An interview with John Kelly, CMO Union Pacific Railroad
John Kelly, former Chief Medical Officer, Union Pacific Railroad, started our conversation by saying, “Union Pacific has recognized for a long time that the health of our employees affects the success of our business.” Healthy employees make for good, safe and productive workers.
By focusing on specific issues, such as smoking, Union Pacific has been able to create a healthier workforce. Employees who smoke, for example, have more health expenses and are absent more often.
Education is important, but not enough. Incentives are also important. Rules such as not smoking in the office was a start. The next step was to ban smoking from the facilities. Finally, the company stopped hiring smokers. Support programs were implemented to help smokers quit.
Union Pacific implemented programs to help employees quit smoking. But just focusing on the employee is not enough. Union Pacific focused on the family and the community as well. Support was offered to family members who smoked.
This interview was filmed at the Consumer Health World Conference in Washington DC. Click here to watch all interviews from the Conference. Click here to purchase conference multimedia.
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