The Most Customizable Wellness Challenge Ever

We love a classic one-month step challenge. We really do. So much so, that we wrote a whole how-to guide for hosting them. We love a step challenge in part because it’s widely accessible; it can appeal to most of your employees.
But why stop at most? If you’re passionate about your wellness program, you want to see it reach all your employees. Enter the Accountability Challenge. The Accountability Challenge is customized to every single participant by nature. Plus, it’s layer after layer of wellness and workplace benefits.
Let’s begin.

What is the Accountability Challenge?

The Accountability Challenge only requires a minimum two participants, and a mini goal setting workshop. Spice it up with incentives, and perhaps some competition—if that’s your workplace’s vibe—and you have yourself a challenge.

Here’s how it works:

First, employees participate in a goal setting workshop. Employees should learn how to set goals with higher chances for achievement. Consider addressing challenges to seeing a goal through. Explore strategies to overcome those challenges. Predictably, the workshop should culminate in employees creating their own wellness goal.
Next, employees pair up with an accountability partner, or accountabili-buddy if you will. Now that everyone has practiced goal setting, employees will create one more goal: to be a motivator for their partner. Throughout the challenge, partners will check in on each other to share successes, and encouragement. For added accountability, employees can sign a pledge to themselves to complete their goal, with their partner’s signature as a witness.
Over a set period of time, employees work toward their goals with their partners, and hopefully see progress! Be sure to end your challenge with a celebration, and encourage employees to reflect and share on their experience with The Accountability Challenge.

Active SWV can provide a free goal setting workshop to your workplace. A workshop can be customized to your employees’ interests. Email Workplace Wellness Director Veronica Crosier at [email protected] to learn more.