At Intel, 178 employees respond to Call to Action
Co-workers "are the most influential source for building health and wellness knowledge and changing perceptions," according to Patti Clavier, BSN, RN, COHN-S, senior project manager of Santa Clara, CA-based Intel Corp.'s Global Health for Life Wellness Program.
For this reason, Intel uses health and wellness-minded employees as "wellness ambassadors" to serve as role models for their co-workers. "By integrating personal stories of how they have incorporated health and wellness into their lives, and their promotion of Intel's health and wellness programs, employees receive relevant and actionable information from a close, personal source that they trust," says Clavier.
The 178 wellness ambassadors in the United States are e-mailed a "Call to Action" each month. "We tell them what's happening around wellness, what to communicate to employees, and give data on how many employees are participating in programs," says Clavier. Here are the instructions in the company's March 2009 Call to Action:
- Encourage employees to attend "St. Patrick's Day Lucky Leafy Greens" on March 17.
- Remind employees about the virtual seminars for March
- Encourage employees to sign up for the Walk to Wellness program.
- Remind and encourage co-workers to participate in the Health for Life 3-Step Wellness check and the Reward Points Program.
- Share this information with your manager. Ask your manager if you can have five minutes in an upcoming staff meeting to present this information.
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