Inspiring Your Workforce To Achieve Using Team Building Events.



Posted: Friday, April 24, 2009

by Brian Middle
http://www.chillisauce.co.uk

To develop a team that encourages each other, gives positive feedback and fosters a state of collective ambition to push the company forward even in these hard economic times? One step on the way to achieving this, is to invest your training budget wisely in a corporate team building activity.

A 2007 research paper conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Employee Benefits Exhibition and Conference found that only 50% of team members are content with both their current role and their current employer. The findings showed that employees, who are unhappy both with their role and their employer, are more likely to illustrate lesser levels of commitment, motivation, engagement, advocacy, loyalty and customer focus. This creates a downward trend in performance which leads to a demotivated work force.

Reversing this trend can seem time consuming and tough, especially in the current economic climate when many businesses facilitators and owners are faced with tough decisions regarding their group. This also plays a part in lessening morale amongst a company as any adjustments in working practices has a detrimental effect on performance. Stress and anxiety over their future can all be significant factors in demotivating a workforce. Thankfully there is a quick and easy way to significantly improve your employees performance, to motivate them to greater achievements and to make them feel valued, motivated and part of a triumphant team. That can come from taking part in a specially designed team building event.

By taking your group out of the usual office environment for a corporate activity, you are encouraging their creative thinking, something that recent research by the London Business School has found to be hugely influential in improving the fortunes of organisations.

However there are other features that can be readily seen almost immediately upon returning to the office after a successful corporate event. employees will illustrate increased levels of self-confidence, judgement, decision making. Bonds between team members are markedly increased as a outcome of these days, trust is built up between team members, motivation is increased, the talent amongst your team can be optimised and used in a more productive way and the entire experience is a mutual positive experience for your workforce that promotes a sense of team harmony and a mutual common purpose.

There are many organisations specialising in challenges and team building challenges that can cater for any number of employees and offer all the expertise, equipment and understanding of just what your company requires to promote a feeling of belonging, worth and importance amongst the team.

These are not just games thrown together because they are entertaining, the challenges have a solid basis in sound psychology and providers understand the effectiveness and impact the challenges can and will have upon the group participating. Furthermore their expertise, including the support of the group and the organiser, can ensure that the positive influences experienced that day are translated into improvements amongst the company environment for the team and the individual amongst that team.

In such troubling times, keeping a workforce inspired and motivated is essential and team building events are a simple, yet economic, way to ensure your group remain absorbed and productive.

Chillisauce.co.uk is a company specialising in organising bespoke team buildingactivities.All our team building activities include an extensive mix of venues suitable for your team day and conference and meeting requirements and an extensive mix of of actvities including Krypton factor challenge, school sports day, chocolate challenge,murder mysteries.
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