It takes a lot more than medical and dental plans for employees to be happy, healthy and productive. The corporate wellness arena today incorporates such practices as yoga, meditation, stress management and hypnotherapy. Studies show that these practices can reduce health care costs and emotional stress, increase productivity and creativity and improve leadership skills. With benefits like those, any company’s bottom line is bound to be positively affected.
Silicon valley companies are at the forefront in funneling resources towards wellness programs. Learn more about the challenge and success of corporate wellness programs in a special live event by the South Bay Organizational Development Network on June 9th - Wisdom and Wellness @Work.
Hear about Google’s program- Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time and how the program fits into the overall landscape of Google's culture, providing effective tools for workplace effectiveness, resilience and innovation. The program is focused on getting more out of your time by renewing four types of energy: physical (quantity), emotional (quality), mental (focus), and energy of the human spirit (alignment).
Find out how Ideo is catalyzing wellness from redesigning healthcare to partnering with the Center for Disease Control for breakthroughs in workplace wellness. And learn about the implementation of Brocade’s new corporate wellness program - the good, the bad and the ugly!
This innovative panel addresses the conundrum in Silicon Valley - how to integrate wellness into a 24/7 technology-centric workplace and life.
Panelists include Mark Ball, Google Learning and Development,Leanne Bernhardt, Senior Director Compensation & Benefits, Brocade Communicationsand Aaron Sklar, IDEO. Debbie Gisonni, Author and Executive Director of Stillheart Institute will be moderating the event.
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