Ragan’s 2023 Workplace Wellness Awards: Honorees and finalists announced
Discover the honorees and finalists making work a better place for all.
Employee wellbeing continues to grow in importance, and the workforce is taking note. Prioritizing the whole employee — their mental, physical, social and financial health — is no longer a nice-to-have organizational practice — it’s a business imperative. Ragan’s Workplace Wellness Awards are the benchmark of excellence for high-performing organizations that take employee wellbeing seriously.
The awards program is open to organizations worldwide, and offers them the opportunity to recognize their HR, wellness and communications initiatives and the hard-working people behind those programs.
Ragan is pleased to announce the 2023 Workplace Wellness Awards finalists for initiatives and programs and the people and places honorees working hard to create healthy workplaces. Take a look at the organizations making employee wellness a cornerstone of their work across industries like financial, healthcare, manufacturing, education, technology, retail, PR and more.
We’re also pleased to announce the People and Top Places of the Year honorees, such as Carlos Sánchez-Luis, AVP of AstraZeneca Latam and VP of AstraZeneca Brazil. Sánchez-Luis has been at the forefront of developing several high-impact strategies and initiatives that prioritize employee wellbeing, while also emphasizing the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance. He and the leadership team in Latin America promote a strategy called The Power Is Within You, which includes various activations that communicate the company’s vision and priorities, along with initiatives that inspire employees to set new goals and pursue professional development opportunities. After six months, the new program saw 97% employee participation.
Among the Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing honorees is information technology company Wolters Kluwer. Its global wellbeing program, Together We Thrive, focuses on resilience as a key part of overall wellbeing. Resilience comprises skills to face stress, uncertainty and change effectively, including strategies to manage through to positive outcomes. One of the key initiatives in 2023 is the first annual Global Well-being Week, a new offering of the Together We Thrive program. Every day of the Global Well-being Week, Wolter Kluwer highlights a wellbeing dimension through activities like webinars, training, mobility challenges, healthy eating suggestions and more. Overall, 88.5% of participants rated the event excellent or good.
Peruse our honorees and finalists below, and keep an eye out for the full list of Workplace Wellness Award winners, which will be announced in April 2024.
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Honorees: People of the Year
CEOs & Presidents of the Year • HR Leaders of the Year
Honorees: Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing
Large Organizations • Small & Midsize Organizations
Finalists: Wellness Programs & Initiatives
Outstanding Total Rewards Programs • DE&I & ESG • Digital Culture • Employee Benefits • Employee Engagement • Employee Experience • Financial Wellness • HR & Communications Collaboration • Learning & Development • Mental Health Initiatives • Physical Wellness • Professional Wellness • Social Wellbeing • Strategic HR • Work/Life Balance
Before announcing the finalists for wellness initiatives and programs, we’d like to acknowledge the people and places honorees who have a dedicated eye on wellness. The 2023 People of the Year are leaders who have demonstrated exceptional commitment and direction in fostering a healthier and more holistic work environment, positively impacting the wellbeing and productivity of their employees and colleagues. Similarly, the 2023 Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing organizations offer comprehensive and innovative programs that promote mental, physical, social and financial wellness for their employees. Ragan salutes our Class of 2023 in these categories.
Honorees: People of the Year
CEOs/Presidents of the Year
Steph Lund: M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment
Ted Murphy: IZEA
Carlos Sánchez-Luis: AstraZeneca
HR Leaders of the Year
Gianna Driver: Exabeam
Shannon Estreller: EvolveMKD
Robyn Jordan: DriveTime
Christy Pambianchi: Intel Corporation
Kara Ruchti: Kalahari Resorts
Honorees: Top Places to Work for Employee Wellbeing
Large Organization (more than 1,000 employees)
Agero
Bacardi
Bank of America
BMO
Intel
Koch Industries
Lincoln Financial Group
Wolters Kluwer
Small and Mid-Size Organizations (Up to 1,000 Employees)
Array Behavioral Care
Caliber Corporate Advisers
Clutch
FormAssembly, Inc.
G2
IZEA
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America
Marathon Strategies
Finalists: Wellness Initiatives/Programs
Finalists in the Workplace Wellness Awards have created initiatives and programs around DE&I, employee engagement, Total Rewards, professional wellness, mental health initiatives and much more. Whether they are employers offering exceptional services and programs to families and working parents or measuring the effectiveness of their wellness programs across the board, all of these finalists stood out amongst the entries. Winners will be announced in April 2024.
Outstanding Total Rewards Programs
Dollar General: Dollar General’s Outstanding Total Rewards, Training & Development Programs
G2: Reach Your PEAK
DEI & ESG
Array Behavioral Care: Desire’ Stasen
Mavenir: Mavenir ESG Program
Digital Culture
Clutch: Wellness Initiatives & Programs
International Monetary Fund: ‘UNWIND’ Series: A Virtual Platform for Mental Health and Wellbeing
The Lifetime Value Company (LTVCo.): Fostering Engagement and Presence in a Dispersed Workforce: LTVCo’s Remote Work Strategies
Employee Benefits
Northwell Health: 2024 Open Enrollment
Employee Engagement
Array Behavioral Care: Desire’ Stasen
AstraZeneca: The Power Is Within You
Carestream Health: Carestream’s Health and Wellness
Department of Culture and Tourism: Samia Al Ameri
The Cigna Group: Global Wellness Challenge
Employee Experience
Adventist Health Tillamook: Associate Well-being
Baystate Health: Employee Prosperity Fairs
BMO: BMO’s Wellness Program
CarParts.com: CarParts.com
Clutch: Wellness Initiatives & Programs
Food Lion: Healthy Foundations
IZEA: IZEA
PAN Communications: Employee Experience at PAN
Renown Health: Leading with People First at Renown Health
Financial Wellness
ADP Retirement Services, ADP Achieve Retirement Success Series
Bank of America, Bank of America
HR and Communications Collaboration
CarParts.com: HR Team and Communications & Culture Team Collaboration
City of Temple – Communications & Marketing Department: New Employee Toolkit
Goodwill of North Georgia: 2023 Open Enrollment
Learning & Development
Clutch: Wellness Initiatives & Programs
Ellucian: Ellucian Learning and Development Team
Johnson & Johnson: Johnson & Johnson Learn
KWT Global: KWT U
Mental Health Initiatives
AllTrails: Trail Day
BMO: BMO’s Wellness Program
Cox Enterprises: “Reach Out. We’re Here.” Mental Health Campaign
Fahlgren Mortine: YOU Matter Mental Wellness Program
International Monetary Fund: ‘UNWIND’ Series: A Virtual Platform for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Lincoln Financial Group: Be Well Program
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America: M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America
Physical Wellness
AdventHealth West Florida Division: Wondr Health Success
Goodwill of North Georgia: #GoodwillTrains
NYU Langone Health: Colorectal Cancer Screening Initiative
Professional Wellness
Baystate Medical Center: Healing the Healer
PAN Communications: Professional Wellness at PAN
Social Wellbeing
Clutch: Wellness Initiatives & Programs
Project Lifesaver International: Project Lifesaver Program
Strategic HR
Food Lion: Healthy Foundations
Work-Life Balance
1Milk2Sugars Communications: Work-Life Balance
Baystate Medical Center: Healing the Healer
Clutch: Wellness Initiatives & Programs
Exos: Readiness Culture Code
