Organizing Your Team

Successful companies have used some of the following ideas to generate enthusiasm for participation:

• Participation incentives (team t-shirt, time off work for team training, gift certificates, day off)
• Senior management endorsement and participation (have the CEO send out an e-mail/letter, have a lead-up event pep-rally where the CEO/President encourages participation)
• Hold a kick-off party explaining what the Corporate Challenge is (events, how points accumulate, etc.)
• Encourage a “fun” vs. competitive aspect
• Ongoing communication (e-mails, bulletins, internal website)
• Promote health & fitness through participation
• Get buy-in from your HR department to promote the benefits of participation
• Allow participants to wear team t-shirts on designated casual days leading up to Corporate Challenge
• If too many people are vying for a position in an event; hold company qualifiers, drawings or play-off challenges