Enjoy these health and wellness articles which were written by industry leading wellness experts / wellness consultants to assist you in learning more about corporate wellness programs / employee wellness programs.
There are more than 1,000 corporate wellness companies operating in the United States. Most of these corporate wellness companies are smaller, regional businesses that specialize in one or two components of a comprehensive wellness program. Unfortunately this results in many employers overpaying for the wrong services.
There are exceptions to the above generalization, but those corporate wellness companies that offer a comprehensive wellness program on a national basis tend to only work with employers with 500 or more employees. Given that most employers in the United States have less than 500 employees there is large segment of the marketplace being ignored by these larger corporate wellness companies.
Another problem / concern related to corporate wellness companies is that most have a tendency to "marry" one wellness solution and ignore other wellness solutions that may be a better fit for their clients. This happens when corporate wellness companies select wellness coach / health coach vendor, one health risk assessment vendor or one health and wellness content vendor while ignoring other vendors. This happens for a variety of reasons including:
- Lack of Industry Knowledge - It takes time and a lot of research to find and evaluate corporate wellness companies and the products and services that they offer. Few corporate wellness companies take the time necessary to truly evaluate what's available on the market and to determine the strengths and weaknesses of various wellness programs.
- Convenience - It's easier to simply offer one solution than it is to offer more than one solution. This is good for the wellness company, but not necessarily good for their client. For example, one health risk assessment may not be appropriate for all clients. It makes more sense to offer multiple health risk assessments so that you can select the one that will work the best for a particular client.
- Cost Savings - It's cheaper for corporate wellness companies to select one wellness solution than to offer more than one. For example, it is cheaper to select one health risk assessment vendor's product than to offer more than one health risk assessment vendor. This is true because most wellness vendors offer volume-based pricing models whereby the price a company pays goes down as the volume they purchase goes up. This is great for the corporate wellness companies but does nothing to help the client. Few, corporate wellness companies pass the savings along to their clients. Instead this allows them to earn more profit, not necessarily help their clients. A good, independent wellness consultant can help you avoid this problem.
When searching for corporate wellness companies it is important to take the time to fully understand the market and to evaluate the various options available to you. This is difficult because there are few resources available that offer information about many different corporate wellness companies. For this reason you may want to consider the services of a wellness consultant like the ones found at Infinite Wellness Solutions or Wellness Proposals. Both wellness companies offer a free corporate wellness program proposal services which makes it easy to get multiple wellness quotes to consider.
Additionally, Wellness Proposals offers a Wellness Directory where you will find information about several hundred corporate wellness companies. The Wellness Proposals website also offers the world's largest Wellness Library. Currently the Wellness Library contains more than 5,000 free wellness related handouts, health wellness newsletters, fitness posters, nutrition posters, worksite wellness tool kits and more.