The week in wellness: Crucial wellness trends for 2021, preparing for the vaccine, and more

We at Ragan sincerely hope you are feeling healthy, hopeful and encouraged. We’re grateful for professionals like you, dedicated to helping colleagues live healthier, fuller lives. We hope the links below will bring a bit of fresh inspiration to your job and bolster your efforts. Please get in touch with any ideas, suggestions or feedback on how we can serve you better.

Here are the week’s top links on workplace wellness, HR and employee engagement:

1. Surefire wellness strategies for 2021. Gallup recently interviewed 200 CHROs to glean how companies are approaching wellness initiatives amid COVID-19. The findings support expanding EAPs, using consistent pulse surveys to determine employee needs, and “upskilling” managers to conduct more substantive conversations.

2. 6 factors that make or break a wellness program. An article from Think Advisor suggests prioritizing personalization, providing one-stop support for chronic conditions, and using AI to help smartly allocate resources.