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In business, you always want to ensure that your team works well together. Because a company is only ever as good as its people. Not only will you want to find and hire the best of the best, but you’ll also want to nurture them, train them, and ensure that you can create the greatest staff that you could possibly have. A huge part of that is team building. Because when you have this range of people that are great at what they do, there’s not always a guarantee that when put together, they’ll work well.
Of course, you’ll always want to bring the right people into departments so that you know the team will mesh well, but not everyone in your company will interact with each other on a daily basis. However, it’s always good to know that your team is strong, and that you’re all on the same page when it comes to the company goals and objectives. And this is where team building comes in. So let’s take a look at five different ideas that could be a lot of fun for you to do.
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Sporting Activities
Sports can always be fun – but you have to make sure that they are. From touch football to a spoof Olympic games day (think egg and spoon races and more), you could all goof off together but still work as a team, improve communications, and bond well when you take on sporting activities like these.
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Survival Of The Fittest
If you want to take that idea a step further, you could also go with something adventurous like a challenge. From preparing to do a huge hike or doing wilderness survival which Prepared Bee can help with, there’s a lot of fun options here. Many will involve your teams working together to either be the first team to complete the challenge, and it can really push people out of their comfort zones too. Just remember to pack a rain jacket in case the weather gets bad!
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Social Events
But things don’t have to get that complicated. You could do something challenging and sporty, or you could just all head out to dinner or to a bar after work. Maybe weekly team lunches or activities can be exactly what you need to ensure that your team becomes the close work family that you want them to be.
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Charity Events
From here, you could also plan and put on a charity event together. There are lots of ways that this can support not only your business, but the wider community too. The planning of the event itself can require a lot of hard work, which will require your team to work together to arrange, and the evening itself will be the same. It’s also a way for everyone to enjoy themselves while supporting a great cause.
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Volunteering Together
Finally, as a step on from that, you may want to choose volunteering as your team building activity. A lot of the time, you’ll find that creating a volunteer program as Volunteer Match shows can be a great way for your teams to work together, learn new skills, interact with each other in different ways, and give back.
