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With spring now here and the sun shining, it is a good excuse to take everyone outside for some fun team building events.
Winter is now a thing of the past and your team are noticeably happier, simply because the sun is still out when they leave the office. What better way to harness that positive feeling than by getting everyone out of the normal work environment?
Sitting inside the same four walls all day every day is bound to become a mundane exercise, no matter the job. A change of scenery mixes up everyone’s routine for the better and helps to break down any barriers that may exist between colleagues.
Family fun days are an excellent way of bringing everyone together in a fun environment. Not only does this help relieve some of the pressure on those with children, who would usually seek childcare in order to attend, but it provides fresh ground for colleagues to get to know each other outside of the workplace.
Businesses are judged on results and a happy team is a productive one. Team Challenge Company offers a wide range of outdoor team building events that are designed to encourage colleagues to work together.
With events such as the soapbox derby, treasure hunts and Highland Games, a particular favourite for team building in Scotland, your team are guaranteed to have fun while learning the best ways to work and communicate with one another.
Small competitions encouraging everyone to get involved help build camaraderie, as well as provide many a talking point around the water cooler come Monday morning!
Organising a corporate fun day gives your team something to look forward to. Not only can this serve as a treat for long-serving employees, it is also an effective method of integrating new members into the team.
When a new team member joins it can be a daunting prospect, especially if the team is relatively close-knit. Inviting new employees to join in boosts overall team chemistry, helping new recruits to work effectively within their new surroundings.
If, as a business, results have begun to slide and there is reason to believe that a high staff turnover may be the cause, this could be due to low morale. Businesses are prone to losing experienced and valuable employees due to poor morale. Through team building events, businesses can address this issue before it begins to have detrimental effects.
If you would like more information on the team building events that we can offer, contact us today on 03300 040903.
If you find your team lacking motivation and struggling to succeed in the workplace, it could be that you need to identify their individual strengths and weaknesses in order to optimise productivity.
Team building events that use Psychometric Profiling can be really useful when it comes to this, enabling you to get the most out of your employees.
Psychometric Profiling is a method of team development which allows people to identify specific personality traits that are useful in the workplace. Team building events with psychometric profiling can be vital in helping you to reach a personal understanding of your personality and job role.
In turn, this enables both you and your team to be able to identify strengths and weaknesses and adapt the structure of your team accordingly.
Belbin Team Roles is a way of measuring behaviour and identifying behavioural strengths in the workplace, based on the belief that team members naturally seek out certain roles, performing better in those roles they are drawn to.
At Team Challenge Company, we provide a range of team building events that make full use of Psychometric Profiling.
Each comes with different benefits and boasts a range of activities that we have specifically tailored to suit the individual Psychometric Profiling methods.
So, what are the Psychometric Profiling team building events that we provide?
Our workshops help your team to become more effective, using Belbin Team Roles to help your team members maximise their strengths and control weaknesses. The focus is on achieving a balance between the different Team Roles, allowing you to make your team the best it can possibly be.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI) is a method of classifying differing personalities in order to establish your strengths and working preferences. This promotes self-awareness and enables a developmental framework to be created.
MBTI is one of the most widely used team development strategies, providing a mixture of practical and theory-based knowledge
Our MBTI workshops start off with self-evaluation questionnaires which will define which personality type each team member is.
Then, throughout the course of the workshop, colleagues with similar and different personalities can work together to learn how each personality contributes to the team as a whole.
Colour Code Analysis
This method involves the representation of four main personality types as different colours. Our Colour Code Analysis workshops get your employees to identify the ‘colour’ of their colleagues, learning about what this signifies in terms of their personality. Employees can then learn from this process and find new ways to ensure effective communication is transferred across to the workplace environment.
Team Management Systems
Team Management Systems (TMS) focuses on understanding varying team skills in order to improve team performance. Participants highlight their individual existing skill levels, then work to find ways that these same skills can be used by the entire team in the future.
Neurolinguistic Programming
This practice utilises the connections between language, neurological processes, and learned behavioural patterns in order to reinforce positive behaviours. This method uses idealised behavioural models in order to show employees how they can adapt their work and increase efficiency.
To get more information about our Psychometric Profiling team building events, simply get in touch with us.
