posted by rampcity on Nov 21
Some of the best corporate away day facilities can be found in the county of Yorkshire. Aside from being one of the most beautiful areas of countryside in the UK, team building training in Yorkshire has led the way in providing new adventure courses and outdoor pursuits that excel in their attention to team bonding and leadership training opportunities.
For example Yorkshire Corporate and Shooting Services is a company that arrange exciting team building days for those wishing to break out of the office for a day or two and experience true freedom and adventure in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. Their corporate away days include clay pigeon shooting, 4×4 off-roading, archery and even a chocolate fondue team event.
Picture your colleagues competing in an archery event in the wilds of Yorkshire, breathing the fresh air and cheering each other on. When this is compared with sitting indoors, each of your colleagues engaged separately with work at their desk, it’s obvious which one will be more beneficial. Of course work needs to be done, but providing a break from that work in the form of an outdoor adventure will kick start productivity in the work place and hugely increase your team’s morale.
Yorkshire corporate events such as these really help to promote a feeling of teamwork among your work peers and it encourages them to trust and respect each other. Leisure and fun should be a part of everybody’s life because they have such benefits for the body and mind. Engaging in corporate entertainment of this kind will help to sharpen your workforce and maximise their potential.
posted by rampcity on Nov 14
Whatever your budget there is sure to be an adventure centre that can cater to your corporate away day needs. Currently the popularity of teambuilding days is growing. This is not surprising when face-to-face communication is at an all time low thanks to technology.
This has resulted in businesses having to work harder than ever to create and maintain good working relationships and a strong bond between employees. A recent study found that up to 80% of organisations in the UK spend money regularly on corporate away days and teambuilding games and exercises.
Teams who participate in these team bonding tasks see a noticeable improvement in performance, the same study revealed. The importance of committed teams who pull together has been recognised by companies and teambuilding exercises prove to be the easiest way of achieving a united and bonded team.
Across the UK a large selection of different activities are available, all designed to encourage team bonding and working together. Included in this are rock climbing, hiking, camping, mountain biking and adventure ropes. Completing these tasks outside of the office environment breaks people’s link with minor worries and the hierarchy of the office so that different level staff can get to know each other.
Arranging a company away day can be a basis for teambuilding and developing leadership skills, bringing people together who usually work in different branches but most importantly building the unity of the company integrating new staff and increasing motivation.
posted by rampcity on Nov 8
Venturing out onto an adventure rope course has in recent years become, as unlikely as it sounds, a corporate phenomenon. People in business environments have begun taking up the challenge of the outdoor pursuit in order to stimulate team building and improve social cohesion among their colleagues. Although at first glance the idea of blue-collar office workers swinging Tarzan-like through the trees of the New Forest seems somewhat silly, it’s easy to see why adventure corporate away days have become such a hit.
Team building is by no means a new concept. For years employers have devised ways for their employees to get to know each other better in order that they can learn to work together more efficiently. As well as employee efficiency, team building is extremely important for improving morale. Any employer will much prefer a team of workers who are enthusiastic and get along with each other rather than a group of individuals who don’t quite fit together. When employees enjoy their work, they will be a more productive and useful work-force.
The words ‘team building’ used to conjure up images of sulky office workers forced to bond with each other by engaging in silly games, but this has been radically revolutionised now that adventure days have arrived on the scene. Now, instead of grudgingly shaking the hand of your colleague in an awkward effort to get to know them, you could be helping them across a crevasse in England’s rugged countryside, and this is surely a vast improvement.
posted by Adventure Junkie on Oct 30
An ice-breaker game is a type of group-dynamic exercise or teambuilding game, used most often by individuals participating in a corporate away day. Such away days, or activity days, are a must in order to maintain a high-level of productivity and strong employee morale in the world of business. As such, frequent activity days, or as they’re sometimes called corporate away days, are scheduled for groups of employees. A corporate away day will see the participants engaging in a series of outdoor activities and group dynamic games such as ice-breaker games.
Group dynamic games, or teambuilding games, are experiential education exercises. They help build relationships within a group, as well as teach individuals how a group dynamic functions. For this reason, they are especially useful to corporate interests, due to the high value most businesses place on teamwork, communication and initiative among their employees.
Ice-breaker games are particularly useful in this regard. They emphasize employees’ relaxation around one another and instil a social camaraderie among the members of the group. These are important qualities for creating a cohesive unit out of a group of diverse individuals.
An adventure centre is the most common site of for teambuilding games, as it can provide numerous outlets for both indoor and outdoor pursuits. Adventure courses are designed with such group dynamic games in mind in many cases, with adventure activities such as kayaking, rock climbing and adventure ropes that play into the teambuilding aspects that corporate away days are centred on.
posted by rampcity on Oct 15
There are numerous skills that businesses require their employees to learn. If an employee, or group of employees, is not displaying these skills to the level required by their employers, they may be in for a corporate away day, or activity day, in their immediate future.
