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Laura Putnam is a workplace well-being expert, speaker, and CEO of Motion Infusion, a consulting firm that helps organizations build healthier, more engaged workforces. She is known for her evidence-based approach to wellness and her ability to translate behavioral science into practical workplace strategies.
Known for: Corporate Wellness Programs That Work: Case Studies & Practical Tools, Workplace Wellness That Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization
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Corporate Wellness Programs That Work: Case Studies & Practical Tools
Why do so many workplace wellness programs launch with enthusiasm and end in indifference? In Corporate Wellness Programs That Work, Laura Putnam tackles that question head-on, arguing that most organ...
Workplace Wellness That Works: 10 Steps to Infuse Well-Being and Vitality into Any Organization
This book provides a practical roadmap for building a culture of well-being in the workplace. Laura Putnam combines behavioral science, organizational psychology, and leadership insights to help compa...
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Why Most Wellness Programs Underperform
A surprising number of wellness programs fail not because they lack funding, but because they misunderstand human behavior. Organizations often invest in screenings, incentives, step challenges, or online portals and then wonder why participation levels stall. Laura Putnam argues that many of these ...
From Corporate Wellness Programs That Work: Case Studies & Practical Tools
The Wellness Pyramid Starts With Culture
If organizations want sustainable wellness, they must build from the ground up, not the top down. Putnam’s Wellness Pyramid is one of the book’s central frameworks, and its message is clear: culture is the foundation on which all successful wellness programs rest. Without that base, even attractive ...
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Behavioral Science Drives Real Participation
People rarely change because they receive more information; they change when the environment, social cues, and emotional rewards make new behavior easier. Putnam draws on behavioral science to explain why many wellness programs overload employees with facts but fail to influence action. Knowledge ma...
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Design Wellness Into Daily Work
The most effective wellness programs do not sit on the edge of the workday; they are woven into it. Putnam argues that lasting well-being emerges when organizations stop treating wellness as an extra activity and start embedding it into meetings, schedules, spaces, and routines. This shift is crucia...
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Leadership Behavior Sets the Real Standard
Employees pay far more attention to what leaders do than to what wellness posters say. Putnam makes a compelling case that leadership behavior is one of the strongest predictors of whether a wellness effort gains credibility. A company can sponsor every health initiative imaginable, but if managers ...
From Corporate Wellness Programs That Work: Case Studies & Practical Tools
Measurement Should Go Beyond Participation
A wellness program is not successful simply because people signed up for it. Putnam cautions against relying on shallow metrics such as enrollment numbers, event attendance, or incentive completion. While these figures can show awareness, they do not reveal whether the program is improving behavior,...
From Corporate Wellness Programs That Work: Case Studies & Practical Tools
About Laura Putnam
Laura Putnam is a workplace well-being expert, speaker, and CEO of Motion Infusion, a consulting firm that helps organizations build healthier, more engaged workforces. She is known for her evidence-based approach to wellness and her ability to translate behavioral science into practical workplace s...
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Laura Putnam is a workplace well-being expert, speaker, and CEO of Motion Infusion, a consulting firm that helps organizations build healthier, more engaged workforces. She is known for her evidence-based approach to wellness and her ability to translate behavioral science into practical workplace s...
Laura Putnam is a workplace well-being expert, speaker, and CEO of Motion Infusion, a consulting firm that helps organizations build healthier, more engaged workforces. She is known for her evidence-based approach to wellness and her ability to translate behavioral science into practical workplace strategies.
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Laura Putnam is a workplace well-being expert, speaker, and CEO of Motion Infusion, a consulting firm that helps organizations build healthier, more engaged workforces. She is known for her evidence-based approach to wellness and her ability to translate behavioral science into practical workplace strategies.
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