While the seasons can affect many things, they shouldn’t affect plans for team building days. However, every season is different and each can bring about various types of weather. Thanks to the great British weather, it’s not always clear what kind of weather it will be on any particular day, so it’s always better to plan in advance and go with the season.
There are many benefits to team building and plenty of activities that can be done both inside and out, so pick a season and allow it to influence your choice of activity. Here are some of our favourite ideas for fun team building events during each individual season.
Spring is many people's favourite season - it’s starting to get warmer and the days seem a little brighter. With that in mind, it’s the perfect season to venture outside. Alternatively, if you're faced with endless April showers, you could always stay indoors.
“Flat Out Formula One” is a team building game that can be played inside or out. While it’s perfect to motivate and unite the team, it’s also incredibly fun. The aim is to construct a Formula One car using a flat-pack kit in a given timeframe, decorating and branding it, then finally heading out for a drive on the track.
As the perfect outdoor season, there is no excuse to stay indoors in the summer. The sky is blue, the sun is out and you should be too!
“Beat the Clock” is the perfect outdoor team building activity. The aim is to complete as many activities as you can in the shortest time possible. Set out in two stages, this game will help to break the ice between co-workers while allowing everyone to have a great time.
Stage one involves planning and refining the technique required to complete the challenge; stage two is where it gets intense and teams must complete their tasks before the clock runs out.
As it starts to get colder, it can feel as though the outdoors isn’t the right place to be. However, it’s not all bad as there are still activities that you can do both inside and out.
To stimulate creativity and explore excellence, Revel Music is the perfect activity for both indoors and outdoors. The experience allows colleagues to come together and learn about music while taking part in a fun percussion workshop. Music has been used to help people bond and develop relationships for many years, so why not use this tried and trusted technique to bring your team together?
No-one likes to venture outside in the winter unless they have no choice - even the thought can be enough to make you feel cold! Luckily, there’s no reason why you can’t work on your team building indoors.
“The Domino Effect” is the perfect indoor game, designed to improve negotiation skills and communication. The aim is to get creative and beat the opposing team. Each team will need to construct a domino rally before being given a box of obstacles to be placed alongside the dominos. Only on the completion of each task will an obstacle be removed and when each team has a clear track they can both set off their dominos. The winner will be the fastest one that correctly meets the criteria.
This just goes to show that you can complete your team building exercises at any time of the year, so don’t let the weather stop you. For more information on team building days or to organise one for your business, contact us today.
Spring is on its way and with that comes the better weather that is bound to brighten up the office. However, due to the time of year, it doesn’t mean that work will grind to a halt and leave employees dreaming of summer days spent enjoying the weather. It also doesn’t mean that you should just let spring pass you by.
If your office sees spring as just another season, then it's the perfect opportunity to think about making a change and prepare a plan to change this. Look at team building days to get everyone out and enjoying the better weather - after all, this plan doesn’t have to include solely office activities. In fact, it would probably be far more beneficial to get everyone out of the office to enjoy the spring. It's far better than sitting in the office and staring out the window wishing to be out and about enjoying the season. But before you make plans for your team, you may be curious about what activities you can do on a team building day.
Although the sun is starting to peek out from behind the clouds, it still may not be the best time to venture outside for your team building activities. If you're wary of the weather, it may be better to choose from the wide range of indoor activities that will allow everyone to get involved.
One recommended activity is “Puppet Masters” - everyone can take part and have fun whilst doing so. The aim of this game is to break employees into teams; it requires concentration, coordination and the willingness to have fun. Each team will work to master the moves of the puppet before picking a song to perform for the finale dance. This particular activity is designed to be fun and motivational whilst also allowing employees to expand their skills in project planning and strategy communication.
However, just because the weather may not yet be perfect, it doesn’t mean to say that it’s not tolerable. If you would prefer to take part in outdoor team building activities, spring is a great time to start looking into organising events for your team.
“It’s a Knockout” is the perfect outdoor activity as it’s fun and motivational but still has the added benefit of being outside, which is perfect on a warm spring day. This activity requires you to choose from a huge selection of inflatables- each one will allow you to do different things but all are bound to get your heart racing.
So, whether you decide to stay inside or out, don’t let this spring pass you by. Team building days are ideal for everyone in the workplace and it will definitely get everyone in the right seasonal mood.
