HR.com Announces Exciting New Contest Launch "Healthiest Workplace Challenge" at their 2009 Employers of Excellence National Conference January 26-29, 2009

HR.com Announces Exciting New Contest Launch "Healthiest Workplace Challenge" at their 2009 Employers of Excellence National Conference January 26-29, 2009

HR.com launches reality-TV-like contest, "The Healthiest Workplace Challenge" at their Employers of Excellence National Conference in January 2009 to help companies decrease healthcare costs, improve productivity, and have fun!

Aurora, Ontario (PRWEB) November 18, 2008 -- The cost to corporations for ineffective leaders, stressed or sick employees, or projects that go astray is in the billions of dollars annually. HR executives play a critical and essential role in helping corporations understand the value of having a healthy workplace, and putting the programs into place to help make this achievable. HR.com has an exciting new program (http://www.hr.com/showspecial) to provide training for your team to qualify to compete and the motivation you need to be crowned “The Healthiest Workplace 2009”!

As part of our continuing commitment to the improvement and education of HR professionals, HR.com is launching the “Healthiest Workplace Challenge” (http://www.hr.com/healthiestworkplace), a reality-TV-like contest similar to shows like “The Biggest Loser”. HR.com is recruiting “champions” to enroll their company in the Healthiest Workplace Challenge and compete for the title of the “Healthiest Workplace” that will be awarded at the end of the challenge.

Today’s economy is tough. Having an engaged, healthy workforce is a competitive advantage that drives revenue and cuts healthcare costs. The Healthiest Workplace competition will provide organizations with the tools, programs, measurement and - most importantly - the incentive to win!

The Challenge is open to any firm committed to driving bottom line results to their organization and to creating a healthier work environment. The Challenge will be introduced at HR.com’s Employers of Excellence National Conference (http://www.hr.com/2009), on January 26-29, 2009 at the Green Valley Ranch Resort in Las Vegas.

Companies who want to ensure they are doing everything possible to achieve maximum performance must move their focus beyond technical skills and provide a “whole” approach to maximizing their employees’ potential by helping them to:

· Improve or maintain their health and well being

· Become better leaders and corporate citizens

· Help them to achieve success in their careers

Attendance at the Employers of Excellence National Conference qualifies a company to enter the contest and the education provided at the workshops and keynotes will provide attendees with the resources and incentive to launch the program when they return to their organizations. There are no further costs to participate in the contest throughout 2009. All contestants will have access to ongoing motivational and educational webcasts, receive regular contest progress reports and updates, and lists of preferred coaching, tracking, and wellness service providers that they can choose to supplement any existing programs they have in place.

3 Key Areas Create Maximum Impact

Based on an opinion poll among HR.com’s executive members, the 3 key areas that have a strong impact on a company’s performance, are measurable, and can produce a significant ROI, both in cost savings and revenue increase, as well as factors such as employee engagement, and retention of key people are:

1. Employee Health & Wellness

2. Leadership Effectiveness

3. The Firm’s Ability to Manage Change

The Challenge

Participating companies will be grouped by industry and/or size, and will compete against each other to see which one can make the most improvements in each of three key areas in the course of a year.

We believe that by providing a contest, the chances of keeping companies engaged and on track are increased, and that regular updates, check-ins, and media exposure will provide companies with the incentive that is typically lacking in an independent program implementation.

The results will be presented at the 2010 Employers of Excellence Conference.

As an incentive, Blockbuster pricing (http://www.hr.com/showspecial) is being offered till December 12 that provides all education and materials, attendance for 3 at the live conference, 10 passes to the virtual conference (including live keynote simulcasts), registration of your company in the contest, and a $1,500 travel and accommodation voucher – for just $3,500.

Twelve months will provide companies with the time that will be required to provide their employees with a sufficient amount of time to make substantive health and lifestyle changes.

Based on the overall results, there will then be:

· Winners by Category, and

· One overall Grand Champion