1. 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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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
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5. 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
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6. 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.

7. 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

8. 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
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9. What if anything will we do differently?
Challenge for
How can we make the values of today's positive outliers tomorrow's norm?
What if anything will we do differently?
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10. Business Strategy for Health
©2014 Edington Associates
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11. 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 
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12. 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

13. 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)
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14. Positive Individual Health
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15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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
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20. Shared Results
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21. Measure What Matters

22. 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

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

24. Thank you for your attention
(USA)
Edington Associates LLC Bardstown Trail Ann Arbor MI 48109
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