Team challenge
Teams compete on the leaderboard. The most energizing format to build friendly rivalry between departments or sites.
Examples: Holiday Sprint, Active March Madness, Stepfest
Challenge catalog
Workplace step challenges and team challenges
Propulsion is a Canadian corporate wellness platform for workplace challenges. Employees join step, active minute, distance or points challenges, in teams or all together, from an app synced with their watch or phone. Challenges are turnkey: calendar, rules, leaderboards and reports are handled for you.
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What types of challenges can you run at work?
Every challenge combines a mode, which decides how you win, and a metric, which decides what you count.
Collective goal
The whole organization aims for one target: climb Everest, cross Canada, add up active minutes. Nobody loses, everyone contributes.
Examples: Summit Challenge: Everest, Cross-Canada Journey, November in Motion
Challenge for a cause
Collective effort turns into a donation to a chosen cause. Ideal to connect wellbeing and social engagement.
Examples: Pink October Challenge, Heart Challenge
Environmental challenge
Kilometres walked, run or cycled turn into planted trees. A challenge that speaks to environmentally minded teams.
Examples: 1,2,Tree,Go!, Earth Day Challenge
Four metrics, depending on your goal
Steps
The simplest and most inclusive: a phone is enough.
Active minutes
Every activity counts: yoga, swimming, gym, cycling.
Distance
Perfect for collective goals on a map.
Points
Combines activity, health quizzes, photo challenges and missions.
Turnkey challenges in the catalog
A challenge for every month of the year, ready to launch.
Pink October Challenge
A ready-to-launch collective step challenge for Pink October. Set an organization goal, turn it into a donation to the fight against breast cancer, and track participation in real time.
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November in Motion
November is the hardest month to stay active. For 21 days, your entire organization sets a collective active minutes goal. Gym, yoga, swimming, home workouts, bundled-up walks — every minute counts. Move through the grey, together.
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Holiday Sprint
24 days. 24 missions. One unforgettable December. Each morning unlocks a new challenge: step goals, active minutes, quizzes, photo challenges, and surprise missions. Teams compete on total points. The most fun way to finish the year.
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Summit Challenge: Everest
Can your organization summit Everest? Over 21 days, accumulate steps to reach the top of the world. Base camp, south ridge, summit — every milestone cleared brings your team closer to the roof of the planet.
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Heart Challenge
Every heartbeat counts. For 21 days in February, every active minute your organization logs becomes support for heart disease research. Cardio, gym, yoga, swimming — any activity that gets your heart pumping counts. Move for your heart and for the cause.
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Active March Madness
The biggest team showdown of the year. For 21 days in March, teams face off bracket-style, earning points through steps, active minutes, quizzes, photo challenges, and missions. Three rounds, rising stakes, one champion. Game on.
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Earth Day Challenge
Every kilometre walked, run, or cycled brings your organization closer to its goal: planting trees for the planet. A collective challenge where everyone's active mobility becomes real environmental impact.
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360 Challenge
One challenge, every dimension of wellness. For 21 days in May, teams compete on points earned through steps, active minutes, health quizzes, photo challenges, and active missions. Three weeks, three themes: Move, Nourish, Breathe.
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Cross-Canada Journey
7,821 km. One organization. Coast to coast. For 21 days in June, walk, run, and cycle together from Halifax to Vancouver. Track the collective journey in real time on the map. Every kilometre moves your organization westward.
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1,2,Tree,Go!
Every kilometre plants a tree. For 21 days in July, walk, run, or cycle toward a collective goal — and watch it grow into a real forest planted by Trees Canada. The summer challenge where active mobility becomes environmental impact.
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Stepfest
The biggest step party of the summer. For 21 days in August, teams compete to rack up the most steps while the sun is out and every walk counts. Beach strolls, city hikes, evening walks — summer is made for moving on your feet.
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Active Back-to-School
Summer's over, but the energy stays. For 21 days, teams compete to accumulate the most active minutes. Running, gym, yoga, cycling — no matter the activity, every minute counts. The perfect challenge to kickstart healthy back-to-school habits.
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Define your own goal, duration and rules. We build the challenge with you and handle the rest.
How to launch a workplace step challenge
Pick a challenge
Choose a template from the catalog or create your own challenge in the portal: goal, duration, rules.
Invite your teams
Employees download the app, connect their watch or health app, join the challenge and pick their team.
Track the results
Real-time leaderboards for employees, dashboard and participation report for HR.
Measured results with our clients
Frequently asked questions about workplace challenges
What is a workplace step challenge?
It is a competition or shared goal where employees add up their steps over a set period, often 2 to 4 weeks. With Propulsion, steps sync automatically from the watch or phone, and leaderboards update in real time.
How long should a challenge last?
Most challenges in the catalog last 21 days: long enough to build a habit, short enough to keep the energy until the end. The Holiday Sprint lasts 24 days, with one mission a day in December.
Can employees without a smartwatch take part?
Yes. On iPhone, Apple Health counts the phone’s steps; on Samsung phones, Samsung Health does the same. Active minutes can also be logged manually in the app. Employees with a watch connect it: Apple Watch through Apple Health, Garmin and Samsung, among others.
Do challenges work for remote teams or multiple sites?
Yes. Challenges are 100% virtual: everyone takes part from wherever they work, at the office, at home or on the road. It is often the best way to bring distributed teams together.
What is the difference between a team challenge and a collective goal?
In a team challenge, teams compete on the leaderboard. In a collective goal, the whole organization aims for one target, like climbing Everest in steps. The first drives rivalry, the second includes the less active.
How do you increase challenge participation?
Pick an inclusive metric like steps or active minutes, build mixed teams, name an internal champion and share results every week. Our step challenge kit includes ready-to-send emails and posters.
Is employee data protected?
Yes. The employer sees aggregated, anonymous results. Data is hosted in Canada, Propulsion is ISO/IEC 27001 certified and compliant with Quebec Law 25.
How much does a challenge cost?
A challenge can be bought on its own or included in an annual plan with several challenges. Pricing depends on the size of your organization.