How Do You Know Which Team Building Activity Would Be Best for Your Team?

When you’re getting ready to organise a team building event, it may not always be easy to know which activities to include and, most importantly, which would benefit your team the most.  But, when you’re working with an experienced team building facilitator from a reputable company, this decision is a lot easier.

The biggest thing that a team building facilitator can do for you is listen to you.  This will enable her/him to understand the needs of your company and your team, and then help you choose which event(s) you want to include as part of your team building program.

Support from a team building facilitator in and of itself makes the decision making process a lot easier. But, it’s also important for you to have a good grasp on the outcomes that you’re looking for from whichever team building activity you choose.  Does your team need help with communication, or maybe their in a rut creatively, whatever it is, understanding where your team is at and where they need to get to is essential in selecting the right team building activity.

You’ll also want to make sure you know who will be participating, if your group is small or large, are you thinking your team would like an outdoor or indoor event; but again, a good team building facilitator will also ask all the necessary questions and communicate clearly with you to help you make this decision too.

So, in the end, regardless of all the preparation and research you do, selecting an experienced team building facilitator is essential in helping you find the best team building activity to suit the needs of your company and your staff.  A great place to start is by calling 1 300 267 738.  We have a lot of experience organising and facilitating team building events and have such a wide range of easily customisable and guaranteed successful team building activities that you likely won’t need to talk to anyone else!

Great Team Building Events Begin with Good Ideas

If you’re planning a staff development day, the success of your event depends largely on the ideas for the team building activities that the participants will engage in.

Poorly developed or unexciting games will most definitely lead to an event that is a complete disaster, and worse, a waste of people’s precious time.  But, if you are able to create team building activities that your staff can really enjoy and learn from at the same time, your entire event will be a success.

Unfortunately, it often takes someone with a lot of experience to develop a team building game or activity that will really be effective; especially if you have certain outcomes you’d like to meet within the activities.  And, while it may seem like hiring a team building company to help you organise your event is a large expense, in the long run, it will likely save you a lot of time and money.

When you work with a quality team building facilitator, you can be sure that the event ideas they offer you have been tested and proven to be successful and exciting.   This will make your job a lot easier and your team building event will likely get you quite a few accolades from your staff; all because you started with good, solid ideas!

If you’d like to explore some ideas for team building games and activities that are proven and guaranteed to be successful, just call 1 300 267 738.  We’ve got years of experience in the team building field and are happy to share all our ideas with you in order to help make your team building event one to remember!

Let Your Executive Staff Explore Their Leadership Skills Through Team Building Activities With Corporate Hijack

This unique team building activity will allow your executive team to really take a look at and hone their leadership skills.  When your executive team participates in Corporate Hijack, they’ll be forced to step up and make decisions, show empathy and lead their team to success.

They’ll get to practice their leadership skills through the mental and physical challenges involved in completing this team building activity.  But, at the same time, your executives will also be forced to work as a team; a balance any executive team must be very skilled at maintaining.

At the end of this team building activity, there will be an in depth debriefing session with our organisational psychologist that will allow you and your executives to process the events of the day and see where they’re doing well and how they can improve to be better leaders of their teams back at the office.

To schedule Corporate Hijack for your executive team’s staff development day, just ring 1 300 267 738; everyone will be glad to learn and have fun with this exciting team building activity.

Hiring a Team Building Facilitator Makes Organising Your Event Easy!

When its time for your staff development day or conference event, having some help organising the team building portion of your event might be a real lifesaver!  Hiring a team building facilitator can do just this.

When you hire an experienced facilitator, one of the most important pieces of your training/conference will be taken off your “list”, and everything will be done surrounding the team building activity for you.  All the planning, permit requests (if any), materials, transportation, securing the location, any uniforms or equipment that’s needed; everything is taken care of by the team building facilitator, in addition to the team building!

This frees you up to concentrate on other important details that may otherwise get pushed further down the priority list; which will benefit everyone.  And, best of all, you can rest assured that your staff will get to experience a team building event that is educational and exciting; one that they’ll remember long after its over!

If you’d like to talk about hiring a team building facilitator for your next training day or conference event, just ring 1 300 267 738.  We can discuss all of the options with you and show you how we can help you make your event a success.

Team Building Activities and Their Outcomes for Participants

Each team is unique and needs different things from the team building activities they participate in.  While all team building activities will offer your team certain outcomes, each offers different benefits.  Take a look at some of the activities offered and the outcomes they will provide your team, then, give us a ring at 1 300 267 738 and we can further discuss all the available options that will suit your desired outcomes.

Our Restaurant Rules

Give your team a chance to increase communication skills, idea sharing, and to explore their creativity as individuals and as a team with Our Restaurant Rules

A Short Film Festival

This unique team building activity offers outcomes for your team such as motivation, time management, leadership skills, and communication skills.

The Great Australian BBQ

With this fun activity your team will be given the opportunity to explore things like team work, creative thinking, stress management under pressure, and quick decision making.

Kayaking

While kayaking your team will work on outcomes like team work, communication skills, motivation and more!

Corporate Hijack

This is a great team building activity to use to address outcome goals such as quick decision making, leaderships kills, creativity, communication skills, motivation and especially team work.

