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Develop goals and objectives

Goals are general guidelines that explain what you want to achieve. Goals define strategies or steps to take to attain the identified goal.

A wellness program should’ve a “destination”. Use the results of your surveys and your wellness committee’s mission statement as guides. Consider these ideas –  

• Focus on making health information and learning resources readily available to staff

• Focus on group activities so staff can work together to support and encourage healthier lifestyles

• Develop a health promotion program that is visible to both workers and to your patrons

• Focus on written policies and guidelines

• Be sure to set goals for your health promotion program.

Review Guidelines for Writing Goals.

Wellness Program Goals Should be

Specific – A goal is specific when it provides a description of what’ll be accomplished. It will state exactly what the business intends to accomplish.

It ought to be written so that it can be easily and obviously communicated. A specific goal will make it easier for those writing objectives and action plans to address the following questions –  

• Who is to be involved?

• What is to be accomplished?

• Where’s it to be done?

• When is it to be done?

Measurable – A goal is measurable if it’s quantifiable.  To determine if your goal is measurable, ask questions like – Exactly how much? Exactly how many? Exactly how will I know when it’s accomplished?

Attainable – You can attain most any goal you set when you plan your steps wisely and establish a time frame that authorizes you to carry out those steps. Goals that might have seemed far away and out of reach eventually move closer and become attainable.

Realistic – Realistic, means “do-able.” the goal needs to be realistic for your business and where the business is at the moment.

A goal to take out all the high fat items in the vending machine may not be realistic for your company right now; a better goal would be to substitute some chips, candy bars and pies for pretzels, yogurt and dried fruit.

Timely – In conclusion, a goal must’ve a timeframe –  for next week, in three months, by age 35. It must’ve a starting and ending point. It should also have some intermediate points at which progress could be examined.

Limiting the time in which a goal should be accomplished helps to focus effort toward its achievement. If you don’t set a time, the commitment is too vague. It tends not to happen because you feel you can start at any time. Without a time limit, there’s no urgency to start taking action now.