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Why Taking Action is Important It has been proven that employee engagement is good for your organization. Conducting an employee engagement survey is a great first step to addressing employee engagement and discovering what your employees are thinking. However, even if feedback was positive and you had high survey participation, it is still important to […]

2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans The 2008 Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans recommends 150 minutes of moderate exercise or 75 minutes of vigorous exercise a week. Since 1995, the theory was that either type of exercise must be performed in at least 10 minute bouts for maximum health benefits. However, there is limited research

Increasing Benefits Choices According to Willis Towers Watson’s, Best Practices in Health Care Employer Survey Report, more organizations want to enhance the employee benefits experience by expanding choice in both plan and product offerings. 84% of companies already offer choice in medical plans, and 86% would like to increase choice and variety in their voluntary offerings by

Success Depends on Mindset Often times we believe we did not complete a goal because it was too overwhelming or complex, and we need to think smaller next time. Other times we resort to blaming our skill level or knowledge base for not completing a goal. It is true that smaller goals can be easier

Traditional Bereavement Leave On average, four days are allotted for the death of a spouse or child, according to the Society for Human Resource Management 2016 Paid Leave in the Workplace Survey. As stated by SHRM, even less time is given for the loss of a parent, grandparent, domestic partner, sibling, grandchild, foster child, or extended family

The Warm-Up According to the American Heart Association, the “warm-up” does just that. It raises your muscles’ temperature for optimal flexibility and efficiency. Warming-up before you exercise also dilates your blood vessels to ensure your muscles are well supplied with oxygen throughout the workout. You are also slowly raising your heart-rate as you warm-up and move

American Diabetes Association Alert Day American Diabetes Association Alert Day will be held on March 27, 2018. This day is dedicated to raising awareness for type 2 diabetes. The American Diabetes Association is asking everyone to take the Type 2 Diabetes Risk Test to learn if they are at risk for type 2 diabetes and how

Strategic Benefits Planning The 2017 Employee Benefits Survey revealed that the best way to attract and maintain top talent is to improve the benefits package offered to employees. Studies conducted by Glassdoor and Gallup have even shown that 80% of employees would prefer new or additional benefits over a pay increase. Therefore, in order to stay relevant and competitive in the

Coffee and Tea, Are They Healthy? You may have noticed how much coffee has been in the news lately. Research has disproved the previous claims about coffee being unhealthy, and several recent studies, including a massive review of the scientific literature on coffee published in the British Medical Journal, have actually found that coffee has numerous health

Researching Brain Food Dr. Lisa Mosconi, PhD, INHC is the Associate Director of the Alzheimer’s Prevention Clinic at Weill Cornell Medical College and author of Brain Food: The Surprising Science of Eating for Cognitive Power. In an interview with Forbes, Dr. Lisa Mosconi explains that she started researching the connection between diet and brain function because of a