“Building Community for Leaders”

From Wellness to Well-Being
Discussion Catalysts, Nicole Grogan, Senior VP of HR, Intellectual Ventures
Ian Flatt, Mercer
Sander Domaszewicz, Mercer
Suzanne Elshult: Your Executive Coach, HRnow

Session Theme  and Powerful Questions

From Wellness to Well-being!

Are you up to speed on trends in the area of employee health and wellness? In this session you will hear from Nicole Grogan, Senior VP of Human Resources with Intellectual Ventures. She will be sharing the journey her company has embarked on to shift from wellness strategies to a more holistic approach that is not only geared towards increasing productivity and the bottom line but the overall well-being and health of the biggest asset of the company: employees as well as their families. In talking to Nicole, she commented that her company is focused on physical, emotional and financial dimensions. We will also explore other approaches including companies that are focused on the five pillars below:

1. Physical
2. Emotional
3. Social
4. Financial
5. Career

Throughout the session you will be able to engage and share your own experiences and discuss trends with Nicole and Ian Flatt who will be guest visiting from Mercer. As always we will be focusing our discussion around powerful questions. Here is a sampling of a few (which ones resonate with you and what would you like to add?):

1. What is the difference between wellness and wellbeing strategies and why does it matter? Is this just a new fad or the “same old” repackaged? What has/has not worked with traditional wellness strategies?
2. How do you make the business case for a shift to wellbeing strategies?
3. What are good/bad examples of companies that are doing well-being well/poorly?
4. What will be possible if you develop an effective well-being strategy for your organization? What is the cost of doing nothing?
5. Who owns wellbeing? How do you sell it to your CEO and senior leaders? Employees? What is the role of HR?
6. Is the timing right for your company? Is your company a good or bad candidate (for example cultural fit)? Why?
7. How do you get employees more engaged in their own health and well-being in a more holistic way? How do you sustain engagement over time?
8. What are inherent risks in making this shift? How do you mitigate or control?
9. What are some creative strategies you can use to move in this direction without breaking the bank?
10. Should we be using the carrot or the stick, or both?
11. How do you integrate well-being into your medical plans? What are the hot buttons in healthcare reform and health law? What does it mean for incentives and the overall climate for organizational wellbeing strategies?
12. How do you manage well-being effectively across cultures? Global integration vs localization?
13. How much is too much? When does it become counter productive?

Come prepared to engage!

Directions to Sunset Building from SeaTac Airport/I-405 North Intellectual Ventures
3150 – 139th Ave SE
Building 4

Bellevue, WA 98005

1. Take ramp right for SR-518 EAST toward Seattle/Tacoma.
2. Keep straight onto I-405 North
3. At exit 10, take ramp right for Coal Creek Parkway toward Factoria Blvd. SE
4. Turn right onto Coal Creek Pkwy SE
5. Turn left onto Factoria Blvd SE
6. Turn right onto SE Eastgate Way (just under overpass)
7. Turn left onto 139^th Avenue SE (you will see Hotel Sierra)

• Arrive at 3150 139^th Ave SE on the right. The last intersection is SE 32^nd St. If you reach Kamber Road, you’ve gone too far.

• Take the parking garage (listed as Sunset North) all the way to the upper level, which will bring you to Building 4 and the main entry. We are the CENTER building.

Driving Directions
Pike Place Market (Downtown Seattle) to Sunset Building
10.2 miles; Approx. Time: 18 minutes

• Head northeast on Post Alley toward Pike Place Hillclimb Walk (164 ft)
• Turn right onto 1^st Ave (0.3 mi)
• Turn left onto Spring St (0.3 mi)
• Turn right onto the I-5 S ramp to Portland (0.2 mi)
• Keep left at the fork to continue toward I-90 E (0.7 mi)
• Take exit 164A/I-90 E on left for I-5 S toward Bellevue/Spokane/Tacoma/Portland (213 ft)
• Keep left at the fork and merge onto I-90 E (7.4 mi)
• Take exit 10B toward Factoria/Richards Rd (0.4 mi)
• Turn left onto Richards Rd (0.1 mi)
• Take the 1^st right onto SE Eastgate Way (0.7 mi)
• Turn left onto 139^th Ave SE (0.2 mi)
• Destination will be on the right (3150 139^th Ave SE; Bellevue, WA 98005) 

To access Intellectual Ventures’ main lobby, collect visitor validation ticket from machine. Proceed through the parking ramp to the top level (follow the visitor parking signs). Once parked on the top level, go to Building 4 and knock on the main lobby door. Validate ticket upon exiting building.