NK is entering Philadelphia Magazine’s Be Well Philly contest. This contest will pit local offices against each other in the pursuit of fitness and health. The NK team is ready to lose in a big way…in order to win. So goodbye and good riddance to spare tires, saddle bags and muffin tops (at least the kind made of flesh).
Check out our entry below. Maybe you could convince your company to sign up? Post your best tips for staying active in between work, family and life in general. Tell us how you fit in fitness while juggling a busy schedule and you could win an NK hoodie!
At the offices of Nielsen-Kellerman Company, competitive spirit is as obvious as overhead lighting, W.B. Mason manila folders, multi colored post-its and swivel chairs. We’re in the business of building tough, long-lasting electronics for extreme outdoor activities and demanding sports. NK designs and manufactures Kestrel Pocket Weather Meters, sports performance monitoring electronics for rowing, and ClearNav soaring instruments for gliders.
The NK employee roster boasts an impressive line-up of jocks that includes nationally and internationally competitive rowers and paddlers, several women with serious shooting skills, a certified wildland firefighter, a triathlete, an ALL lacrosse player, a former NFL cheerleader, a world champion dragon boat drummer, a paintball player, a cross-country soaring pilot (who’s also a marathoner and a yogi), two dressage riders, a CrossFit enthusiast, and a motorcycle mama.
However, being in an office full-time can put even ex-hardcore athletes in a fitness rut. The daily grind of sitting all day at a desk, traveling for trade shows and regattas, taking care of kids and running households can cause fitness to take a back seat. This has happened for many of us here. A competition is just what we need to kick us into high gear. Competition is a part of the NK culture. For example, it’s not unusual to drive by the NK headquarters and see a water balloon toss, relay race, jump rope contest, or heck, even tug-of-war going on in the parking lot. Say what?
Just as our products are niche and unique, our office is anything but your typical cubicle dwelling. Most notably, we have four to six dogs roaming around at any given time. They serve as excellent front door greeters and reduce workplace stress by 42%. Ok, we haven’t done official statistics on this… but how can you be stressed when a wrinkly bulldog puppy bumbles over periodically to snuggle your leg and stare at you with a goofy, toothy, wide-mouth grin? Exactly.
Contests are a regular part of our business activities. We have contests in meetings, at tradeshows, and over morning coffee. The adrenaline rush of a challenge motivates us here at NK. Whether the contest is to beat sales goals, gain market share or DROP pounds and shape up for Be Well Philly, NK will KO the competition…and have some fun while we’re at it.
Ladies & Gentleman Announcing…the NK line up (cue crowd roar):
CEO Top Dog: Alix Kocher
401K Killa HR Manager: Paula Whittaker
Sign-the-Dotted-Line Business Development: Christy Munding
Raise Revenue Czar Sales & Marketing Manager: Katie Godfrey
Production SNAFU Assassin Asst. Engineering Manager: Dan Honeywell
Q & A King Technical Support : Ben Nielsen
Tech Solution Sultan Design Engineering Manager: Michael Naughton
Tweet til Death Marketing & PR Coordinator: Monica Devlin
The Hands Tool and Die Maker: Yohann Rigogne
Git-er-Done Maintenance & Repairs: Tim Godfrey
Your Kestrel Weather Girl,
Monica Devlin
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