When business leaders consider the positive aspects of a workplace wellness program, they often bring up expected reasons: It can keep employees healthy, productive and happy; allow the company to differentiate itself in a highly competitive marketplace for top talent; and limit overall health care costs.
I agree with all three. However, I advise executives to consider workplace wellness in a way that is even more central to their core mission by putting their people, and the health of their people, at the core of that mission.
