014: Creating Strategic Wellness Communications with Mark Dessauer, VP of Learning at Spitfire Strategies

I hope we can all agree you need to make sure wellness programs are adequately communicated so how are strategic communications different?  Strategic communications are one that educate, motivate, market and build trust. They are also designed to achieve well-defined objectives.

Think about the last wellness communication you put together. If it was a laundry list of what your employees had to do, then that’s not exactly a strategic communication.

Mark Dessauer is an expert in strategic communications and VP of Learning at Spitfire Strategies. Although Mark has always been in communications, he worked at Active Living by Design (ALBD) for over 10 years and offers his expertise around the built environment and culture.

In this episode, Mark and I discuss:

• Barriers to effectively communicating with employees
• How wellness can be infused into the culture
• Point of decision prompts to help your employees make healthy choices

Mark answers the questions:

• How do you figure out on who to focus your communications?
• What to do with those employees who aren't engaged in your wellness program?

Finally, Mark gives us his tangible tip to effectively communicate their wellness initiative.