According to Statista, the global wellness and health market will be valued at $6 trillion by 2025, marking a $2 trillion growth from 2019. In this booming space, it can be challenging to keep up with all the launches and updates, so Workplace Wellness Insider introduces Tech, a weekly roundup, to do it for you. Find our inaugural round up and more in this week's Top Reads. Be well! – Kacey Larsen, Workplace Wellness Insider Editor TOP READS Tech: A weekly roundup of technologies focused on monitoring and improving employee health and well-being. Late Deadline Friday—don't forget to enter Ragan's Workplace Wellness Hot List awards. Leveling Up Wellness: Leading by example. Survey: Social well-being lags other markers of employee health. Take back control with a return-to-office plan. Curating the Week in Wellness, Feb. 7-11, 2022: Five workplace strategies that assists employees with mental health issues. How to build an 'inclusive culture' for LGBTQ+ employees. Partner announcement: Flexible workspaces help hybrid employees succeed. More articles. Visit our website for additional trend stories, research, case studies and more. STAT OF THE WEEK
The 2021 Workplace Wellness Survey conducted by the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI) and Greenwald Research interviewed 2,016 American full-time and part-time workers ages 21 to 64 about their workplaces. The top three benefit program improvements to respondents: greater financial contributions from employers, more flexibility, and more financial wellness benefits and resources. RESOURCES OF THE WEEK The Role of the Communicator. In the fall of 2021, Ragan Communications partnered with research consultancy HarrisX to conduct the CEO-Communicators Competencies survey. The findings reveal how CEOs and Chief Communications Officers (CCOs) view the other's role and responsibilities plus what they value most in their interactions. The full report shows where these leaders align and differ. Ragan's Top Case Studies in Employee Communications & Culture. The case studies Ragan Communications has compiled in this book run the gamut of communications challenges in the year of the COVID-19 pandemic—from staying in touch via intranet and email in the age of working from home, to championing diversity and empowerment in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death and the unrest that followed. You’ll discover how dozens of organizations took on unique challenges and thrived. UPCOMING Employee Communications and Culture Conference Feb. 16, 2022 - Virtual Beating the Big Quit: Employee Communications for Talent Retention March 29, 2022 - Virtual What Organizations Can Do to Help Employees Transition Back to the Workplace On Demand - In partnership with Virgin Pulse |