If you’ve ever worked in a company with departments of people who work together on a regular basis, you’ve probably already heard mutterings of planning a team building day. Team building may seem like a quick and easy way to try and make people get along, but there’s definitely more to it than that.
Besides, even the most tight-knit of teams can benefit from attending a team building event – whether it’s a day out paintballing or quad biking, it’s all a bit of fun which can really boost your team’s morale.
So, why should you consider taking your team on a team building exercise?
It Keeps People Motivated
You might not currently feel like your team needs any kind of boost to their motivation, but there’s nothing wrong with giving them a little helping hand to feel inspired and motivated to continue doing their best.
Team building is a great way to give your team a sense of confidence and increased commitment, especially when they succeed in a task which is designed specifically to get them to do well by working together. When a team feels confident, they will also feel like they can trust each other – which is ultimately one of the best things to motivate a team as a whole.
Improves Their Productivity
Teams thrive when everyone is on the same page with their work. This often means that productivity is affected when teams aren’t working well together; either as a whole or even where just one person feels unproductive.
By attending a team building exercise, your team will learn how much productivity can affect the working environment. As everyone will have to pull their weight in order to succeed, there is less time spent worrying about what may need to get done - they’ll be focussing more on what exactly needs to be done in that moment in order for them to be able to succeed.
This also means that in order to get ahead, team members must play to their strengths – and everyone works much better when they are able to contribute something to their team’s success.
It Helps People Be Creative
More often than not, there’s more than one way to solve a problem; it’s just figuring out which way is best using the resources that you have.
This is one of the main aspects of why team building is so effective; you figure out the best way to achieve a goal using the people around you and playing to their strengths. The more imagination, the more creative the solution will become, and the more creative the solution, the more satisfying it will be when the team succeeds using a method which other teams may not have used before.
Team building is a great excuse for taking teams out of the working environment while bolstering their teamwork skills and encourage their motivation and productivity.
If you’re looking for a comfortable, spacious base in Derbyshire for your team building away days which has links to a plethora of activities nearby, feel free to get in touch with us here at Offcote Grange today – we’ll be more than happy to help you and your fellow team mates in any way we can.
