Three major benefits of team building activities

Three major benefits of team building activities

Published on Feb 1, 2016

Team Building is an essential part of running a company

Booking a team building activity is a fantastic idea that not only rejuvenates your team, but ensures improvements in the quality of their work. If keeping your staff happy and motivated isn’t a priority for you, then you need to re-evaluate what’s at the top of your list. Making sure your team are well looked after and in a working environment they enjoy is incredibly important for any business. After all, you probably wouldn’t have got very far without the contributions of your staff – running a successful business by yourself is a pretty hard job! So how do you get your team motivated?

“If you look after your staff, they’ll look after your customers. It’s that simple.” – Richard Branston

Three of the major benefits to booking a team building activity are…

Efficiency

If you’re thinking about booking a team building activity then you are going to want to see some sort of increase in efficiency. Almost every adventure out of the office is going to bring a smile or two but if it’s simply a quick drink down the pub it’s not going to be a massive morale boost. But if you’re looking for a few memorable events throughout the year, consider a summer activity and a winter Christmas party. Your team will feel motivated about working for a great, fun company and feel as if they’re more than “just another member of staff.” People with a higher morale work 30% more efficiently.

Skills Development

When you’re partaking in an adventurous team building activity such as sailing, video making or a treasure hunt, your staff will be tested and additional skills will arise showing you what else they can bring to the table. The more creative members will begin to orchestrate the team, leaders will start to make the decisions and the workers will strive for success. The entire team will also start to pick up qualities that are often overlooked such as time-management and problem solving skills that you can then start to use in the workplace.

Relationship building

Did you know that 70% of people believe that having friends in the workplace is a crucial factor to a happy office? Bringing people together and splitting people up during a team building activity will break down cultural and language barriers, and personality clashes, and then start to build lasting memories that people will be talking about for months. As you probably know by now, communication in the work place is key. When an office works as one, less errors will occur and people will know that they can rely on their colleagues to help overcome problems, and tasks. Furthermore it puts a face and a little more emotion to those internal emails, and helps everybody understand that little bit better what everybody’s roles are within the company.

We bet you’re now asking what sort of team buildings are there available? Well we’re on hand to help! We have a huge variety of indoor, and outdoor events! You could give your team an unusual experience like building chariots, taking part in a “Mini adventure” or dressing up in extravagant costumes for It’s A Knockout! Or you could take part in something a little more serious like racing down the Thames on a RIB treasure hunt. Take a look at all of our team building activities here or check out what happened when we sent Justin and Georgia out on a zap cat in Brighton!