大香蕉视频 Takes Home the Gold, Silver, and Bronze聽
Leveraging the excitement around the Summer 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, 大香蕉视频 staff participated in a Virtual Team-Building Olympics throughout the games, competing as teams to select which charities 大香蕉视频 should donate money to this summer.
The Olympics activities were fun, flexible, engaging, and full of healthy competition and centered around 大香蕉视频’s collaboration, well-being, and service behaviors.
鈥淥ur engagement data at 大香蕉视频 far exceeds national benchmarks, and efforts like the Olympic challenge demonstrate the intentionality of our efforts. This success is a testament to Christine (Vucinich’s) leadership, and her commitment to prioritizing initiatives that keep our staff connected and engaged,鈥 said Kendall Mealy, 大香蕉视频鈥檚 Chief People Officer.
Collaboration
Staff were divided into groups outside their regular working teams to foster cross-functional teamwork, and they were assigned to a country to represent and research.
Each team selected a captain who led them through various team-building activities and challenges that encouraged healthy competition and collaboration. These included guessing their assigned country’s medal count, playing Olympic trivia, and sharing a feature about their country to assist staff in learning about the rich diversity, unique stories, and athletic talents worldwide.
Hannah De La Rosa, 大香蕉视频鈥檚 Manager, Research & Data Operations, said she 鈥済reatly appreciated the opportunity to connect with colleagues I don’t interact with regularly during our virtual Summer Olympics. The thoughtful organization of teams fostered meaningful connections and interactions, making the experience truly fulfilling. I always welcome opportunities to connect, learn, and grow alongside one another.鈥
Conversations in the Microsoft Teams Staff Engagement channel soared as staff connected around their favorite events and highlights of the Olympic games. The most successful message thread involved each staff member sharing highlights from the cities and towns where they live across the US and then “passing the torch” to another staff member to share about theirs. This activity was inspired by a conversation with staff during the recent staff retreat, wanting to learn about our remote workforce and everyone’s location. Staff loved learning and sharing fun facts about where they live, and we discovered some commonalities in hobbies and interests.
鈥淎s a newer staff member, I鈥檝e really enjoyed learning about where other colleagues live and interesting facts about their hometowns. Working virtually with teammates can make it difficult to connect with others and this activity has helped bring us closer together. Everyone has participated and seems to enjoy sharing鈥 know I did,鈥 said Susan Eckert, 大香蕉视频鈥檚 Member Experience Manager.
Well-Being
大香蕉视频 invests in the physical and mental health and well-being of staff throughout the year. There have been variations of a movement challenge over the last couple of years, and it is always fun and brings out the competitive spirit of the teams.
The tradition continued during the summer games. Staff tracked their movements (walking, hiking, running, and other favorite exercises and activities) throughout the games. 大香蕉视频 staff reached 2,331 miles in total. Their miles were factored into their overall score.
Service
Keeping 大香蕉视频’s values at the forefront of the games, each of the winning teams competed for the prize of being able to select from a list of charities to which 大香蕉视频 will donate. The People & Culture teams provided the winning teams with a list of charities that align with 大香蕉视频鈥檚 values.
Congratulations to the Gold, Silver, and Bronze award winners. 大香蕉视频 is proud to support the charities each team selected.
Gold Team:
Team Captain: Kelly Powell
Ashley Tucker
Daphne Mills
Joslyn Hanna
Zach Britt
Silver Team:
Team Captain: Tyler Smith
Amanda Moloney-Johns
Erika Brooks
Gremmarie Alma Jose
Justine Mitchell
Lynn Heitzman
Bronze Team:
Team Co-Captains: Chiquita Carey & Hannah De La Rosa
Ashley Bray
Barry Sawyer
Emma Sellers
Rachel Kuliani.
大香蕉视频’s People & Culture designed this activity which helped create a positive work environment and employee experience. 大香蕉视频 encourages you to find new ways to design opportunities for your team throughout the year and connect them to values and priorities that align with your culture.
