Workplace Organisation Stories, developed in collaboration with organisations that have implemented 10,000 Steps Strategies offer valuable insights into the practical delivery of the Program across a range of organisation industries, sizes and locations. These Case Studies allow organisations to highlight the details of their implementation process and share lessons learnt, serving as both inspiration and a guide for others. Utilise our 10,000 Steps Workplace Organisation Stories to understand how the implementation of our strategies can be tailored within your workplace.
SEPP Case Studies
In 2023, the 10,000 Steps Program was evaluated by the Institute for Social Science Research (ISRR) at the University of Queensland as a part of broader, overarching evaluation called the Strategic Evaluation of Prevention Programs (SEPP) funded by Health and Wellbeing Queensland. These Case Studies were developed to understand one of the key evaluation questions, what 10,000 Steps strategies are implemented by workplaces and how do they affect them?
During this evaluation, workplace coordinator survey participants were invited to discuss their experience implementing 10,000 Steps Tournaments. Five workplaces from a mix of geographical areas and varying organisational sizes participated in semi-structured focus groups and interviews to inform the following case studies. The purpose of the case studies was to understand the factors within workplaces that enable successful repeat Tournament implementation in workplaces in Queensland.
Key Findings
Five case studies of moderate-to-high levels of Tournament implementation demonstrated that the following factors were important to overall support for physical activity and healthy workplaces.
- A strong driving force behind improving staff and health and wellbeing. This could take the form of a health and wellbeing committee or working group or an individual or champion for Tournament implementation.
- Tournaments used as a means to adopt a broader focus on—and valuing of—a multi-dimensional approach to health and wellbeing, beyond increasing physical activity.
- Focusing more on informal social aspects of Tournaments (e.g., friendly competition) enabled Tournaments to be fun, thereby encouraging uptake. These interactions also provided social support and emotional connection benefits.
- A strong people-driven force behind Tournaments enabled success. Buy-in from leadership, although not necessary for success, was beneficial for driving participation.
- Workplaces with values aligned with improving the health and wellbeing of staff and the local community were inherently interested in the health benefits of Tournament implementation.
- The ease-of-use of the coordinator dashboard for 10,000 Steps Tournament management enabled easy team management, allowing workplace coordinators to focus more on social aspects of Tournament implementation.
Reproduced from: Huang, Y., Gnani Srinivasan, A., Gadam, S., Kolesnikova, I., Tabosa, J., Kubler, M., Burger, S-A., & Robinson, M. (2024). 10,000 Steps program-Evaluation report. Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland: Brisbane
SEPP Case Study 1: A Large Regional School
SEPP Case Study 2: A Division of a Large Government Department
SEPP Case Study 3: A Large Regional Local Government
