More than a third of the workforce has at least one chronic illness. That’s right. One in three!

Chronic health conditions are a trillion-dollar productivity problem. What is your organization doing to help engage key workers and managers who may be secretly struggling with a chronic illness? Some of the articles below can get you started.

The changing paradigm of illness & its affect on the workforce – Podcast episode 2

May 8, 2012

On episode 2 of this podcast, Nina Belle and author Jason Reid discusses the characteristics of chronic illness & how it affects organizations.

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The Economic Cost of Chronic Illness: Podcast – Episode 1

April 14, 2012

A Human Resources and Human Capital podcast with a hot topic. We launch our Sick with Success® podcast with a great first episode! Health educator Nina Belle and author Jason Reid discuss the economic cost of chronic health conditions and the business case for change. You can subscribe here for easy download to your iPod.  Please [...]

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Three reasons your wellness program isn’t working as well as it could

December 1, 2011

Why wellness programs don’t work for the people who need them most – those with chronic illness and episodic disabilities.

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Majority affected by chronic disease – new report

August 22, 2011

More than 50% of Americans and Canadians are affected by chronic disease Just last week, researchers from the Washington-based Deloitte Center for Health Solutions released the results of an international survey which showed that the majority of both Canadians and Americans have at least one chronic health condition. Fifty-five percent of people in the U.S. [...]

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Chronic Illness and lost productivity – video

July 26, 2011

Productivity loss due to chronic illness in the workplace is more than a trillion dollars a year in the U.S. alone. That about 7% of Gross Domestic Product. Imagine 7% of all the goods and services your organization produces in a year – gone! That is a lot of money being lost by each and every business every day. Yet few organizations have a strategy to better engage the one-third of their workforce who have a chronic health condition.

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What are our assumptions about illness?

June 28, 2011

Chronic illness differs from our traditional views of illness in many ways. In this short clip from the presentation Thriving in the Age of Chronic Illness, I talk about these differences and why they are important.

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Workplace flexibility better than benefit cuts

June 2, 2011

Building a foundation where people with unpredictable and long term illness can work and be productive should be a higher priority than simply slashing disability benefits.

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Who needs coaching? Often those we least suspect

May 22, 2011

For professional coaching to succeed as an industry, coaches have to reach out to people who may not immediately see the value that coaches have to offer

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Organizations can increase productivity by understanding illness

May 17, 2011

(MISSISSAUGA, ONT, May 17, 2011) – Organizations can significantly increase productivity simply by understanding and better engaging workers with long-term health conditions says a prominent chronic illness coach. “For the first time in history, long term illnesses such as arthritis, heart disease and depression have become the major health threat across the globe. Yet our [...]

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Smart enough to go back to work?

March 10, 2011

An area of disability management that is sometimes forgotten is the impact that both physical illness and medication have on our brain. Many of us in North America are now part of the knowledge economy where our value is in our ability to think clearly and strategically, find creative and innovative solutions, and handle difficult [...]

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