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Sample Corporate Health Promotion Program meeting agendas and topics for discussion

Is your company’s Corporate Health Promotion Program Health and Wellness Committee new? Has it existed on paper but been inactive for a while? In either case, some of the following may be appropriate agenda items for your first Corporate Health Promotion Program meetings. You may also want to revisit these topics annually.

• Clarify roles of Health and Wellness Committee members

­ Are members responsible for implementing changes or recommending changes?

­ How long are members’ terms on the Health and Wellness Committee?

­ How will new members be selected?

• Determine Health and Wellness Committee meeting frequency and processes

­ Set dates, times, and locations.

­ Determine how agendas will be set.

­ Plan for recording and distributing meeting notes.

• Plan Corporate Health Promotion Program communication with leadership

­ Does a leader sit on the group or does the coordinator report on progress (and to whom)?

­ How often do leaders want reports on Corporate Health Promotion Program progress?

• Select a name and brand for your company’s Corporate Health Promotion Program

• Develop a vision statement for your company’s Corporate Health Promotion Program

• Identify existing allies Corporate Health Promotion Program for promoting employee health within your company

­ Who do Health and Wellness Committee members know who could be relied on to support workplace changes needed to establish a culture that promotes health?

• Brainstorm challenges your company may face in working to establish facilities, policies and Corporate Health Promotion Program practices that promote employee health

­ What do committee members regard as opportunities? How about potential Corporate Health Promotion Program obstacles?

• History of past Corporate Health Promotion Program efforts

­ If relevant, summarize past Corporate Health Promotion Program efforts. Discuss what your company learned from those efforts.

? What has the company tried over the last few years?

? What has worked well?

? What hasn’t worked well?

? How, if at all, was success of previous Corporate Health Promotion Program efforts measured?