| It's planning season. You're planning for 2021, perhaps even planning for the holidays. We're pleased to offer some hands-on advice as you think through an array of plans, including your wellness benefits for 2021, your vaccination strategy, your DE&I initiatives, and a framework for wellness ROI. It's all here, in this packed edition of Workplace Wellness Insider. Read on!—The Ragan Team TOP READS Benefits 2021: Mental health and financial health are top of mind for PepsiCo, Nvidia, and other major companies. Virtual access to benefits is also a priority, as is all virtual engagement across the board.  Board diversity becomes a DE&I priority. Growing evidence suggests diversifying from the top down is an effective way to create an inclusive culture. Should employers mandate that their people get a vaccine? Not yet, says one attorney. For the moment, organizations should recommend that workers get vaccinated, and wait to see how things play out. The Harris Poll's CEO lays out topline trends in workplace wellness. Ragan’s Workplace Wellness Insider met with Harris Poll CEO John Gerzema and Ray Day, vice chair of the Stagwell Group, a digital-first marketing company, in a Zoom conversation to discuss the state of workplace wellness.  RESEARCH Workplace wellness ROI: An organizational framework for measuring results. Cigna offers a blueprint to help workplace wellness managers understand what's working for employees and what is having little impact.
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Ethnic diversity at the executive management and board of directors levels has a clear correlation to increased profitability, according to McKinsey & Company. Here are 15 companies that are receiving high marks for COVID wellness efforts. Results are drawn from a recent poll of employees.
RESOURCES OF THE WEEK Want to know what really enhances job satisfaction—with data that executives can’t ignore? Check out Ragan's Salary & Workplace Culture Survey, 2020 Edition, and learn whether your salary structure is within the norm and whether you're doing all you can to foster workplace happiness and optimize the employee experience.
Are you ready for your workforce to come back to the office? Communications will be at the heart of any successful effort to reboard your employees in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here’s how to plan for a changed business world. | 
