An activity that challenges you to find opportunities in a rapidly changing environment. A business simulation that provides your team with insights into what you can do to improve performance on the work floor. An experience that shows you how to break through silos. Anyone who books a team building event with Moodmaker can expect more. Manager Yves Sandyck likes to raise the bar to make team building activities fun and relevant at the same time.
First of all: what is the use of good team building?
Yves: “We believe that every individual, every team or department and even entire companies can become a better version of themselves. Absolutely necessary to see your professional life as more than just work. We do this by combining business skills with fun. Our baseline is ‘ To unlock higher levels of teamwork while also having fun ‘. With team building we set something in motion and convey a message. The key? That one is in repetition. You don’t get a six-pack by going to the gym once.”
How does Moodmaker approach delivering such a message?
Yves: “You can tell people something, you can show them, but it only really comes to life when you can let them experience it! That is exactly why our team building activities are such a powerful tool! At Moodmaker we have three formulas for that.”
“If you want pure fun, choose the Just For Fun formula. Think of our Soapbox Grand Prix or Snap The Moment. Such team building is fun, creative, in a group … Exactly what you are looking for in a relaxed team building.”
“Do you want more than just entertainment? Then you choose one of our Message Creators . These team building activities start from a corporate challenge such as improving communication, stimulating creativity, breaking down silos or making colleagues open to change.”
“At our Idea Shakers we look for a balance between collaboration and competition. Other terms are ‘business games’, ‘serious games’ or ‘game based learning’. We give a team a complex task or challenge and measure afterwards how the group solved the activity. Before Mars is such a training for managers who have to create order in chaos. The assignment requires them to negotiate and devise strategies.”
“With our different formulas, we at Moodmaker work in a tailor-made way for each team. We investigate whether there is room to link the fun to something relevant: an objective of the company or organization.”
What gives you the most satisfaction at Moodmaker?
Yves: “During a teambuilding, many people become a better version of themselves. And that way they grow as a group! Of course I want the teams to have a nice day. But if you can combine the fun with aspects such as cooperation, communication, competition … Then you take your teambuilding to a higher, more relevant level. Then you make a ‘connection’.”
“I also find it a challenge to keep innovating in our range. With Moodmaker we approach existing customers with new angles. Fine-tuning such a new activity? That takes years. It is a search for the right balance. Noticing that you can make a difference in a team with a new formula: that is what we do it for!”
Article published in Stepstone: https://www.stepstone.be/carriere-tips/een-teambuilding-meer-dan-fun-alleen/