- Program messages to reach each stage
Weaving together theory and practice to reach all
- Stages of Readiness
- Learning preferences
- Intrinsic motivation
Adult Learning―adults want self management and control
- Adults learn at different rates and in different ways
- Adults want efficient use of their time
- Adults want to be active participants in learning
- Adults operate from problem solving mode and want practical solutions
Health Belief Model
- Aware and understand the risk/s
- Care about consequences
- Understand benefits
- Know the barriers
Prochaska’s Stages of Change
- Pre-contemplation/Contemplation
- Preparation
- Action
- Maintenance/Relapse
If we only offer programs to those in the action phase, we not only miss large portions of the population,
we also ignore employees that have made change.
Creating Intrinsic Motivation
- Goals and rewards that are meaningful
- Learning/activities that are important
- Engage people in the change process
- Customize programs based on where individuals are at
- Change requires leaders to recognize, encourage and deepen their team’s insights
- Programs designed to engage
What works: examining strategies?
Tools: online, paper, apps, seminars
Approach: social connection, groups, readiness, topics
Plan design: is your program designed to all levels of readiness and interts?
Program Ideas
- Too Tired to Move
- Personal Transformation
- Get in Shape to Hunt
- Stand up for Health
-Retire on $10 a day
-Park and Walk
-Parenting: Where’s the instruction manual?
-Balancing Life’s Stressors
-Shout outs
-Venison cook-off