Sample Corporate Wellness Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion

Is your business’s Corporate 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 Corporate 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

­ Set dates, times, and locations.

­ Determine how agendas will be set.

­ Plan for recording and distributing meeting notes.

• Plan Corporate 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 Corporate Wellness Program progress?

• Select a name and brand for your business’s Corporate Wellness Program

• Create a vision statement for your business’s Corporate Wellness Program

• Identify existing allies Corporate Wellness Program for promoting worker health within your business

­ Who do Health and Wellness Committee members know who could be relied on to support workplace changes necessary to develop a culture that promotes health?

• Brainstorm challenges your business may face in working to develop facilities, policies and Corporate Wellness Program practices that promote worker health

­ What do committee members regard as opportunities? How about potential Corporate Wellness Program obstacles?

• History of past Corporate Wellness Program efforts

­ If relevant, summarize past Corporate Wellness Program efforts. Discuss what your business learned from those efforts.

• What has the business tried over the last few years?
• What has worked well?
• What hasn’t worked well?
• How, if at all, was success of previous Corporate Wellness Program efforts measured?