Worksite Wellness Summit

Richard Safeer, M.D. leads the Healthy at Hopkins employee health and well-being strategy as the Chief Medical Director of Employee Health and Well-Being for Johns Hopkins Medicine. His insights and research about building a culture of health and well-being have been the focus of many of his conference presentations and published journal articles.

Dr. Safeer teaches in the Department of Health, Behavior and Society at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. He also taught the inaugural graduate course, ‘Organizational Health,’ at American University.

Dr. Safeer has 20 years of experience assessing cultures, training leaders, and conducting research on individual and organizational behavior. With Americans’ current health challenges in mind, his experiences helped him develop an innovative, systematic approach that helps organizations establish a positive culture for employees’ well-being.

In January 2023, Dr. Safeer also became the first author to provide a step-by-step roadmap for companies that want to create a culture around well-being. His book – A Cure for the Common Company: A Well-Being Prescription for a Happier, Healthier, and More Resilient Workforce –  integrates science with practical solutions and shows real-word examples from successful companies.

Dr. Safeer provides six building blocks for a well-being culture that include numerous tools and methods for ensuring success, as well as sharing real-life experiences and lessons from leading companies. You can learn more about him and his work at richardsafeer.com.

Sunny Grosso, founder and CEO of Sunny Grosso Consulting is one of the first known happiness consultants and global speaker. Through her life experience, she overcame her survival mindset to one focused more on thriving. During Summit, she’ll share how others can do the same.

Business and people thrive when we embrace authenticity and prioritize humanity. Join Sunny’s journey through her personal experiences, past the global landscape of work, and into the research of discovering what creates happiness at work.

Sunny’s presentation will show the role of highs and lows in our resilience and how to embrace the full spectrum of the work-life experience for true belonging, innovation, and success with the new Double ROI – return on investment and ripple of impact. Learn how nurturing your own well-being can build others and to get real with the modern challenges to happiness. Her talk will motivate you to pursue a more authentic and fulfilling work-life. You’ll get tools to improve your business and send ripples of positive impact to those around you.

Burnout is on the rise across the globe and is affecting well-being of workers everywhere. In Dr. Jill Nelson’s session, you’ll learn the symptoms of burnout and scientifically proven methods for reducing the associated symptoms. Participants will also learn to prevent burnout by practicing integrity and boundary setting. Come and learn what it means to Live BIG! 

Accessing mental health care can be challenging for many employees and their families due to social stigma, cost, and access issues. In addition to negatively impacting employee well-being, poor mental health is estimated to cost employers $48 billion annually. 

Join Scott Dinwiddie, Director of Client Success at Learn to Live, as he shares how BCBSND clients are taking advantage of the no-cost access to Learn to Live available for all employees and dependents. Scott will explain how Learn to Live’s online programs and coaching overcome barriers to provide a uniquely non-threatening and impactful experience. Then, he will share how leading employers are using this benefit to restore and protect mental health in their organizations.

Evelyn Chonjnacki’s session will explore the intersection of employee well-being, the evolution of virtual care, musculoskeletal health (MSK), and cost-control strategies. We will delve into the promise of virtual care and its impact on enhancing access, employee wellness, and productivity. By focusing specifically on musculoskeletal health, a major concern for today's workforce, we will discuss how Sword provides MSK solutions that are effective, accessible, and convenient for employees. Sword is positioned not only to support your workforce strategies, but also have a direct impact on your critical cost drivers. Join us as we uncover the shared benefits between employee well-being, virtual care, MSK, and cost control. And get directions to create a healthier and more sustainable work environment.

Rory Beil and Chandler Esslinger’s session will introduce, the Social Determinants of Health, which are the conditions in the environments where we are born, live, learn, work, play, worship, and age that affect our overall quality of life. In this session, we will explore how the Social Determinants of Health influence our well-being and how we can align our work environments to support optimum health.

In John Roger’s session, attendees will learn two major lessons. First, we’ll show how to elevate their population’s health by addressing the most costly, chronic conditions and change behaviors at scale. Next, we’ll show what to look for when considering a Virtual-First Care provider and partner.

Omada is the virtual-first provider that elevates population health through sustained behavior change. We tackle many of the most pervasive chronic conditions by delivering data-empowered care at scale. In this session, you'll hear insights on the pressures employers are facing during a time when healthcare costs are rising and many organizations are consolidating resources, and we’ll discuss how Virtual-First Care can tackle these challenges head-on. We’ll wrap up the session with a short demonstration of Omada’s program, where we highlight the impact and importance of a human-led, evidence-based approach to multi-condition care.

Leadership intertwined with well-being… that is how you start a movement! Team leaders at all levels hold the key to sparking a “middle-out movement” across the organization by serving as “multipliers” of well-being that can activate and invigorate the entire workforce. In this session, you will learn how Blue Cross Blue Shield of ND (BCBSND) addressed multiple organizational forces, creating a culture of well-being that has led to real and lasting change and how the BCBSND team can help your organization do the same with the Elevate Leadership Training.