Healthy Executives

I just read this article from Business Insider about 14 tech execs who could probably kick my butt. It made think of how companies build corporate culture around athletic activities. It also made me realize how this kind of culture is built from the top down. At the bank I used to work for we had a yearly ice hockey game against another division. Granted I worked on trading floor, this was one the most competitive sporting events I had ever seen!

But what this event really did was give us a reason to practice hockey and stay in shape so we could take down that other division. This team bonding and group training helped us overall and was driven mainly by our leaders, who happened to be former college hockey players. But overall this top down athletic event created a culture of health and wellness at my company that was completely unintentional and awesome. Even the non hockey players picked up on this and started to plan other competitive things like 3 on 3 basketball tournaments or 5k challenges.

These are all great things you can start doing for your company right now! But what you need to do is have it be driven by a manager who simply wants to stay healthy and play a sport. So find a manager who enjoys playing some sport and start organizing your own in office challenges! Or call us at Healthify and we'll help you to organize some on site fitness events!