Health and Wellness at the John Deere Southeast Engineering Center

1. Health and Wellness at the John Deere Southeast Engineering Center May 6, 2010 WorkHealthy Academy

2. “Real World” Health and Wellness Questions for today: • John Deere is in Charlotte? • Who works on this stuff at the John Deere SEEC? • What projects and programs have worked? • What kind of resources are available (corporate and community)? • What are the major roadblocks and challenges? | Health & Wellness at John Deere SEEC | May 6, 2010

3. John Deere Southeast Engineering Center | Health & Wellness at John Deere SEEC | May 6, 2010

4. John Deere SEEC: • Next to Carowinds • Engineering only, no factory • 128 Employees (out of 50k Deere employees) • Formerly the Homelite headquarters • Building built in 1975 Carowinds John Deere SEEC | Health & Wellness at John Deere SEEC | May 6, 2010

5. Health and Wellness Team • About the team • All volunteer employees (no paid positions) • 12 people…contribute when they have time • Schedule meetings as needed • Some planning done purely by email • Plan health fairs, competitions, and events (Lunch & Learns) • Our goal • Make health and wellness part of the daily conversation • Make is easier to practice a healthy lifestyle So what projects and programs have worked for us? | Health & Wellness at John Deere SEEC | May 6, 2010

6. Successes • Wellness Boards • Updated monthly • Typically some sort of theme • Exercise • Smoking Cessation • Living with Diabetes, etc • Articles from online or magazines, recipes, exercise tips • Wii Fit/Ping Pong table • Blood Pressure Cuff (w/ instructions and tracking charts) • Holiday Weight Challenge • Spring Health Fairs (community participants) • Biggest Loser Competition • Fitness Room/Showers | Health & Wellness at John Deere SEEC | May 6, 2010

7. Biggest Loser Competition • $24 buy-in (for prize money) • Drew teams from a hat • Weights stayed confidential (only losses reported) • Weekly weigh-ins • Weekly competitions (-1 lb bonus for winning team) • Jump rope • Parking lot relay • Wii bowling • Treadmill challenge • 10 week competition • Half of prize money to winning team, and half to winning individual • Metric was % loss | Health & Wellness at John Deere SEEC | May 6, 2010

8. Fitness Room and Showers • Phase 1: • Shower installation (2) • Treadmills & Ellipticals • Mirrors • TV • Bowflex • Phase 2: • Dumbells and bench • Multigym | Document Title | Date

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12. Resources • Community • Fit City (website and Julie’s worksite evaluation) • YMCA • Presbyterian Hospitals • Carolinas Medical Center • Deere • Employee volunteers (our Team) • Unit HR (local) • Corporate HR… http://www.deere.com/healthydirections/ Video Series | Health & Wellness at John Deere SEEC | May 6, 2010

13. Challenges and Roadblocks Problem: volunteer participation Solution: try and be flexible Problem: funding Solution: beg, fundraisers, beg more How do we define objectives that actually make a difference? • What will people actually use/participate in? • What will actually have impact? • How do we get people thinking and talking (in a positive way) about health and wellness? We can’t force people to be healthy, but we can make it easier. | Health & Wellness at John Deere SEEC | May 6, 2010