Create a wellness committee.
A wellness committee creates a space for leaders and staff to make their voices heard. At meetings, they
can exchange ideas, identify creative and develop a wellness strategy to engage employees and drive
change. Leaders' involvement in the committee demonstrates their commitment to wellness and sets a great
example for their teams.
“Establishing a wellness committee is an important first step to start conversations about health and
well-being across all levels of your organization,” explains Kathryn Goldberg, a Best Health wellness
coordinator. “Committee meetings encourage staff participation, and when you create a place for
employees to share their ideas, it helps them feel heard and valued.”
211 San Diego, one of Sharp Health
Plan's valued community partners, works closely with Kathryn as their
wellness consultant and formed their own wellness committee. The local nonprofit connects San Diegans to
community, health and disaster resources to offer crucial health and social services. Wellness was
already part of their work in the community, and finding new ways to bring it home to their employees
was next.
“We knew wellness was something that was becoming more of an awareness in the workplace, so we reached
out to other supervisors to see if they were interested in joining a committee to promote wellness,”
says Catherine Smiley, HR director at 211 San Diego.
Best Health met with 211 San Diego's wellness committee and trained them to use our wellness platform to
boost employees' participation.
“The training gave us confidence on how to champion our wellness program and best support our employees
to engage with this fantastic resource,” Smiley says.
With a Best Health account, employees can join fun challenges, take a Wellness Assessment for health
insights, learn from self-paced Healthy
Living Programs and much more.