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By taking courses through the Institute you can earn WELCOA Certifications and WELCOA Faculty-Level Status.

Welcome to the WELCOA Institute of Wellness Studies

The world of health promotion is changing rapidly. Do you have the skills needed to be a successful leader in your organization and industry? The WELCOA Institute curriculum was designed by leading experts in the field to teach you the competencies necessary to build world class results-oriented wellness programs. Graduates will be able to implement cutting edge strategies for setting themselves and their programs apart.

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Building a Results-Oriented Workplace Wellness Program

WELCOA’s Seven Benchmarks
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Breaking the Silence Around Mental Health at Work

Hear Me Roar
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Leveraging Emotional Intelligence to Develop Your Leadership Skills & Better Manage Stress

Staying On Top of Your Game
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Wellness Laws and Compliance

The Legal Landscape of Workplace Wellness
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Healthy Team, Healthy Business

Mindful Healthcare
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Focusing on Self-Awareness & Meaningful, Lasting Change

Navigating the Complex Waters of Human Behavior Change
Moving from Weight to Wellbeing

Mindful Eating
Evolving Worksite Wellness Programs

WELCOA’s Seven Benchmarks: Overview & Introduction
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A New Era in Precision and Personalized Health Promotion

The Power of Nutrigenomics
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Insight to Up-Level Your Leadership Mindset

Leadership as a Hero’s Journey
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Tapping Into Your Influential Leadership

Becoming a Change Maker
Five Pillars to Elevate Wellbeing and Engagement at Work

The Science of Happiness
Tips From Fellow Travelers in the Human Journey About Stress Disorders, Burnout and Suicide

Creating a Stigma Free Mental Health Culture
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What Are They and What Can We Do?

Taking on the Social Determinants of Health
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Implementing a Wellness Strategy for Your Small Organization

Small Business Wellness: Creating Big Results in Small Organizations
The Value in Increasing the Physical Activity of Your Employee Population

Motivating Movement @ Work
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Strategies for Adapting to Adversity in the Real World

Everyday Resilience
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Creating a More Diverse and Inclusive World

Workplace Diversity
How Seeing Your Best Self Through the Eyes of Others Fosters Wellbeing at Work

Who Are You at Your Best?
Overcoming Roadblocks and Instilling Ideas to Strengthen Wellness

Workplace Wellness That Works: Putting Big Ideas into Practice
A Change from A Biometric-Based to People-Focused Approach

Our Wellness Program
Optimizing Opportunity for Behavior Change and Positively Impact Culture

Creating Movements of Change
Strategies for Engagement in a Digital World

Connected: Elevating Employee Engagement in a Virtual World
Developing Core Inner Skills to Build Resilience

How to Prevent Burnout and Build a Resilient Culture
Communicating Your Wellness Strategy with Purpose and Power

Practitioner Perspective
Tactical Ideas for Adapting Your Wellness Strategy

The Future of Wellness in the Workplace
Action Steps to Implement Wellbeing Programs for Your Small Business Market

Small Business Wellbeing
Measuring and Building Deeper Engagement and Success with Workplace Wellness Programs

Three Proven Insights
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Successful Worksite Wellness Toolkit for Leaders

WELCOA’s Seven Benchmarks Toolkit in Action: Leadership Alignment & Commitment
How to Recognize and Resolve Loneliness in the Workplace

Loneliness is Killing Us
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Understanding Grief in the Workplace

Grief 101
Strategies for a Stigma-Free Work Environment

Crushing Stigma & Creating Mentally Healthy Workplaces
Rethinking Our Roles In Respecting Body Diversity

Developing a Weight-Inclusive Wellness Approach
Following Up on Putting Big Ideas into Practice

Influencers & Activators for Wellness
Thriving in Your Purpose at Work

Reimagining Careers to Unlock Potential with the Science of Purpose
Character Strengths & Resilience

Bounce Back & Rise Up
Peer Coaching vs Mentoring

Leverage Your Untapped Resources to Transform Your Culture
Strategic Growth & Development for Your Wellness Program

Designing Work for Well-Being
Creating an Environment of Belonging for Workplace Wellness

Building Belonging in a Time of Separation
Innovation and Problem-Solving for Wellness Programs

Design Thinking for Well-Being
Moving from Stress to Success

Banish Burnout
Making the Mental Health Toolkit Part of Your Wellness Plan

Nourish Mental Health
Psychologically Healthy & Safe Work Environments

Identifying Strategies to Maintain Wellness and Improve Psychological Safety in the Workplace
The Importance of Physical and Psychological Safety

The Well-Being Baseline: Safety
Conscious Breathing for Better Sleep

Breath As Medicine in Sleep Health
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Creating Psychological Safety in Your Organization

Inspired Leadership
A Holistic Strategy for Workplace Wellness

More Than a Number: Saying Goodbye to Outcomes-Based Wellness
Meeting People Where They Are

How Diversity & Inclusion Supports Organizational Resilience
How to Drive Psychological Safety in the Workplace

Creating Psychologically Safe Work Environments
The Pathway for Well Employees

The Missing Link in Workplace Wellness
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Addressing the Impacts of Gender-Based Violence and Harassment on the Workplace

Promoting Employee Wellness and Safety
Comprehensive Wellbeing Programs Through Leadership Advocacy

CEO Support for Employee Wellbeing
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Evolving the Wellness Industry to Elevate Leadership and Work Value

Wellness Gets A Glow Up
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A Comparative Review of WELCOA's 2012/2022 National Wellness Compensation Survey

WELCOA National Wellness Compensation Survey