Abstract
Individual employee wellness is proven to have both positive effects on an organization’s
well-being. Successful implementation of a high performance corporate wellness program
improves employee and organization wellness. Literature from case studies, extensive global
surveys, as well as organizational observations demonstrates that wellness programs do play a
functional role in improving employee and organizational wellness. The research proposed is to
leverage secondary research to develop an integrated wellness program model that may be
applied to organizations including considerations for global locations. The quantitative and
qualitative orientations of the research will follow a linear path emphasizing objectivity of
observations and strategic interviews with corporate operations and human resources with Eli
Lilly and Company. The research methods will include the review of existing demographic
wellness data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index® survey results the intent to
demonstrate integrity and validity. Overall, the intent is to leverage secondary research and
primary observations to develop key concepts and a comprehensive, integrated, multi-element
corporate wellness model that may be applied in part or as a whole for global organizations.
