Many organizations are now successfully including teambuilding activities at their staff appreciation events because the payoff is so huge. In this article you will find: * Top 10 Reasons to include Teambuilding Activities at your Holiday Staff event * The Do's of Teambuilding Activities * The Don'ts of Teambuilding Activities * How to get it Happening ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Top 10 Reasons to include Teambuilding Activities at your Holiday Staff event * It helps reserved people feel more comfortable about interacting. * It helps new people feel more included. * It allows people from different areas of work to get to know each other. * It can break up silos and humanize a competitive working environment. * It helps people see each other as people rather than as task machines. * It creates an atmosphere of goodwill where open communication can thrive. * It dissolves tension so people don?t feel like they need to drink as much. * It helps people feel part of a community or family. * It can improve employee retention and lessen absenteeism. * It can turn the whole event from boring to fun instantly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Dos of Teambuilding Activities * Choose activities that are low risk and that honor people?s comfort zones. * Make it voluntary but attractive to participate in. * Organize it so that people get around to as many different people as possible. * Choose a pro who knows how to respectfully break the ice, build a sense of team, and keep them laughing. * Allow people from all levels of the organization to meet and greet the bosses?it can go a long way to building employee loyalty. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Don'ts of Teambuilding Activities * Choose high risk activities that end up being an ?ice-maker?. * Force people to participate. * Set it up so that the same people keep interacting. * Assign an inexperienced facilitator. * Allow people to sit on the sidelines and watch, it can make people who are participating uncomfortable. * Exclude upper management. More Ideas For an article on "Surviving the Holiday Office Party" go to http://management.about.com/cs/yourself/a/SurOffParty1200.htm For a free list of teambuilding activities go to http://www.businessballs.com/teambuildinggames.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
How to Get it Happening If you want to be thanked for putting on an awesome Holiday Event this year, call a pro to do the teambuilding. Carla Rieger has 17 years experience working with groups between 10 and 3000 people. She is one of the best in Canada at turning a group of strangers into a bonded community. |
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