The following key actions are recommended for this step:

• Determine a measure of success for each of your strategic workplace wellness goals. In choosing a measure, consider how it will help to you know when you’ve achieved this goal.
• Gather information that would help describe where you are now in regard to each measure of success that you’ve established.
  • Tools to help you collect quantitative and qualitative baseline data, considering both the physical and social aspects of your organization, may include; measures from administrative data (e.g. absenteeism, turnover rates, and over-time costs, etc.), customer satisfaction surveys, employee engagement surveys, employee consultations or focus groups, health and safety incident rates, workplace accident investigation reports, employee benefit usage and trends (e.g. vacation, sick leave, extended health benefits, employee assistance programs, etc.)

Find more information, tools and resources to help you below:

• Metrics Checklist for Employers
  Created by the Conference Board of Canada

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• Evaluating Health Promotion Programs – Introductory Workbook By Public Health Ontario
  • At A Glance: The six steps for planning a health promotion program
  • Develop indicators – audio presentation
  • Planning and Evaluation Tool
  • Data Collection Template

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• Workplace Wellness – A Roadmap for your Journey (presentation)
  Created by the Workplace Wellness Movement

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• StressAssess – Workplace edition
  By Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers (OHCOW)

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• Workforce Health and Productivity: how employers measure, benchmark and use productivity outcomes
  Published by the Integrated Benefits Institute

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• Worksite Health Scorecard Manual
  By the Centre for Disease Control (CDC)

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• Leading Indicators for Workplace Health and Safety: A User Guide
  By the Government of Alberta

 

Workplace Wellness Case Studies by the Conference Board of Canada

• Wellness Metrics in Action – CMP Advanced Mechanical: Low Cost, High Return
  
• Wellness Metrics in Action – Telus: A Culture of Health and Wellness 
  
• Wellness Metrics in Action – Lakeside Process Controls: Increasing Employee Engagement