For more information or to organise a team building day for your office, please contact us today.
The weather should have been a fine Scottish summer’s day, but the rain came out to play instead, so we chose to take this great group inside for an afternoon of entertainment, challenge and competition. It was a pleasure to welcome SITE members on their Perthshire Familiarisation trip in conjunction with the wonderful Dunkeld House Hotel. After a sumptuous lunch in their delightful function suite hosted by General Manager John and his excellent team, we were headed to the marquee for the challenges that lay ahead.
The weather was unfortunately not playing ball and delivered a steady persistent downpour, however Dunkeld House pulled out all the stops and offered us the use of their beautiful onsite Marquee– just perfect for this sample teambuilding event taking this great group inside for their challenges. The group were split into 3 teams to go head to head against each other at the ever so challenging Beat the Box and the mentally testing team building challenge Red Alert then our newest high tech challenge namely Infinite Loop. The teams were named:
Mafalda’s Minions
Sandrine’s Spartans
Liz’s Rubbish
As we moved between the three sample activities it was clear from the whoops and hollers who was leading and who was only there for the delicious food! It was a challenge too far for some of the teams on the Red Alert – focus and attention to detail were the keys to cracking the codes and saving the planet – but who would stay the course and who would fall at the first hurdle?
Beat the Box offered a sample of this escape room theme ideal for conferences with a twist as the team wrecked their collective brains in a joint effort to crack the puzzles and move further in to reach ever more complicated boxes one by one - but who was the smartest team in the room ?...Marquee ?
Infinite Loop showed off our latest exclusive in the UK high teach event as the teams had to work both in the virtual world and the real world with communication, planning and attention to detail helping them travel thru a series of unique challenges designed to bring out the very best in communication, learning and planning techniques.
The teams gathered for the presentation of the Team Challenge Trophy and wooden spoon. In third place sadly came Liz’s Rubbish who by their own admission let victory slip from their grasp. In second place was a valiant Sandrine’s Spartans and taking the top spot with a truly awesome performance was Mafalda’s Minions with a clean sweep on every challenge – excellent performance here
As we said goodbye to the group we hope you all enjoyed your brief trip to and experience at Dunkeld House Hotel and we look forward to seeing you at your next event.
We spend a lot of our day in the workplace, and possibly the majority of our time if you factor in the time taken to commute between home and work. That’s why it’s all the more important that businesses place a priority on positive mental health in their employees.
This doesn’t mean catering to every annual leave request when it leaves you short staffed, but you could offer more opportunity for a better home/work balance and reward your hard-working employees with longer breaks or the odd afternoon off. Offering staff the opportunity to get involved with corporate event management can be beneficial and opens up options for team building in and out of the workplace.
Mental health is more than being ill, it is affected by our social, psychological and emotional well-being and covers all aspects of having a “low-feeling” day to disorders such as depression and anxiety.
We break down some options for businesses to offer good support for their employee’s mental health;
If someone is struggling in the workplace, is there the option for them to work from home? Or could they be given space to work in the office without a constant need to micro-manage, although this may not always be possible with certain employees.
Alternatively, changing working hours so employees who are struggling with the social aspect, so they work less sociable hours or start earlier or work later. Working with employees to provide reasonable adjustments to their working day is a great way to offer good mental health support.
Sometimes if someone is going through an internal struggle or experiencing high levels of stress, feeling like they are stuck at their desk can only exasperate their issues and lead to more stress. By allowing employees to excuse themselves from the room or from certain events allows them to feel more control and can help them take the space to calm down.
Good working relationships can be a hugely positive aspect of good mental health. Presenting your employees with the option for more social and team building opportunities can help build and strengthen the bonds between colleagues. Get staff involved in corporate event management and let them decide between them how team building is best carried out and if there are any preferred activities.
If you’d like more information on team building opportunities across the UK, get in touch with our team building events team on 03300 04 09 03 or using our online form.
Be Heard Day will soon be upon us when the 7th of March rolls around, but before it arrives, it’s important that your employees feel they can be heard. Employees need to be able to speak up about any issues that they are having in the workplace and if they feel that they can’t do so, things need to change.
