An Introduction To Corporate Team Building Activities

By Eugenia Dickerson


Some people may dismiss corporate team building activities. It is easy to see them as an adult equivalent of recess. However a little investment of both time and money can make a big difference to the success of your business if you do it in the right way!

The first thing to consider is why you would want to organise an activity for team building. As the name suggests it is about taking the diverse range of people that make up your employees and helping them to focus on a goal. Often when this is a physical item such as building a bridge or making and pitching a product this can then make it easier when it comes to selling someone a mortgage or something that has more of a theoretical rather than physical value.

However the benefits are not necessarily restricted to sales. People who are nervous about speaking to people an office may find it easier if they are engaging in an activity with a group. This means that people who were previously a bit quieter are more likely to grow in confidence and want to engage more in the office.

For this member confidence is not an issue. However the right activity can illustrate why cooperation and working together is important. This then means that this confident salesperson can also learn to use their skills in a more positive way and work to benefit the whole group.

While it can be hard to please everyone this is the best way to get something that most people will want to do. As the idea is to choose something people can do as a group try to avoid anything that will exclude people as much as possible. For example older employees are unlikely to thank you if you expect them to run around at a boot camp!

Another potential problem is the availability of your employees. One way to get around this is to organise it in advance as much as possible and check availability as much as possible. Another way to avoid this is to organise several events over the course of the year so that everyone has the opportunity to do activities together and get to know as broad a range of people as possible.

One way of achieving this is by booking an exclusive venue. Some venues allow you to book so that there are no other guests. This then means that everyone in your group not only does the activities together but also eats together and socialises after events together. Scheduling a number of these throughout the year will mean more people do events together and therefore will become more familiar with each other.

There are a number of businesses that organise corporate team building activities. Whether you are doing them in your office or at another venue you need to be sure that they have the right experience and that what they have organised will be relevant to the needs of you and your team. Use your regular search to find more information and to compare businesses in your local area.




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