
• History of past Worksite Wellness Program efforts
If relevant, summarize past Worksite Wellness Program efforts. Discuss what your organization learned from those efforts.
? What has the organization tried over the last few years?
? What has worked well?
? What hasn’t worked well?
? How, if at all, was success of previous Worksite Wellness Program efforts measured?