To help your employees raise their voices and be heard, you could look at team building days to bring them out of their shells and give them a little more confidence. There are plenty of activities that will assist with this but first, you might be wondering why this day is so important.
For some time, small businesses have struggled to be heard - a fact which is even truer for small branches of a larger company.
This was noticed in 2004 by Business and Marketing Strategist Shannon Cherry and she sought to make a change. Her goal was to give businesses knowledge for free, sharing her professional expertise in order to benefit both businesses and their employees.
However, should it really come to this? We believe that employees should feel able to talk and be heard at any point and as this day was created over ten years ago it could be argued that Cherry's idea is now somewhat dated.
So, this year, to help your employees be heard you could look at team building days. Not only will they help develop their confidence, but they will also reassure employees that they can come to you with questions, queries or issues on any day.
Team building is essential in the workplace and is recommended for many reasons.
However, there are activities specifically designed to help employees develop their confidence by uniting the team and helping to improve key skills like negotiation. One great example of an activity is Trade Winds, which requires teams to accumulate treasure by building relationships with other traders while also gathering vital market information. Another activity ideal for uniting the team is Bridging the Divide, where teams are required to build a bridge that perfectly meets the customer's specifications while using limited resources and very strict timelines.
Ultimately, it’s up to you to decide which activities will best suit your employees but it should be noted that each activity can bring a wide range of benefits to your workplace. So, to improve your employee's confidence for Be Heard Day, why not take a look at team building days? Contact us today.
Having an employee development plan is not only necessary for the futureproofing of a business, but also for the all-important retention of key members of staff. Without a vision for where the company sees employees moving forward or a clear career path within the business, members of staff can be tempted to look elsewhere at companies that are willing to offer what they are looking for when it comes to career progression.
It is human nature to be constantly looking at what your next step is, and it certainly isn’t any different in the workplace. Progression is an important aspect of forging a career, otherwise, employees may feel as though they are stuck in a dead-end job with no opportunity to better either themselves outside of work or within their position at your company.
Every company needs to have a staff development plan in place - not just one that looks good on a page inside the employee handbook, but one that works in the real world, too. An effective plan will always cater to both the needs of the employer and the employee, which is why conducting a skill gap analysis is essential.
Not only will this help you to understand the skills of your employees against both their current roles and those they aspire to have, but you will get a better idea of the skills that are present in your team, and any that are missing, too. If, after your analysis, you discover that your team is severely lacking in key areas, you can incorporate this into your overall staff development plan. Training current employees to fulfil roles internally makes more commercial sense than hiring a whole new person that will also require training, as well as time to bed in with the team and their new surroundings.
To conduct a skills gap analysis, you should create a list of all of the roles within your team or company, department by department, and list the skills and responsibilities that come with them to give you a full overview of what is required for the team to succeed. Once you have them, move on to conduct an employee review to gauge the skill set of your members of staff – this will highlight areas of development, as well as opportunities to move into other areas of the businesses where they may already have the relevant skillset to take on the extra responsibility.
When you have identified an employee who has shown the potential for growth in the business, you want to hold on to them and give them a reason to stay for the long-term rather than allow them to seamlessly fall out of your grasp and into those of your competitors. In these instances, a personalised employee development plan that is tailored to the needs of the member of staff in question is not just required but also incredibly helpful for personnel tracking.
By sitting down and holding discussions with the employee, you can find out exactly what their goal is within your company and ask for their own feedback on any training they feel would be beneficial to their development. Here, you can set out a clear process and outline where you see the employee positioned in the short to long-term in the business. When staff recognise the investment an employer has made in them, and feel appreciated, they are much more likely to stay loyal.
Making up part of any effective staff development should be team-building exercises and events that all of the team can take part in. Events, such as those hosted by Team Challenge Company, make for a fantastic means of encouraging members of staff to operate outside of their comfort zones and push themselves, ultimately developing and discovering new skills.
As well as developing the individuals themselves, team building days also work to increase the cohesivity and productive nature in the team. By taking the team outside of the usual workplace setting, you are taking away any pre-existing barriers that might exist between colleagues. You will also find that members of staff may veer away from the structure of their job roles with juniors feeling more comfortable in taking the initiative than they may do in the normal work environment. This can only be positive to the business, highlighting the natural leaders that they already have.