Q: My team is doing OK, but they’re missing a little something. What could I do to give them their “Spark” back?

A: This happens to many teams over time; things are running smoothly and everyone is working well together, but they’re just not excited, feeling as positive, or working as productively as they could be.  A great solution is to get your team out of the office to participate in some team building activities.

Providing your team with a chance to do something new in an environment they aren’t used to will rejuvenate them, and, giving your staff space to interact with each other outside of the workplace, can help them to develop stronger personal bonds and connections.

Stronger relationships among your team members and being able to have a good time, while also exploring essential team building skills like communication skills, creativity, leadership skills, teamwork, and decision making skills through team building activities will definitely help revive their “spark” and increase their productivity.

To start the process of organising a team building event for your team, simply ring 1 300 267 738; we’ll help you select the best activity for your team’s needs and will guarantee the team building event’s success!

Team Building Activities to Help Build Positive Group Relationships

If you have a team who is struggling with their interpersonal relationships, this will create stress for the employees directly involved, as well as the team as a whole.   Of course there are a myriad of reasons 2 (or more) people can’t get along easily, but there is one solution that will work to get everyone back on track again; team building activities.

Regular participation in team building activities can help provide people with an opportunity to share positive experiences together in a new environment, where everyone gets to show a different side of themselves.

This, in turn, will help teams to find new commonalities among the group members and most likely, a good reason to re-evaluate their problems or negative opinions of their co-workers, thereby improving the relationships among group members and the functioning of the whole group.

While team building activities can help fix already problematic group relationships, they can also prevent negative group dynamics from occurring in the first place.  You can’t lose!

Get your team on the right track and keep them there, ring 1 300 267 738 and schedule your staff for a highly beneficial team building day!

What to Look for When Hiring a Team Building Facilitator

When scheduling a team building event for your team, always make sure that you’re working with a quality team building facilitator and company.  But, how do you know what you’re getting if you haven’t worked with the event company before?  Here are some things to look for when interviewing a team building facilitator and/or company to help organise your event.

The facilitator has experience customising events

Hiring a team building facilitator that makes customising events for her/his clients a priority is essential.  No two teams are alike and every team building event should be as unique as each team that participates in them so that each individual will get as much out of the event as possible.

Make sure the price includes everything you’ll need

When working with a facilitator, she/ he should be able to anticipate the needs of the team building activity and be able to make sure that everything you’re going to need is included in the price, and that you are clear on any additional expenditures you’ll need to incur to put on the event.

Ask about alternatives for those that can’t (or won’t) participate

While it is important to encourage all of the staff to participate, there may be someone that either can’t or simply won’t, and there needs to be alternative activities available in case this situation comes up.

Inquire about the facilitator’s experience and ability to accommodate disabled participants

In many offices there are people that will enjoy participating in team building activities but are in need of some type of assistance to do so.  Make sure that the team building facilitator you hire has experience working with and accommodating those who may need additional support.

If you’re interested in organising a team building event, call 1 300 267 738.  We have all these things and more to offer our clients, and we guarantee you’ll be satisfied by any team building event we put on for you!

Q: Are Team Building Activities Really That Important?

A: Yes!  Now, you could easily say “Oh, of course these guys are going to say yes to that question, team building is their business”; we don’t deny it!  But, if you look at the facts, team building activities really do help the overall performance of your office, your staff’s stress levels and in the end, your bottom line!

Team building activities present opportunities for your staff to get to know each other beyond their role at work and to begin to build meaningful relationships that will follow them all back to the office after the activities are long over.

These relationships are the foundation of successful interactions and seamless production at the office.  When people can work well together this helps to reduce their levels of work stress and thereby improve the general functioning and productivity of your office.

Team building activities also provide staff an opportunity to have fun, while practicing things like communication skills, leadership skills, decision making and even positive ways to handle competition.  Again, these skills then follow your team back to the office and enable them to perform to their highest capabilities.

So really, when you look at all the information, there’s no way you can afford not to offer your team all of the benefits and opportunities that team building activities provide.  Call 1 300 267 738 and we’ll help you organise the perfect event for your team; which will definitely make you a believer in the importance of regular participation in team building activities!

Memorable and Exciting; 2 Must Haves for Team Building Activities

If you’re going to hold a team building day you’ve got to have activities and events that are both memorable and exciting.  These qualities will help your team easily remember (and utilize) the skills and ideas learned during the team building activities once back at the office; the ultimate goal of any team building event.

Activities that everyone enjoys also help in the creation of team bonds.  No one is usually able to get to know their co-workers better or create positive shared memories (some of the essentials for creating strong bonds among team members) when they feel stuck, or “bored to tears”  by the activity they’re being forced to participate in.

But, fun and unique team building activities will bring out the best in your staff and help them to create and strengthen relationships as well as practice and utilize skills like communication, decision making, leadership, and so many others.

If you don’t want to waste time on a potentially boring or forgetful team building activity, call 1 300 267 738.  We only hold events staff will rave about for a long time because they were so informative and educational yet so fun and exciting!  Take a look at our Testimonials Page on our website and see for yourself!

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