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Why Safety and Wellness Programs Are Solving the Wrong Problem

Written by Kevin Burns | Jul 17, 2026 2:15:01 PM

Your company has wellness programs. EAPs, stress reduction platforms, mental health resources, maybe even resilience training.

And still, Gallup says 80% of your employees are disengaged (20 years ago the number was 72%).

Something isn't adding up.

The investment in employee wellness has never been higher. But the engagement numbers are moving the wrong way.  And there's a reason for that, one that most organizations are actively choosing to ignore because it's harder to fix than to create a wellness app.

The source of most workplace stress isn't the workload, the deadlines, or the job itself. Research consistently points to something far more specific. And until you address that source directly, every wellness program you run is just treating symptoms while the cause keeps showing up to work every day.

This video connects the chain. And by the end, your employee wellness problem is going to look very different from what it does right now.

 

 

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