While keeping in mind that the best team building events are not just fun, but they are also an opportunity to learn about what makes your staff tick. Seeing how they operate outside of the workplace brings to light the positives that you want to bring inside of the workplace, ultimately developing staff both on an individual and collective basis.
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As specialists in the team building industry, Team Challenge Company takes great pride in the over 400 events that we offer, all of which have been designed with a scientific approach that gets the best out of you and your team. For more information on our vast range of events, or to discuss a bespoke offering tailored to your business, get in touch with on 03300 04 09 03 or send us a message via the contact page today.
Icebreakers are perfect for stimulating growth and cooperation in a team or group. Whether you’re hosting a conference or forming a new department in your business, icebreakers present a great way to create a comfortable atmosphere that brings participants together.
Almost everyone has been in that awkward situation where you don’t know anyone in the room particularly well. Many people are tempted to resort to being quiet and conservative when presented with a scenario or situation where they aren’t entirely comfortable and, as an employer or manager, this is what you want to avoid. If attendees are shy or anxious, the chances are that their attention will be drawn away from the core objectives! Use icebreakers to remove this tension and you’ll have a much more cohesive unit that can address the problems they face as a group. It’s a win-win situation!
To help you find a great icebreaker for your team, here is a list of great corporate ice breaking ideas that can be adapted to almost any situation.
Simple, easy and effective, characteristics bingo is all about encouraging participants to loosen up and discover something new about one other. Before the start of the event, create a bingo sheet filled with interesting traits or characteristics of the people attending. Upon arrival, hand out the sheets to those taking part and encourage them to mingle and ask each other questions to discover which characteristics apply to which people. The first to complete a line on the bingo sheet wins!
This is a classic corporate icebreaker. Participants must go around in a circle explaining what book, music album and luxury item they would bring if they were forced to stay on a desert island for a period of time. The key to this activity’s success is ensuring that people explain their choices, highlighting something about their hobbies or personality in the process.
Everyone attending writes a secret onto a piece of paper and places it in the ballot box. Then the participants take it in turns to pick a secret out of the box and guess who it might belong to. This is perfect for helping a team bond and get to know each other better.
Everyone attending selects a word to describe themselves and explains to the group why they chose that specific word. From that point, each individual should be referred to by their personal descriptor instead of their actual name. If you’re looking for a more corporate feel, then you could just use the descriptor names for the duration of the activity before reverting to real names.
This work icebreaker is perfect for both managers and employees alike because it highlights areas of improvements as well as team talents. Each participant explains one skill to the group that they already excel at as well as one skill that they want to develop further – it’s as simple as that. These talents can be work or non-work related depending on your chosen focus for the icebreaker.
For a more risky but fun option, sharing embarrassing stories is a brilliant way to help people feel more comfortable in their skin and on equal terms with their colleagues. Make sure to give people a few minutes to think about their stories, otherwise, you might find that some are significantly more embarrassing than others!
As children, many of us collected trading cards or something similar; in this icebreaker, hand out card-sized sheets of paper and ask participants to create a trading card of themselves. The cards must include the individual’s name, as well as a fun fact and anything else you would like the participants to share with each other. Afterwards, encourage everyone involved to begin trading cards, specifying that they must read every card that they receive before trading it again. At the end of the activity, sit down and have everyone introduce whoever’s card they have ended up with. This is a fun, creative way of handling introductions which can sometimes be awkward.
Have each attendee explain their biggest pet peeve to the group. This is particularly useful in new teams and can avoid tension or conflict at a later date. For an extension to the task, you can also encourage people to talk about the personality trait they find most challenging to work with. Whilst you might be concerned about the initial conflict caused by a question like this, it’s much better to address the concerns in a formal situation than allow for bickering or pettiness to creep in later.
On to a more positive note! Having attendees share their greatest achievements is brilliant for highlighting skills and making people feel more comfortable and confident, which is essential for effective collaboration and cooperation.
A fun and silly option; don’t smile is a quick game where the participants are told not to smile at all during the meeting or conference. Proceed to make as many jokes as possible and (even if you’re not funny), the participants will be cracking up in no time. Laughter is an excellent tool for loosening people up and when you’re told you can’t laugh, it becomes even harder not to!
