Client Experience
How Jefferson County Brings Well-Being to Life With Wellness Challenges
How Jefferson County Brings Well-Being to Life With Wellness Challenges
Jefferson County has woven well-being into everyday work life for more than a decade. With a diverse workforce and dedicated wellness champions, employees stay motivated year-round through creative, personalized challenges that spark connection, kindness, and resilience. The result: a thriving, people-centered culture where well-being and productivity grow together.
Fostering a Healthy Workplace: The Positive Impact of WashU’s Employee Wellness Programs
From wellness fairs to clever campus-wide campaigns, Washington University in St. Louis is making employee well-being a vibrant part of its culture. Their holistic, engaging approach supports faculty, staff, and trainees in meaningful, lasting ways.
Creating a Culture of Well-Being
Creating a Culture of Well-Being
Renowned nationwide for its academic excellence and innovation, St. Vrain Valley School District — serving over 33,000 Colorado students — brings the same passion and dedication to championing faculty health and well-being. Over the past 5 years, St. Vrain staff have enthusiastically embraced a variety of HES wellness challenges, with fan favorite Walktober launching the school year on the (literal) right foot.
Well-U Wellness Challenges at University of Rochester: Something for Everyone
At the University of Rochester, wellness challenge prizes and recognition aren’t only reserved for high achievers. The Office of Total Rewards Well-U team builds in multiple chances for everyone to win in their twice-yearly HES wellness challenges. This standout team not only seeks feedback from participants, but then acts on it to make the experience better — and it shows.
Connection and (Friendly) Competition: Walktober at Wellesley
Connection and (Friendly) Competition: Walktober at Wellesley
Necessity drove creative and resourceful pivots across higher education in 2020. At Wellesley College, it sparked a unique way to foster well-being and campus connections across generations. With a new mix of on-campus and remote students, offering opportunities for social time and physical activity remained a high priority.
O’Reilly Auto Parts Well-Being Program Goes Social, Mobile, Custom
After years of trying to build and maintain wellness challenges in-house, O’Reilly Auto Parts made the strategic choice to move beyond the traditional approach. Now, their web- and mobile-based offerings boast engaging social features, mobile access, rich custom content, and challenging participant experiences.
Powerful Promotion Sends Delta Air Lines Results Soaring
As Delta’s most loved corporate wellness challenge, the 2018 Walktober season couldn’t come fast enough for some eager participants. Still, Delta’s Employee Health and Wellbeing team kicked promotion into high gear with both modern and grass roots communication tactics.
Colorado School Districts Go Head to Head in Walktober Walking Challenge
Capitalizing on the competitive nature of their populations, wellness coordinators at rivaling Colorado school districts faced off in a district vs. district walking challenge. Partnering with both organizations, HES made the Walktober walking competition possible.
bp Connecting Employees During COVID-19
With the goal of elevating their long-standing Run-A-Muck wellness challenge to the next level, bp collaborated with HES in 2019 to create a unique employee experience. Through a partnership with Cigna, HES designed and built a completely custom version of the program where participants recorded physical activity and other wellbeing behaviors while virtually touring worldwide locations affiliated with bp.
WashU Cultivates Community, Fosters Fitness With Custom Couch to 5K Challenge
While serving a largely remote workforce, the Human Resource Wellness Team at Washington University in St. Louis (WashU) saw an opportunity: Bring employees together to improve personal well-being and support the common good.
University of Texas System Boosts Program Results With Canvas
Participants like knowing their wellness challenge is designed with them in mind. By using Canvas to create a custom wellness challenge, the university experienced progress in a unique way that increased program participation by 12% and kept participants coming back day after day.