Realizing the promise and Competitive Advantage of A: A WellSteps Webinar---Shared Values-Shared Results™ A Discussion with Dee Edington Realizing the promise and Competitive Advantage of A: “Thriving, Healthy, High-Performing and Sustainable Workplace and Workforce” Edington Associates LLC January 29, 2016 ©2016 Edington Associates ©2012 Edington Associates, LLC

Go Beyond! 1. My purpose today is to communicate the challenge of Raising Health and Wellness to a higher level of recognition in Individuals Go beyond achieving and maintaining low-risk status Raising Health and Wellness to a higher level of recognition in Organizations Go Beyond achieving and maintaining low-cost My purpose today is to discuss leadership and engagement Everyone is a leader (self-leader) Engagement is situational in relation to context ©2016 Edington Associates

Shared Values for the Workplace and Workforce What is going well at your workplace? Describe the best workplace you could find. values SHARED vision people (co-workers, supervisors, all) environment attitude leadership results Would you like to work in an organization like this? ©2016 Edington Associates

A Win-Win Philosophy at Work Organizations and people are Awakened to the power and competitive advantage of the Win-Win Philosophy when there is… mutual agreement that organizations win when employees win and employees win when organizations win involvement of all levels of leadership in appropriate systems and design thinking and everyone is embraced as a leader! recognition that everything that happens in the organization impacts the well-being of the organization and the people belief and commitment by the organization that employees are their most valuable resource, and employees believe that the organization is the best possible place to work: A Win-Win Philosophy at Work ©2015 Edington Associates

The Learnings and Promise of Zero Trends Zero Trends: Health as a Serious Economic Strategy (2009) required 30 years of complexity* to arrive at simplicity Do not get worse Help the low-risk stay low-risk Help the high-risk move to low-risk Leverage the five pillars to move health into the culture Engage in strategic, systematic, systemic and sustainable strategies Measure what matters to the organization and the people *based on UMHMRC research 1978 through 2009 for 800 articles and presentations ©2011 Edington Associates

Vision from Zero Trends Zero Trends provides a transformational approach Populations throughout the world live and work within a thriving, healthy, high performing and sustainable workplace and workforce Based upon over 30 years of work and over 800 Publications and Presentations The 4 Ss.

After Zero Trends these Thought Questions were a “Game Changer” for Me Think about “low-risk” individuals: How would you describe the healthiest of the low-risk people you know? Think about “successful” companies: How would you describe the best of the workplaces you know? ©2012 Edington Associates

Health Continuum plus Outliers For Individuals Feelings Chronic Signs OK Symptoms Wellness High Energy Vitality Premature Sickness Disability What drives positive outliers What drives negative outliers Feelings Chronic Signs OK Symptoms Premature Sickness Disability Wellness High Energy Vitality Go Beyond ©2016 Edington Associates

What if anything will we do differently? Challenge for 2015-2025 How can we make the values of today's positive outliers tomorrow's norm? What if anything will we do differently? ©2015 Edington Associates

Business Strategy for Health ©2014 Edington Associates ©2012 Edington Associates, LLC

Sustaining Innovation* Next? Value of Caring (VOC). Win-Win Strategy Shared Values – Shared Results Collaboration, systems thinking, human centered design. Value of Investment (VOI). Value Zero Trends Importance of healthy environment, culture, climate, helping healthy people stay healthy. Health is more than absence of illness. Return on Investment (ROI). Wellness Programs Early programs addressed holistic health. Later approaches narrowed and focused on reducing risks to save costs. 1970s 2009 2016 2025  ©2015 Edington Associates

New Book At its core, this book is about leadership. It is about committed, engaged, and visionary leadership. Most important, we believe that everyone is a leader and everyone plays a significant role in the organization. Our Vision: Populations throughout the world live and work within a thriving, healthy, high performing and sustainable workplace and workforce ©2016 Edington Associates

Positive Individual and Organization Health: New Knowledge Driving Sustaining Innovation The science behind thriving and positive outlook New insights in mind-body connection Forming good habits while replacing old habits The impact of context: environment, culture, climate, relationships, and the value of people Cultivating positive intrinsic motivation Life Skills: self-leader, change, resilience, decision making New methods, measures and metrics (ROI-VOI-VOC) ©2016 Edington Associates

Positive Individual Health ©2015 Edington Associates

Purpose, Values, Mission, Vision Positive Self-Leaders Vision for Positive Organizational Health: How Organizations and Employees Win Together Environment Culture Climate Respect Trust Meaningful Work Purpose, Values, Mission, Vision Personal Control Optimism Resilience Positive Self-Leaders Confidence/ Self-efficacy Self-Esteem Vitality/Vigor Development Knowledge Competencies Financial Literacy Relationships Family Colleagues Community Low-Risks and Behaviors Other Elements: Mindfulness, Integrity, Enthusiasm, Ethics, Spiritual, Creative, Flexible, Gratitude,…,Caring. ©2011 Edington Associates, LLC

Fundamental Skills to Build Positive Health Focusing on Strengths  Positive Reframing Creating a Plan for Change Emotions & Intuitions  Mental Shortcuts and Biases Environment Values  Purpose Vision Positive Outlook  Happiness Brain Health ©2014 Edington Associates

The Function of the Pillars within the Win-Win Philosophy Zero Trends (Structural) Win-Win Philosophy (Functional) Pillar 1 – Senior Leadership Committed Leadership Pillar 2 – Operations Leadership Positive Environment, Culture, and Climate Pillar 3 – Self-Leadership Self-leadership and Positive Individual Health Pillar 4 – Rewards and Recognition Positive Personal Motivation Pillar 5 – Quality Assurance Measure and Communicate What Matters ©2015 Edington Associates

Context Thinking to Determine Your Reach Healthy Foundations Pillar 5: Measure What Matters Pillar 1: Senior Leadership (Collaborate to Create and Live a Shared Vision) (Continuous Evaluation and Meaningful Feedback) Thriving Individuals Pillar 4: Recognition (Approaches that Build Intrinsic Motivation) Pillar 2: Positive Organizational Health (Support Positive Outliers) Pillar 3: Positive Individual Health (Create Conditions for Positive Outliers ) Healthy Environment Healthy Climate and Culture Healthy Relationships Aligned purpose, values, mission and vision All stakeholders shared values shared results At the Workplace At Home, and With Family, Friends In the Community ©2015 Edington Associates

Redefining Health for Organizations We Imagine flourishing organizations and flourishing people where… Organizations hold health as an integral part of their Organizational Philosophy Organizations engage collaboratively in meaningful work within a creative and highly productive environment Organizations and individuals find support, value, respect, trust, challenge, and meaningful work to realize their full potential Organizations understand that all organizational actions impact the wellness/sickness level of individuals and vice versa. Other ©2016 Edington Associates

Shared Results ©2015 Edington Associates

Measure What Matters

Win-Win Philosophy Organizations win when employees win. Employees win when organizations win… How? Build belief and commitment within the organization that employees are the organization’s most valuable resource. Build belief and commitment among employees that the organization is the best possible place to work. Recognition that everything that happens in the organization impacts the well-being of the organization and the people. ©2015 Edington Associates

Going Forward What’s The Point? ©2012 Edington Associates

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