Is your business’s Corporate Wellness Plan Health and Wellness Committee new? Has it existed on paper but been inactive for a while? In either case, some of the following may be appropriate agenda items for your first Corporate Wellness Plan meetings. You may also want to revisit these topics annually.

• Clarify roles of Health and Wellness Committee members
­ Are members accountable for implementing changes or recommending changes?
­ How long are members’ terms on the Health and Wellness Committee?
­ How will new members be selected?

• Determine Health and Wellness Committee meeting frequency and processes
­ Establish dates, times, and locations.
­ Determine how agendas will be set.
­ Plan for recording and distributing meeting notes.

• Plan Corporate Wellness Plan communication with leadership
­ Does a leader sit on the group or does the coordinator report on progress (and to whom)?
­ How often do leaders want reports on Corporate Wellness Plan progress?

• Select a name and brand for your business’s Corporate Wellness Plan

• Develop a vision statement for your business’s Corporate Wellness Plan

• Establish existing allies Corporate Wellness Plan for promoting staff member health within your business
­ Who do Health and Wellness Committee members know who could be relied on to support worksite changes necessary to develop a culture that promotes health?

• Brainstorm challenges your business may face in working to develop facilities, policies and Corporate Wellness Plan practices that promote staff member health
­ What do committee members regard as opportunities? How about potential Corporate Wellness Plan obstacles?

• History of past Corporate Wellness Plan efforts
­ If relevant, summarize past Corporate Wellness Plan efforts. Discuss what your business learned from those efforts.
? What has the business tried over the last few years?
? What has worked well?
? What hasn’t worked well?
? How, if at all, was success of previous Corporate Wellness Plan efforts measured?