Another classic work icebreaker; two truths, one lie is a simple game where participants take it in turns to tell two truths and one lie, after which the other attendees must guess which one is the lie. It’s quick, it’s simple and it’s great for revealing some interesting facts about each individual.
An attendee picks out an object, food, place or celebrity and the rest of the group can ask 20 yes or no questions to try and work out what they are thinking about. For extra depth, you can refine what the participants must choose for their objects and request that they select something that carries significance for them.
Everyone attending writes their name and a question they would like to ask someone else onto a sheet of paper. Then, they fold the piece of paper into a paper plane and throw it across the room. Afterwards, each attendee picks up the paper plane closest to them and must find the person who created it, as well as answer the questions written on it. This is perfect as an unconventional introduction.
As a more considered corporate icebreaker, ask participants to take it in turns to say one thing that they would change from their past and one thing that they would keep the same. Encourage those taking part to explain their choices.
This is a great one for new teams or departments. Have everyone in the group pick out a celebrity hero and explain their choice to the group. Then, for the rest of the meeting or for a set time period, have everyone refer to each other using their chosen celebrity names instead of their normal names. It’s fun and it will stick in people’s minds.
If you have preparation time, creating a small treasure hunt inside your meeting room or work area is a great collaborative team building activity, as well as an icebreaker. Set clues or puzzles for the team to solve together and they will quickly become more comfortable with one another. Add a prize for an extra incentive!
Songs have a habit of sticking in our minds when they’re associated with a specific memory. Ask the participants to take it in turns and talk about a song as well as the memory attached to it. This will highlight an aspect of their past and help everyone get to know each other better.
A simple game that relies on effective communication and is great fun, humbug involves a single participant humming a song and the rest of the group trying to guess what the song is. Add a time limit and split the group into teams for a more competitive touch that will help to loosen everyone up.
Morality is a very difficult concept because everyone is different, and this icebreaker plays into that. Each person is unique and lives life by different rules – ask participants to share their main philosophies that they try to live by; it can explain a lot about an individual’s personality and motivations.
This works particularly well if the majority of the team are of a similar age. Ask the participants to introduce themselves and pick a cartoon character that they feel resembles their personality, as well as explaining their choice. This is fun and silly but simultaneously encourages the individual to explain their personality, helping everyone to become more comfortable.
Hopefully, these icebreakers will help you bring your team closer together, turning meetings and corporate events into the most productive environments possible. Of course, icebreakers are only a small part of a team building event, so whether you’re looking for small icebreakers or in-depth team building activities, Team Challenge Company can help you create the perfect event that develops your team’s skills and brings them together. Explore our vast range of team building activities and supercharge your team’s potential.
Team Challenge Company has been working with businesses and organisations across the UK for over 18 years, offering bespoke, tailored corporate team building solutions. With so much experience under our belts, it's fair to say that we know a good amount about team building, having crafted, designed and ran countless successful events over the years, from outdoor challenges to evening dinners.
One of the most important lessons that we have learnt during our time providing team building experiences is that every organisation has unique requirements. The corporate team building ideas that work for your business or team will always differ when compared to another company or department. It’s essential to keep this in mind when you’re organising any form of team building activity, and our brief guide is designed to not only supply you with some great corporate team building ideas but also to help you make a selection that will give you the results you are looking for.
Before getting into exactly how to find the right corporate team building idea for you, it’s important to understand why you should invest in corporate team building in the first place. Team building has been proven to provide employees with a variety of different advantages that – in the long term – will benefit the business.Here are three of the major advantages of team building - boosting morale, improving communication and teamwork, and harnessing creativity.
Whilst we are creatures of habit and routine, people become bogged down or bored if they are stuck in the same way of life. This is why one of the keys to employee satisfaction is variety in the workplace, whether that is within their type of work or in the activities they engage in whilst at work.
Corporate team building is incredible at breaking apart the monotony of the usual working day without wasting time. Regardless of the intentions behind your team building activity, it must be fun and engaging to be effective because this engagement promotes learning and boosts morale. It should be your goal to find an educational corporate team building idea that your team will talk about for weeks to come, compounding the lessons learnt during the exercise.
With a more positive atmosphere and working environment, staff members become much more productive and efficient, which benefits the business as a whole.
