Posted by admin | Posted in Employee Wellness, wellness program | Posted on 29-08-2010
Develop goals and objectives
Goals are general guidelines that explain what you want to achieve. Goals define strategies or steps to take to attain the identified goal.
A wellness program should have a “destination”. Use the results of your surveys and your wellness committee’s mission statement as guides. Consider these ideas –
• Focus on making health information and learning resources readily available to workforce
• Focus on group activities so workforce can work together to support and encourage healthier lifestyles
• Develop a health promotion program that is visible to both workforce and to your clients
• Focus on written policies and guidelines
• Make sure to set objectives for your wellness program.
Review Guidelines for Writing Objectives.
Wellness Program Objectives Should be
Specific – A goal is specific when it provides a description of what will be accomplished. It’ll state exactly what the business intends to accomplish.
It should be written so that it may be easily and clearly communicated. A specific goal will make it easier for those writing goals and action plans to address the following questions –
• Who’s to be involved?
• What is to be accomplished?
• Where’s it to be done?
• When’s it to be done?
Measurable – A goal is measurable when it’s quantifiable. To determine when your goal is measurable, ask questions like – Exactly how much? Exactly how many? Exactly how will I know when it’s accomplished?
Attainable – You can attain most any goal you set when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that allows you to carry out those steps. Objectives that might have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer and become attainable.
Realistic – Realistic, means “do-able.” the goal needs to be realistic for your business and where the business is at the moment.
A goal to take out all the high fat items in the vending machine might not be realistic for your business right now; a better goal would be to substitute some of the chips, candy bars and pies for pretzels, yogurt and dried fruit.
Timely – Lastly, a goal must have a timeframe – for next week, in three months, by age 35. It must have a beginning and ending point. It should also have some intermediate points at which progress could be assessed.
Limiting the time in which a goal must be accomplished assists to focus effort toward its achievement. If you don’t set a time, the commitment is too vague. It tends not to happen because you feel you can start at any time. Without a time limit, there’s no urgency to start taking action now.