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Tuesday, June 16th, 2009

Nestlé UK Geared Up for GCC Walking Challenge

Nestlé UK CEO, Paul Grimwood, is leading the “GCC walking challenge” as part of an initiative to create healthier work places. They beat around 900 companies from across the world to bag the top honors and the title of ‘most active global company in the world’ in the same competition last year.

The CEO of the UK division of the company has challenged his employees to walk at least 14,000 steps every day in four forthcoming months in a bid to retain the title. He expects stiff competition from Nestlé’s other units this year.

The GCC - Global Corporate Challenge - is a 125-day health and well being program. The program is a team effort, with each team having 7 participants. The challenge presented for each team is to walk a minimum of 10,000 steps (per person) per day. Each individual would be able to track his or her daily step count using a pedometer.

The teams seem all geared up for the task. A staggering 255 teams from Nestlé UK will take part in this year’s challenge. With “Walk Along” meetings being the order of the day, Nestlé UK appears to be on track to retain their title.

Victoria Pendleton, a team Nestlé employee and athlete, feels small changes like these make a huge difference. Her team at British Cycling helps her look at every tiny detail to improve her overall performance. Even a small change like walking more, in a daily routine, is a great way to stay fit, she says.

With high levels of enthusiasm and energy spreading across the organisation, Team Nestlé surely seems set for an encore. Workplace Law Training run a highly regarded Certificate in Personnel Practice (CPP) course that could be just the ticket for you in implementing a performance review processes to boost team performance.

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