Members of the Institute are primarily members of the benefits strategy teams at large employer members of Business Group on Health. The Institute also includes a select number of strategic partners from our industry partner membership who provide thought leadership to the group.
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Institutes & Committees
Cost & Delivery Institute
Global Institute
Well-being & Workforce Strategy Institute
Health Innovations Forum
Executive Committee on Value Purchasing
Leadership Forum on Employee Experience
Pharmacy Benefit Committee
Leave Optimization Forum
Evidence-based Benefit Design Committee
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Well-being & Workforce Strategy Institute
Mission & Objectives
The Well-being & Workforce Strategy Institute’s mission is to deploy the healthiest, most productive, engaged and competitive workforce possible to boost business performance and empower great people and communities. Its objectives are to:
- Identify high-impact holistic well-being strategies that improve employee physical and mental health, financial well-being, social connectedness and job satisfaction.
- Promote strategic leave, flexibilities and work-life solutions that help employees be their best at work, at home and in the community.
- Apply an equity lens to all we do, assessing and solving for disparities in well-being engagement and outcomes and addressing social needs and determinants as essential to health and well-being strategies and solutions.
- Address the future workforce that will be characterized by human-tech integration, diversity and inclusion and human capital trends intersecting with health and well-being initiatives.
- Connect employee well-being to business performance metrics such as talent attraction; engagement and retention; customer satisfaction and loyalty; profitability; safety performance; and industry-specific measures.
- Realize the value of cross-functional collaboration with teams including real estate and facilities, safety, diversity and inclusion, corporate social responsibility, and learning and development to advance well-being in all policies.
- Identify and share ways to infuse well-being throughout the organization and compel leaders at all levels, from front-line employees to C-Suite executives, to embrace a well-being culture and mindset.
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How To Get Involved
Well-being & Workforce Strategy Institute
If you represent an employer member of Business Group on Health your annual participation fee is $5,000.
The Institute meets three times a year in-person, typically at the Business Group offices in Washington, DC.
Members provide guidance on Business Group resources focused on well-being and workforce strategy. Members participate in employer roundtable discussions and provide thought leadership on upcoming discussion topics, conference sessions and publications focused on emerging issues such as dimensions of well-being, leave and flexibilities, health equity and social determinants of health. Members advise the Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-being Awards program.
Scope of Work
Well-being & Workforce Strategy Institute
The Institute recognizes the imperative and the challenge inherent in building and sustaining an impactful well-being strategy across an organization. Institute members report gaining value from idea generation and validation; networking and mentoring; learnings and best practices for executing new initiatives; introduction to thought leaders and experts; and access to non-public data and information. This Institute leads the Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-being recognition program.
Specific benefits include:
- Three in-person meetings per year, each with an associated networking reception/dinner;
- Institute-only virtual meetings, benchmarking calls and webinar presentations;
- Opportunity to participate remotely in most meetings if unable to attend in person and/or send an alternate;
- Access to Business Group’s Well-being & Workforce Strategy Institute staff, who can be considered an extension of your team;
- Opportunities to support and contribute to Business Group publications, including spotlights highlighting your employer’s leadership; and
- Registration discount for the Business Group on Health Annual Conference.