Organizing a team building event is one thing. Ensuring that it is an original, memorable and successful group moment is another matter. Moodmaker is happy to give you some tips based on our experience to make your team building a success.
Choose a good date for your team event.
Your team building will necessarily take place when your colleagues are available. So choose a date that suits your team, taking into account holidays or busy periods at work. A team building with a weak presence will miss its target.
Thursdays, Fridays or Saturdays are the days on which almost every company wants to organize its team building. Consider holding your team event on a Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. You will have more choice in terms of availability of both the event agency and the event locations.
Choose a team building activity that suits your colleagues and the objectives.
You know your colleagues best and know which genre of team building would suit them. Sporty or rather creative? Culinary or adventurous? Make a good decision.
In addition, it is also important to pay attention to the objectives of the team building. If you have had a very busy period, it may be better to opt for relaxing and non-committal team building activities where the emphasis is on socializing. At the beginning of the year, it is more likely to present team building as a kick-off. And so you can opt for a more challenging team building concept.
So when choosing team building, don’t be guided by budgetary motives, but keep the target group and the objectives in mind.
Allow room for inactivity during the company outing.
Don’t overcrowd your team day’s schedule. Team building is of course also a relaxing group moment, where colleagues have time to express themselves in a context other than the usual working atmosphere.
This does not necessarily mean that team building should be the equivalent of a day off. A day of team building is an important element in developing a good working atmosphere as a company resource.
Always organize a debriefing of your team building.
This can be done informally, but it is actually better to formalize a debriefing. Send a short survey to each of the participants. What did you think of the choice of team building activity? The choice of location? The catering? The performance of the executive event agency? …
Such a survey will give you golden information for organizing your next team building event.
Have fun at your next team day!