Clarence Gooden's Blogspot: CSX Wellness Initiatives Encourage Healthy Habits for Employees

Thursday, June 25, 2015

CSX Wellness Initiatives Encourage Healthy Habits for Employees

Committed to the well-being of its employees, CSX provides Beyond Our Rails, an outreach initiative that counts wellness as among its four primary goals. In order to realize this objective, CSX offers a range of wellness initiatives that encourage employees to take responsibility for their personal health. The Health & Wellness team at the company consists of wellness coaches, health fitness specialists, licensed dietitians, ergonomists, certified diabetic educators, and registered nurses. These professionals are regularly available to CSX staff to address concerns and help in creating personal fitness regimens and diets.

In order to promote regular exercise, CSX also established the Small Steps program that encourages individuals to make walking a regular part of their lives. Through this initiative, employees keep track of their steps to help make more conscious decisions about walking whenever possible.

With an understanding of the many harmful effects of smoking, CSX provides employees who are serious about quitting with cessation support. Smoking cessation can be a difficult process, and CSX is committed to ensuring that employees have the tools and guidance they need to be successful.

About Clarence Gooden

For the last 10 years, Clarence Gooden has functioned as chief commercial officer and executive vice president of sales and marketing at CSX Corporation, a major railroad operator based in Jacksonville, Florida. In his current role with the company, he is responsible for 800 sales-and-marketing professionals working at CSX headquarters and more than 30 field offices. During his time at CSX, he has played a key role in the expansion of crude-oil-by-rail operations serving markets in New Jersey and Philadelphia, as well as parts of eastern Canada. Clarence Gooden has also helped facilitate organic growth by providing employees with increased opportunities for new customer engagement and by developing an award-winning, industry-leading customer service system.

Mr. Gooden first joined CSX nearly 45 years ago. In addition to his work with the company, he maintains relationships with several important industry organizations, such as the National Freight Transportation Association and the Transportation Advisory Board. He also interacts with the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and TTX Company.