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Sand Toboggining and 4×4 Team Building Adventure; A Fun Event That Promotes Team Bonding

November 30, 2008

Team Bonding is an essential piece of helping your staff to function to their highest potential.  Without strong bonds, there really is no team, just a group of individuals that work in the same office.

Giving your team the opportunity to participate in activities like this Sand Toboggining and 4×4 Team Building Adventure though can really help facilitate the formation of strong bonds among your team members that can’t form when they only interact in an office environment.

During this fun team building activity your entire staff will have a great time sledding down the sand dunes near McLaren’s Landing then, after a nice BBQ lunch, they’ll all get to participate in a 4 wheel drive tour of the islands; and all the while they’ll be forming bonds that will follow them all the way back to the office.

This team building event makes for a great day for your staff, and will benefit them highly when they return to work.  If you’d like to schedule the Sand Toboggining and 4×4 Team Building Adventure for your staff, just ring 1 300 267 738.  We’ll arrange everything you need to have a great day, and enjoy each other’s company; all you need to do is call!

Bikes for Tykes; A Fun and Charitable Team Building Game!

November 25, 2008

Sometimes, when you’re looking for a team building game, you know your staff would benefit from something more; Bikes for Tykes can fill this need perfectly!

As you may have guessed from the title, your staff will be challenged by building a bike.  But, it’s not that easy to get the parts!  Your team will have to complete certain tasks required to obtain all the parts they need to finish the bike.  Each of these tasks can be easily customised to suit the needs of your company and your staff, which makes Bikes for Tykes a really nice team building game to meet all your goals and objectives.

They won’t just build the bike and go home though, once the bikes are fully complete, your team members will have the opportunity to pass them out to needy children.  This is an extremely rewarding experience for many employees and a great benefit for the children.

Something powerful happens to a group when they work together to give something to a another in need, and Bikes for Tykes is no exception.  If you want to provide this opportunity for your staff during their next team building day, just ring 1 300 267 738.  You and your team will be glad you did!

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

October 17, 2008

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

October 7, 2008

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!

Kayaking – A Great Team Building Event to Get People Working Together!

October 4, 2008

You can’t move in a 2 person kayak unless both paddlers work together; just like at the office, everyone has to work together or the whole office can’t move smoothly

And, kayaking is fun, relaxing, and amazing exercise at the same time; all of which can be great for any team!  Teams also simply benefit by getting out on the water together; it can be a place where great bonds are formed.

Using kayaking as a team building event really is perfect because of all these qualities.  They help to make a simple recreational activity a great opportunity for staff development and achieving certain designated outcomes like leadership and communication skills.

If you think your team would like and more importantly benefit from kayaking, just call 1 300 267 738.  We can customize this activity to work perfectly for your next team building event, and best of all, we take care of everything!

Q: Can Team Building Events be Fun or Do They Have to Be Technical and Boring?

September 25, 2008

A: Actually, an essential aspect of team building events is that your staff has a fun and enjoyable time.  After all, it’s common knowledge that people learn better and more easily when they’re having fun.

Also, the excitement your team feels about a team building event enables team bonding to occur.  Strong team bonds are based upon positive, shared activities and memories.  If the team building event was uneventful and blah, it would be hard for team members to be able to enhance their relationships through these events.  However, when the event is fun your team members will have the opportunity to see positive qualities and commonalities about each other they hadn’t noticed before, leading to stronger and more solid team bonds.

It is also important for team building events to be fun so that your employees will look forward to continued team development.  Otherwise, the next time you announce a staff development or team building day, you’re going to see a lot of unhappy faces.

If you don’t want to waste your time with boring team building activities and only want to host the most enjoyable and effective events, just call 1 300 267 738; you’re team building event will be guaranteed to be fun and successful!

Q: Are Team Building Activities Really That Important?

September 19, 2008

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!

Fun and Competition with Recreational Themed Sports Team Building Games

September 12, 2008

Recreational Themed Sports offers 3 different team building games for your staff; they can put on a sumo suit and wrestle, battle like gladiators and/or joust like knights.

Everything is safe and well padded so no one will get hurt, and everyone will have a great time!  Not only are the games fun and exciting but the outfits are hilarious and this helps create an environment that is conducive to staff bonding.

The healthy level of competition present within these team building games is also advantageous to any team.  At the office, competition can get out of hand, but when competition is experienced in a positive way it can actually help alleviate any unhealthy competition going on at the office.

If you’re ready for your staff to experience the fun and excitement of these Recreational Themed Sports team building games, just call 1 300 267 738 and we’ll bring everything necessary to your event and set it all up for you; you and your team just need to show up!

Memorable and Exciting; 2 Must Haves for Team Building Activities

September 9, 2008

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!

Team Building Event Ideas That Promote Team Bonding

September 7, 2008

If you have a team that is in need of some time to strengthen their bonds as a group, then these team building event ideas will be perfect!

Jungle Spice

With dancing and music there’s no way your team won’t have fun; and when they’re having fun bonding can’t help but occur.  With this team building event your team will get to play percussion instruments like congas, djembes, bongos, shakers and bells while Samba girls and Capoeiristas dance; then, your team is taught some easy and energizing dance moves while the South American drumming group continues the beats in the background.  Your team is guaranteed a great time and will forge new bonds and relationships during this team building event idea!

Sand Tobogganing and 4×4 Adventure

This team building event offers your team a fantastic day out on the sand dunes near McLaren’s Landing.  They’ll get a waxed bottom board to “toboggan” down the dunes; which is so exciting and takes everyone back to being a kid again!  And then, they’ll get to explore the island on 4 wheel drive vehicles.  Couple this with a tasty BBQ lunch and you’ve got the making for a great team building day full of opportunities for your team to share common experiences and a lot of good times; the essentials for creating lasting bonds that will follow your staff all the way back to the office.

If these aren’t enough, there are also other team building event ideas that promote fun and team bonding for groups both large and small.  Team building events like The Agenda, Beach Olympics, Corporate Survivor, and Jungle Drums to name just a few more are also perfect for creating a space for your team to get to know each other better in an environment outside of the office!

To arrange any of these events for your next team building day or conference, just call 1 300 267 738; we’ll take care of everything and help you customize each team building event to suit your team’s unique needs.

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