Communication and teamwork are at the heart of almost all business enterprises. Without the ability to effectively convey thoughts and ideas, employees don’t just become ineffective - they become unhappy too.
Team building activities are perfect for encouraging team members and departments to engage with others outside of their usual social circles. This interaction is key for creating a group mentality, as well as for making conversations in the workplace much easier and more honest – increasing company-wide effectiveness.
Each individual has some level of creativity, whether they are a talented writer, artist, or concept designer. For many employees, their creative talents are untapped due to their job role or position, both of which can make staff feel like it’s not their place to suggest ideas. Team building exercises not only make staff more comfortable with presenting new concepts, but they also highlight their hidden talents to management.
Very few businesses truly bring out the most in their staff members, when the truth is that some of the most innovative and profitable ideas could be locked away in a staff member who doesn’t feel comfortable sharing their thoughts. Corporate team building is the key to unlocking this hidden potential.
These are just a few of the advantages that team building can have on your business. Other benefits like targeted skill development and leadership development can have just as much of a positive effect on your business!
Now that we’ve looked at the big advantages of corporate team building, it’s time to find the idea that will benefit your business most. The key to locating the right activity is to break down your needs and create some guidelines for your search – most importantly, you must think about the purpose of your team building exercise, who will be attending, and how much space will you need.
Why are you organising a team building exercise for your business? Is it because you want to give them something fun to do, or are you trying to help develop a specific skill? Maybe you have new team members and you want to help them break the ice, or maybe your sales team need practice selling and answering questions under pressure? A great activity will target a few of these goals and focus upon them, helping your team grow whilst they have fun.
Each corporate team building idea has its own individual focuses and challenges, so before you make a selection, ensure that the goals of the activity match the purpose that you had in mind.
Not all team building activities are suitable for all audiences. For example, if you manage a team of construction operatives, then they are more likely to enjoy an active outdoor team building activity rather than an indoor exercise. It’s essential that you understand and know your team so that you can pick out a corporate team building idea they are going to love.
As mentioned earlier – participants must enjoy a team building activity for it to be successful!
Size is another important factor because some activities simply aren’t suited to large teams. Similarly, other exercises will only work with large groups, so make sure that you are keeping the number of attendees in mind during your search. Fortunately, each of our corporate team building experiences comes with a guide to the minimum and maximum number of participants.
If you note down these three details before you start your search, you should be all but guaranteed to find both a suitable and effective corporate team building idea that works for your business.
Now for the juicy bit! Below are some of our favourite corporate team building ideas.
Whilst we have tried to be broad with our selection, there is a chance that you won’t find an idea to suit your business or team. If that’s the case, please don’t hesitate to take a look at our range of team building activities.
Our Orchestrate! team building event involves turning your team into a symphony orchestra in two hours. It sounds farfetched but it’s more than possible by using musical professionals and teachers to split your team into groups and teach them an instrument.
This activity creates a huge sense of accomplishment, boosting morale and serving as a talking point for many weeks to come. To find out more, click here.
Our GPS Interactive Treasure Hunt activity uses cutting-edge tracking technology to send teams out to explore their environment and solve puzzles in a bid for the winners’ trophy. Focusing on promoting healthy competition, problem-solving and teamwork, this exercise can be personalised based on where your business is based, with extra levels of depth depending on how difficult you would like the challenge to be. To find out more, click here.
Pressure Zone pits teams against each other to complete high-energy, high-tension challenges that demand engagement and focus. Each of the activities requires a different skill, forcing teams to learn about each other’s talents and in turn, promoting unity and effective communication. To find out more, click here.
By combining their skills and solving problems, Beat the Box asks participants to use their intuition to solve an electric combination code. It’s impossible to win without collaborating and working with your team quickly and efficiently, testing both time management and communication skills. To find out more, click here.
Team Torque is a creative activity that requires multiple different skills and excellent teamwork. Participants will plan and build their own car before designing, decorating and promoting their team. The activity is concluded with a bowls-style target challenge that demands accurate calculations and preparation. Team Torque is a complete team challenge that pushes participants to the limit. To find out more, click here.
Armed with these ideas and tips, you shouldn’t have a problem choosing the best possible team building activity for your business. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch and we will gladly answer any questions you may have.
