[The article below, a follow-up to “Secrets of a Toxic Workplace [Part 1]: Why Employees May Not Be Performing at their Best ” offers solutions for remedying or mitigating the impacts of toxic work environments. The above word cloud contains responses to my online...

Recently, I posted this question to online groups that I moderate, "What comes to mind when you think of toxic workplaces?" Sadly, but maybe not surprisingly, the responses I received were overwhelming and disturbing. People had so much to share about toxicity in the...

An Increased Need for Wellness in the Workplace Increasingly, organizations around the world are hiring certified corporate wellness professionals to help foster healthier lives for their employees. Why? Studies show that employers who invest in employee wellness...

How diverse and responsive are your employee wellness programs? Do you focus more on the "medium to high health risk" employees and perhaps ignore those in the "no to low risk" group? Do you embrace and cultivate a "multi-dimensional" and cohesive approach with your...

This article was prepared by Yeshu Desikan, CWWA, a Certified Ambassador of Workplace Wellness COE's Workplace Wellness Ambassador Certification Program. The inspiration for this article came from her insightful responses to our program's online discussion activities....

In the 24-7, always on, work culture that we live in today, Workplace Wellness is being called on now more than ever to help support the plethora of health and wellness needs and concerns of today's workforce. In meeting these needs, it may be argued that the...