Team-bonding in a Corporate Playground

10 Reasons Why An Organisation Needs Teambuilding

We are well into the New Year now, routines are set, and we are all, hopefully, ticking those boxes we highlighted as important to achieve.

It’s evident that the dynamics of the work environment is evolving at a pace that's hard to keep up with. Technology is making us more efficient and is supposed to be giving us back time, however it seems to be doing the opposite? We move less at work (sedentary), we work longer hours with the same pay, we don't really know our colleagues, and, in some cases, we don't understand the company we work for. Go figure.

So maybe it’s time for some teambuilding and here’s why!

1. Teambuilding activities are not simply for the benefit of internal teams and departments. They are also about building and strengthening relationships with customers and suppliers through the camaraderie of sport. In today’s cutthroat world of competition, strong relationships and continued loyalty are more important than ever.
2. People often say football (soccer) is the international language but I believe sports are too! When people engage in fun activities, the are stripped of their rank and respect is mutual. 
3. Teambuilding activities also give great benefit to the self-development of the individual. Employees are empowered by determining their own strengths and weaknesses, which in turn mean they can best determine what role they should adopt within the company, what they can contribute most to the company and in what direction their future lies.
4. Teambuilding via challenges and games are specifically designed to suit every age and ability within the company. They are designed to bring out the best in all participants and help to include rather than exclude. This enables high levels of trust to be built within teams, which is a sure-fire way to improve the way teams work together.
5. Teambuilding events nurture a healthy dose of competitive spirit whilst remaining fair and on a level playing field. Activities require teams to think, act and perform as a team, in a fun and action-packed manner.
6. Teambuilding events are flexible enough for companies to focus on the areas they choose as most important. Whether that is strengthening existing teams, breaking down the hierarchy or forging better inter-departmental ties.
7. If you look at the companies around you with a strong corporate culture and excellent profits, you will always find a hard-working and dedicated team behind this success. This doesn’t happen by accident, rather it happens by design; the design of well-thought out effective team building activities to enable each individual to effectively work towards common goals.
8. By investing in team-building activities out with the office, the benefits to employees are far more extensive than they would be if held in the office. Held externally, political and personal benefits are broken down, distractions are eliminated, and more fun is had.
9. Teambuilding improves leadership and moral skills and enhances communication, decision-making and confidence.
10. By focusing on teambuilding via sports, companies are educating the workforce on the importance of incorporating health, fitness and wellness into their lives. Promoting healthy living at grass-roots level is vital in this region due to the ever-increasing issues with obesity levels and diabetes.

It also has far reaching benefits to handling stress-levels amongst employees. Stress-related illness has substantial negative effects on productivity as well as being a huge cause of absenteeism. By eliminating stress through sport, you are investing in the wellbeing of your team members.

Ultimately, teambuilding events support the values of your company, they improve the ability of each of your team members to work together and in turn, increases the productivity and profitability of your business.

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Keep moving!

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