About our client
Founded in mid-western United States, this manufacturing client has over 8,000+ employees across the globe that develop and manufacture a wide range of products like fluid-handling equipment, safety products, and firefighting equipment.
Goals
- Refresh their wellbeing program by rewarding employees for completing proactive health management practices and participating in ongoing Challenges.
- Pilot the idea of expanding access to their wellbeing program to international employees by partnering with Personify Health to launch a Step Challenge that helped inspire friendly competition and comradery between their global HR and Finance departments.
At-a-glance results
- Successfully engaged employees in the two-week Step Challenge, leading to improved connections and collaboration between departments.
- Increased participation in monthly Step Challenges also allowed the client to promote a healthier lifestyle to more employees.
About their program
Game Design:
- Hybrid, Quarterly Game
Two Rewards Programs:
- Levels-based program for employees on the medical plan with the potential of earning up to $1,020 per year. This program features the Know Your Numbers Initiative that emphasizes the importance of completing Health Check, an annual exam, and Biometric Screening. Additionally, these members are also encouraged to participate in the Preventive Exams Initiative that rewards members for completing at least 1 of 5 exams.
- A separate levels-based program for spouses that allows them to earn up to $508 for completing the Know Your Numbers Initiative and Preventive Exams Initiative.
Program enhancements:
- The manufacturing client also offers Coaching to their US members and Biometric Screenings.
Solutions and Results
Monthly Step Challenges
With the help of Personify Health, the client introduced a refreshed wellness program for its US-based employees. This included monthly Step Challenges where employees created teams and competed for the top spot, leading to increased engagement and a healthier, more active workforce.
Challenges at a glance
- Types of Challenges: Saying the client enjoys running Step Challenges is an understatement. In fact, they have done a Challenge each month in 2024! Their team thrives on competition and enjoys the Staged, Basic, and Destination Step Challenges. Additionally, they also participate in Personify Health’s monthly Promoted Healthy Habit Challenges.
- Selecting a Theme: Knowing their members best, the client looked through the Personify Health Challenge Lookbook and picked a theme that best resonates with their members.
- Challenge Engagement: They usually see between 150-200 employees participating in each Challenge with 5 members per team.
- Rewards and Incentives: Typically, they reward the First, Second, and Third Place Teams. However, the HR vs. Finance Challenge was focused more on “bragging rights” to help unite departments.
Solutions and Results
HR vs. Finance Destination Step Challenge
Seeing the success of the US-based Challenges, the client ran a special two-week Step Challenge to expand their reach to some of their global HR and Finance departments.
The client encouraged participation by sending custom communications to their HR and Finance departments. Communications included information about enrolling in the Personify Health program, joining a team, how scoring works, and information about Personify Health.
As their first International vs. US Step Challenge, they used the “Scale the Summits” Destination Step Challenge theme where participants had eight thrilling summits to hike, from Morocco to Nepal, with the encouragement to rally their team to reach them all.
To incentivize teams even more, they also noted that the winning team was going to select the charity to which they would donate.
Challenge Recap
- 22 teams inclusive of 139 players
- 18M+ steps taken (that’s 9,000+ miles)
- Winning team scored 10M+ steps and their leadership is in final preparations their charity donation
Solutions and Results
Know Your Numbers Initiative
The client recognizes the importance of knowing your health status. To encourage members to stay on top of their health, they offer special rewards for members who complete the Health Check within the Personify Health platform, an annual exam with their primary care physician, and Biometric Screening.
Initiative Recap (Sept ’23-Sept ’24)
- 1,734 Health Check Assessments completed with an average Health Score of 74
- 1,655 Biometric Screenings completed
- 641 Annual Physicals completed
Solutions and Results
Preventive Exams Initiative
Their program also underscores preventive practices as well. Specifically, their rewards programs feature the Preventive Exams Initiative that rewards members for completing exams like a Colonoscopy, Dental Exam, Eye Exam, Pap Smear, or Mammogram.
Solutions and Results
Coaching
Lastly, they also offer Personify Health Total Population Health Coaching. These personalized, 1:1 coaching sessions offer their US-based members support with lifestyle management, condition management, or navigating difficult changes.
Coaching at a glance
- 591 completed Coaching Appointments
- Weight management is one of their most popular Coaching topics
Outlook
They’ve effectively utilized their program to not only promote employee wellbeing but also build stronger connections within the company that lead to a more collaborative, healthier work environment.
Building off their first global Step Challenge, they’re exploring ways to engage their international employees with additional Challenges as well as expanding Personify Health platform access to their entire population, empowering them to support an additional 4,000 employees’ health and wellbeing journeys.