• Recognize the global economic value in a healthy, productive and highly engaged workforce
• Explore the latest research on the most compelling strategies for sustained employee engagement in their health, in the context of today’s changing workforce
• Understand what healthy behavior change means for the community, employer and employee
• Tools to bend the cost trend with an evidence-based approach to prevention and wellness

• Design corporate leadership and policies to put employees on the path to healthy and effective behaviors
• Integrate total health management to personalize strategies and understand drivers of employee well-being
• Discuss the role of incentives in a culture – are “progress-based” incentives the future?
• Examine process changes to create choice and capitalize on individual, group and cultural influencers for behavior
• Explore employer-relevant outcomes: engagement, productivity, costs

• Strategic perspectives on the financial value of healthy, high-performing workforce
• Examine Regence’s rigorous, five-year ROI analysis of the company’s internal employee wellness program, and the impact on medical savings and improved productivity
• Discuss a vision for comprehensive, integrated, financially sustainable worksite wellness that drives health outcomes and cost savings

Do incentives empower employees and are they sustainable? What is the role of incentives in a healthy culture? Carrots versus sticks? Rewarding activities or outcomes? Do incentives drive efficacy?

• Participate in a provocative discussion on these questions to translate health behavior theory into meaningful program design
• Align behavioral economics, health behavior theory and consumer marketing theory to effectively insert yourself into a process and influence behavior
• Leverage tools to reach resistant individuals and motivate them to manage their health