CEO (or equivalent): Mark D. Correia
Number of employees: 84
Knowing that the lines between work and personal life are becoming less clear, the folks at Preventure are dedicated to making that balance a bit easier to manage.
“As technology continues to shape our society, we understand that balance, healthiness, perspective and presence will unite work and home like never before. … We are here to help make that connection viable and healthy,” said Pamela Coleman, vice president of people and performance strategies.
For more than 25 years, Coventry-based Preventure has been providing comprehensive well-being solutions to a client base that covers industries such as banking, manufacturing, hospital systems, universities and transportation. The company is routinely enhancing its program content and engagement platform to respond to the most current research on behavioral change.
“Preventure has a core value of teamwork and collaboration,” said Coleman. “We believe in building powerful partnerships internally and with all key relationships. … We adamantly believe that this synergistic focus on the power of partnership drives the value we bring to our clients.”
With a business so focused on the well-being of others, it should come as no surprise that Preventure places tremendous importance on the well-being of its own employees.
With its Fit For Life program, the company seeks to build a mindset, environment and culture that encourages a state of sustainable well-being for its employees by offering programs that address all seven dimensions of wellness:
n Social – Group personal training sessions, monthly company-wide birthday lunches, community volunteering opportunities, social outings and a highly leveraged internal social media platform.
n Emotional – Encouraging employees to get up and move regularly, take walks, and create head space and emotional resilience.
n Spiritual – Regular mindful meditation learning sessions and meditation practices for all employees.
n Occupational – Strengths coaching sessions to enhance and improve performance, both at work and at home.
n Environmental – Donating food baskets during the holidays and developing strong partnerships with groups such as the Weightless Project and Edesia.
n Intellectual – The Be Your Own Ambassador program provides each employee with up to $250 toward any intellectual, emotional, spiritual or physical activity that will make a positive impact on their lives and contribute to their personal growth.
n Physical – Annual biometric screening events that include a personal-coaching component, free in-office, healthy food and snacks plus regular Zumba, kickboxing, yoga and group training classes.
“We have … flexible work hours, four weeks’ vacation from the start and cross-functional, highly collaborative work groups that allow employees to connect and refresh as they need to,” said Coleman. “Perhaps our biggest contribution is our culture, which is open-minded and leverages Gallup’s Strengths Finder, where we encourage everyone to become deeply intimate with their individual strengths and how those strengths drive professional success and growth.”
Laura Morris, Preventure’s communications team lead, says the company is a true innovator in the wellness industry by not only constantly looking to improve upon the programs and services it develops, but by going beyond the standard fitness and nutrition components of wellness.
“I see innovation as being a consistent refinement to develop new, out-of-the-box approaches,” said Morris. “It’s always communicated that our Fit For Life well-being program is our program. The Fit For Life committee is always seeking feedback and ideas to ensure that the program is meeting our needs. We are encouraged to share our thoughts on current programs and to enter requests if we have new ideas.”
In fact, Morris recently submitted an idea for the Pound cardio fitness class, and within just a few weeks, Preventure had a Pound instructor on-site offering the class.
“I believe health impacts decision-making, conversations and really anything that someone would engage in,” Morris said. “In my mind, the mental and emotional side of health speaks to being present and aware, seeing the bigger picture, utilizing skills, strengths and passions, and that translates to higher productivity.”