Gallagher Bassett has teamed up with Victoria Police to participate in the 100 day Corporate Global Challenge.

The challenge kicked off on the 24th May with 100 teams participating including two teams from Gallagher Bassett with Jon Winsbury, John McNamara and Aidan Brophy leading the way in gaining their 10,000 steps per day.

Before starting out on their journey, employees discover a new awareness of their health & well-being, with the Global Challenge’s tailored online health assessment.

After more than a decade working with more than 5,500 of the world’s most respected employers and changing more than two million lives, the message couldn’t be clearer: the Global Challenge program gets results:

Sleep: 69% of employees are now getting recommended amount of sleep (vs. 56% pre-Global Challenge).

Psychological Wellbeing- 69% of employees reported a decrease in their stress levels at either home or work.

Awareness- 87% of employees reported they were more conscious of opportunities in their day to add more sleeps.

Overall Health- 83% of employees now rate their health as either good, very good or excellent (vs. 61% pre Global Challenge)

 Managing Director Australia, John McNamara on the 100 day Global challenge,

“We are almost half way through the 100 day challenge and so far it really has been a journey of daily self-discovery, reward and achievement. It is a great initiative and it is amazing to see so many corporate companies taking physical and mental health seriously with the intention of making improvements for their employees.”

GB Team Captain Andrea Moffat says,

“Providing gentle encouragement and reminders to team members is enough to keep them invested in the challenge to obtain their personal goals; whether it’s reaching your 10,000 steps, drinking more water or going to bed earlier”.

Over the past 13 years, the Virgin Pulse Global Challenge has helped transform the cultures of the world's leading organisations and improve the health and performance.

While on the Global Challenge, participants stay motivated through resources and encouragement through their website and smartphone apps, weekly personalised emails, community message boards, live team leader boards, mini-challenges and trophies.

If you would like to have a discussion with GB about what action plans are available to improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of your workplace, contact us today.

Left to right: Gabrielle Reilly, Executive Director HR, VP, Ken Loughnan, Corporate Advisory Group, VP, Deputy Commissioner Wendy Steendam, Jon Winsbury, Executive Vice President, GB International, Kendra Overall, Regional Manager-AU & NZ,Andrea Moffat, Business Account Manager,GB and John McNamara, GB Managing Director AU.