Institute for Health and
Productivity Management

Accelerating WorkPlace Health & Performance Globally

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Sean Sullivan, JD, C-HPM
Co-Founder, Chairman & CEO

Bill Williams, MD
Co-Founder SVP

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Deborah Love, C-HPM
President, COO
International Liaison

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About the Institute for Health and Productivity Management (IHPM) and WorkPlace Wellness Alliance (WPWA)

IHPM/WPWA is a global nonprofit enterprise devoted to establishing the full economic value of employee health as a business asset-a neglected investment in the increased productivity of human capital.

The institute provides data analyses, measurement tools, and health and productivity management services and consultation to its partners and clients in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. IHPM helps employers (1) identify the full economic cost impact of employee health issues on business performance, (2) design and implement the best programs to reduce this impact by improving functional health and productivity, and (3) measure the success of their efforts in financial terms.

IHPM's unique role as the driving global force for converting health from a medical benefit cost to a productive business investment for employers and nations was acknowledged in 2013 by the World Economic Forum when it chose the Institute to assume leadership of its global Workplace Wellness Alliance-a group of leading multinational companies focused on transforming workplaces into environments that promote and sustain optimal health, well-being, and performance.

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The Academy for Health & Productivity Management

Moving Thought Leadership into Action, IHPM:

Developed the Health & Productivity Management (HPM) model to integrate wellness, occupational health and disease management to 1) Reduce functional impairment, and 2) Improve work performance

Demonstrated that the HPM model works through multiple field projects with employers, and….

Published those results from these projects in the research literature

Established Training & Certification in the Professional Discipline of Health and Productivity Management™ (C-HPM)

IHPM's Academy for Training & Certification^™ in the Professional Discipline of Health and Productivity Management (C-HPM)

Contact IHPM to schedule an on-site two-day or executive one-day training & certification program

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Good Health = Good Business

A History of Recognizing Corporate Leadership

IHPM Award Recipients

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Consultation

IHPM delivers consultation to employer business leaders in designing their health and productivity management framework at some of the world’s largest multinational companies through tailored remote and on-site consulting. Former corporate health and medical executives with demonstrated success driving results in business settings are our advisors. Join us in “advancing health and performance globally” through a strategic alliance with IHPM.

IHPM’s newest business alliance is with Limitless Consulting – healthcare consultants driving transformative pharmacy savings through fiduciary stewardship within your self-funded health plan.

The Pharmacy Stewardship Program™ begins with your pharmacy claims and identifies the small number of drugs responsible for the majority of your Rx cost. We deliver a full analysis and competitive RFP across pre-vetted, federally compliant vendors, giving you a clear, documented path to reduce spend without changing your PBM, carrier, or plan design. We simply provide the infrastructure to eliminate waste and implement savings as a voluntary, non-disruptive program outside the renewal cycle. Learn More Here

We are ready to help you “Connect, Communicate and Collaborate” with our trusted colleague at Limitless Consulting.

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IHPM WorkPlace Resource Centers^™

"The WorkPlace Resource Centers™ were created for the unique role of conducting fieldwork with actual employers and service providers to advance health and productivity management. These field research and demonstration projects engage IHPM 'in the trenches' with actual employees, and generate new data and examples that further build the business case for investments to increase the human capital value of workers' health."

Sean Sullivan, JD, Cofounder and CEO of IHPM

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"This has a proven “multiplier" effect, as employees take their health and wellbeing into their families and communities."

Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum

WorkPlace Wellness Alliance^™

The evidence is compelling that a healthy workforce is vital to a country’s productivity, competitiveness and wellbeing. More than half the working population spends the majority of its waking hours at work — making it a unique setting to educate, incentivize, and support individuals to develop healthier lifestyle behaviors.

Since 2013 when its leadership was given to IHPM at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Conference in Davos, Switzerland, the WorkPlace Wellness Allilance has been working steadily toward the goal of improving health, wellbeing and performance around the world.

Health, Wellness, and Wellbeing

Key Terms in the Practice of HPM

IHPM Global Accelerator Target Areas 2026

Let us know how we can collaborate as the IHPM Global Accelerator addresses:

Realizing the Full Economic Value from Investing in Employee Health and Wellbeing to Reduce Functional Impairment (presenteeism) and Workplace Productivity Loss from leading chronic health issues like Depression, Obesity, and Musculoskeletal Pain.

Reducing also the Direct Financial Cost of Care – medical and pharmaceutical – for the costliest chronic health conditions like Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes by reducing the large contribution to these costs of co-morbid conditions like Obesity and Depression through better treatment of those conditions.

<strong>Expanding the Boundaries of Mental/Psychological Health and Wellbeing</strong> - the key to addressing the exploding mental health “epidemic” is getting upstream of the many precursors to clinical diagnoses that remain unseen and unaddressed - later emerging as costly problems in the workplace.

Expanding the Boundaries of Mental/Psychological Health and Wellbeing - the key to addressing the exploding mental health “epidemic” is getting upstream of the many precursors to clinical diagnoses that remain unseen and unaddressed - later emerging as costly problems in the workplace.

Bringing Improved Treatments from Pharmaceutical/Biotech Innovations to employers for Cancers, Obesity, Migraines, Persistent Cardiovascular Risks, and Immunosuppressive Disorders

Living and Working with Cancer from screening and early diagnosis to enhanced treatments

Using Digital Health Technologies to reduce chronic risk factors and optimize treatment costs and outcomes

<strong>Addressing the Consequences of the Constantly Growing Need for Working Caregivers in an Aging Population </strong>- with Alzheimer’s and Dementia joining Cancer as sources of ever-growing demand for caregiving from working-age people, more attention to helping them maintain their own health and wellbeing - as well as their productivity.

Addressing the Consequences of the Constantly Growing Need for Working Caregivers in an Aging Population - with Alzheimer’s and Dementia joining Cancer as sources of ever-growing demand for caregiving from working-age people, more attention to helping them maintain their own health and wellbeing - as well as their productivity.

Calendar Overview 2026

First Quarter

Setting Priorities for the Year: Consultations with IHPM Global Steering Group and Business Leadership Council
WorkPlace Resource Center Planning Meetings
- Behavioral/Mental Health & Wellbeing
- Cardio-Metabolic Health
- Pain Management
- Working & Living with Cancer
- Resource Providers for recordings of Fireside Chats
- Restarting IHPM’s European Chapter with new leadership in Germany
Restarting IHPM’s European Chapter with new leadership
Academy Trainings & Certification in the Professional Discipline of Health & Productivity Management (C-HPM)

Second Quarter

Webinars and Video Fireside Chats:
- Pharmacy Stewardship Program with Limitless Consulting
- Health and Productivity Sciences (HAPS) on Being Well at Work; WorkPlace Depression Management; Working Caregivers
- Affective Determinants of Health (ADoH®) | EMOTII
- Real Life Management (RLM)
IHPM White Papers
- Prevalence and Total Economic Burden of Major Depressive Disorder
- Others TBC
IHPM Board of Directors’ Strategic Planning Retreat | Sedona, AZ

Third Quarter

IHPM Employer Forum
IHPM Academy Training & Certification in the Professional Discipline of Health and Productivity Management in Maricopa County, AZ
Restart of IHPM's Middle East Chapter with the leadership in Saudi Arabia

Fourth Quarter

IHPM Employer Forum
- Focusing on Behavioral/Mental Health and its Co-morbidities on Functional Impairment at Work and its Consequent Lost Productivity
Initiation of Employer on-site Field Research and Demonstration Project on the Impact of Obesity and its Co-morbidities on Functional Impairment at Work and its Consequent Lost Productivity