Kristi Daniels

Health Coach, Workplace Wellness Advisor

Kristi Daniels is a leading health and wellness expert and speaker. A wellness coach, Kristi inspires and empowers corporate executives, managers, professionals, entrepreneurs and educators to live their best life by infusing healthy habits into their workday to increase their energy, reduce stress and improve their overall well-being. Kristi works with corporate management and human resource teams to develop workplace wellness programs that encourage a healthier lifestyle in the office, boost employee morale and help companies reduce healthcare costs.

Kristi’s mission is to help individuals find more energy in their day and more zest for their work by snapping out of unconscious living, crowding out bad habits with healthy alternatives, and tapping their natural sources of energy.

Growing up in Warren County, New Jersey, Kristi was introduced to nutrition at an early age. Her dad would not let her and her sister leave the table until they both cleared their plates of home-grown spaghetti squash and other organic foods from the garden. While Kristi’s mom would quietly swap out the chocolate in her “chocolate” chip cookies with carob purchased from the local farming co-op. However, she lost her healthy eating sense once she enrolled in college, gained the freshman 15 and then again when she entered the corporate workplace.

Formerly a senior vice president for a global public relations firm based in the nation’s capital, Kristi worked 10+ hour days juggling multiple deadlines and serving her high-profile government, corporate and association clients. And somewhere in between the conference calls, planning , meetings and the daily e-mail deluge, she’d find herself caving to the diet destroying food choices in her 200 person office and experiencing one too many energy crashes after each bag of chips or frothy coffee treat. One day she realized that she wasn’t living to her potential because she was operating on a diet of caffeine, refined sugar and foods with zero nutrients.

Vigorously determined to halt the “bad food = bad mood and zero productivity” cycle for herself, Kristi dove nose-first into the latest research and dozens of books on nutrition and healthy eating. She earned certifications as a coach, health counselor and yoga teacher, resigned from her corporate job and launched her own business to sound a wake-up call for others. Her goal is to improve the health and wellbeing of America’s workplaces and to help all working women and men Thrive 9 to 5. Kristi’s first book, Thrive 9 to 5, will be published this fall. Visit her web site at www.Thrive9to5.com.

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Wellness at Work: Best Practices and Opportunities for Corporate Wellness
Programs

Workshop for Sussex-Warren HRMA

Workshop Title and Description:

“Wellness at Work: Best Practices and Opportunities for Corporate Health and Wellness Initiatives” Companies can save $3.50 for every $1 spent on workplace wellness and average 27 percent reductions in sick leave absenteeism and 32 percent reductions in worker’s compensation costs, according to the Workplace Wellness Alliance. Join corporate health coach Kristi Daniels for a workshop to discover how you can achieve these results within your organization and reduce healthcare costs. We’ll discuss the elements of a successful workplace wellness program and examine the current trends and best practices. We’ll also dissect the current provision in the pending healthcare reform legislation that offers tax incentives to companies who implement wellness initiatives and what it could mean to your organization.

Learning Objectives:
Provide Sussex-Warren HRMA members and guests with an overview of what makes a corporate wellness program successful. Topics of discussion include how to define the elements of a program, set objectives and strategies, prioritize activities, develop and roll out initiatives, communicate with and engage employees, secure buy-in and evaluate success. Review best practices in corporate wellness programs and identify opportunities and incentives for employers and employees.

• Wellness in America’s workplaces: a look at the current trends
• Elements of a successful workplace wellness program
  • setting objectives and strategies
  • gauging the need and prioritizing issues of concerns
  • engaging employees
  • identifying activities and initiatives
  • measuring success
• Wellness in your workplace: your opportunities

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