(2019 Company Outings that everyone had a Blast on!! | Photos Courtesy of Outriders Northwest)
Spring is near, and it’s time to rejuvenate your most important asset, YOUR TEAM. With the busy season around the corner, having a high-performing team will allow your company to reach its goals and create a cohesive working environment that will produce results. Successful businesses will find unique opportunities to develop their teams outside of the workplace and create a multi-beneficial activity.
Adventure team building is an experienced-based activity designed to check all the boxes on engaging a team to work together and play together. It allows a company to reward their teams with a fun, “outside-of-the-office” activity that will ultimately help build bonds through a shared experience.
Team building has many benefits for businesses. It improves productivity, increases employee motivation, encourages collaboration and builds trust and respect among employees. Team-building exercises should be held outside the office and give employees a reason to interact with each other in a non-work-related environment and encourage them to work together to solve a problem. Unfortunately, many businesses fail to understand the value of team building and don’t take the time to include team-building activities outside of the office. Here are the main reasons you should.
Top five reasons why you should incorporate an adventure team-building activity this year:
- Enhance Your Company’s Culture
This is Bend, and our outdoor culture is everything, even when it comes to the workplace. Today’s employees put a high priority on company culture and how it fits into their lifestyle. They want to work for a company they can feel proud to work for and that they can relate to. Adventure team-building activities help establish a corporate culture where employees enjoy coming to work every day, collaborate easily and have trust and respect for each other.
- Build Bonds Through Shared Experiences
Getting out of the daily routine and putting your team in an exciting environment naturally creates a unique bond. They will share a similar experience together that will allow them to connect and communicate more easily.
- Improve Relationships Through All Levels
On an adventure team-building event, everyone is on common ground and can enjoy the experience as equals. Employees spend a great deal of time with each other, but they are often too busy working to interact with each other regularly. A day out of the office allows employees to see each other in a different light and to interact with employees they may not work with on a regular basis. Team building increases the trust factor with your employees. In corporate settings, there is often a disconnect between the leadership team and employees because the employees sense too large of a gap between the two. Team-building exercises give a leader the opportunity to be seen as a colleague rather than a boss, which can do wonders for employee morale.
- Motivation, Motivation & MOTIVATION!!
Team leadership and team building go hand in hand. The more comfortable your employees are to express their ideas and opinions, the more confident they will become. This will motivate them to take on new challenges. Employees prefer to be a part of something that is more than just a job; they want something fun to look forward to every day rather than being in a boring, monotonous environment. When businesses encourage their employees to have fun, employees become more engaged. Showing appreciation for employees will not only make them feel valuable but it also improves your company image.
- Allow Your Team To Work & Play Together
Let’s face it, everyone loves to play and enjoy time out of the office. There is no better way to reward your team than with a fun, exciting adventure that will ultimately reap benefits for all.
Adventure team-building activities are designed to reinforce a company’s vision and strengthen the people who generate results. Outriders Northwest creates custom adventure experiences and team-building tours for groups sized four to 40. Outriders Northwest will assist in the entire process of tour specifics to help make your adventure ideal for your team.
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