Most corporate away days, or activity days, consist of teambuilding games in a fun and relaxed atmosphere, usually somewhere quite far away from the hectic pace and hustle and bustle of the city. Whether it is increasing communication among members of your staff, breaking the ice or increasing productivity, a series of indoor and outdoor activities can help you accomplish it.
Outdoor activities and pursuits are also encouraged. Nature is the best classroom, and it provides plenty of opportunities to work on the necessities. An adventure centre is perfect for this kind of thing and can often be booked well in advance and catered to your needs and expectations.
One of the skills worked on in such an environment is that of decision making. Decision making is an important factor in any business, and if it is lacking, things do not flow as smoothly as they ought. Therefore, special emphasis will be placed on activities that allow participants to either learn new, or work on already existing, decision making skills through a variety of teambuilding games.
Regardless of what you choose, a successful corporate away day should include a diverse selection of teambuilding games and exercises, in order to fully hone your employees into a successful and well-rounded team.
posted by rampcity on Oct 9
In the world of business, activity days are a must in order to maintain a high-level of productivity and strong employee morale. As such frequent activity days, or as they’re sometimes called corporate away days, are scheduled for groups of employees. A corporate away day will see the participants engaging in a series of outdoor activities and group dynamic games.
Group dynamic games, or teambuilding games, are experiential education exercises. They help build relationships within a group, as well as teach individuals how a group dynamic functions. For this reason, they are especially useful to corporate interests, due to the high value most businesses place on teamwork, communication and initiative among their employees.
Teambuilding games come in many forms, and are usually outdoor activities. Some types include ‘ice-breaker games’ which are used to ensure comfort and relaxation within a team through social activities, and trust-building games, which, as the name suggests, are for increasing the bonds of trust between members of a group. There are also specially designed large group games, which can be designed to cater to several smaller groups working together, or one larger group.
An adventure centre is the most common site of for teambuilding games, as it can provide numerous outlets for both indoor and outdoor pursuits. Adventure courses are designed with such group dynamic games in mind in many cases, with adventure activities such as kayaking, rock climbing and adventure ropes that play into the teambuilding aspects that corporate away days are centred on.
posted by rampcity on Oct 2
Team building and leadership training in Yorkshire has advanced in leaps and bounds, especially in the last few years. You might wonder why Yorkshire should be a spot so conducive to team building exercises; there are several possibilities. The rugged, largely unspoilt countryside, the feeling of jolly camaraderie that exists among so many Yorkshire locals, and the spirit of good old fashioned hard work, are surely some of the main reasons behind Yorkshire’s success in providing good team building facilities.
Of course generalisations should be avoided, but it could also be said that people who live and work in Yorkshire are, on the whole, industrious and conscientious workers. Those who have lived in Yorkshire all their lives can attest to the fact that people enjoy Yorkshire because of its natural beauty, but also because of its tradition of working hard to achieve happiness in life.
Adventure rope courses set up in the county of Yorkshire are simply an extension of this ever present spirit of industriousness. Working your way across a rope course in Yorkshire will give you a real feel of working hard to achieve your goals. Each step on your obstacle course or over a rope crossing brings you closer to the end result of reaching the finish line, and when you do reach it, you can’t help but feel a sense of achievement.
Corporate away days in Yorkshire always ensure your team has an action-packed time. It takes them back to the basics of life and, of course, renews their appreciation for the beauty of the county.
posted by rampcity on Sep 29
There are many adventure centres available in the UK which provide great opportunities for teambuilding activities. Outdoor pursuits and adventures that are well organised and executed encourage people to work as a team to achieve a common goal.
A number of positive mentalities are taken from these teambuilding games and can be worked on when returning to the office to keep a happy environment. The main aims of teambuilding exercises and ultimately good teamwork are to be engaging and interesting for everyone participating, focussed with definite goals, challenging for all participants, rewarding for individuals and the team and ultimately collaborative with everyone sharing a common goal. Learning and using principles of teamwork in teambuilding games translates easily into using these same principles back at the office.
If these principles can be honed and developed while out of the office or usual work environment and then taken back to the office by all participants, the business will ultimately benefit. Adventure centres across the UK are experienced at creating activities and exercises that will test your team while building relationships.
The entire workforce will benefit in some way from a corporate away day, be it in getting to know colleagues better, improving leadership qualities, working more effectively as a team or simply finding their own place within a team.
The sense of achievement taken away by everyone from working well together and achieving the challenging goals and tasks set will be taken back to the office in many forms and will result in a focussed, united team.
posted by rampcity on Sep 24
Team building activities that take place away from the office and incorporate outdoor pursuits are a great way to work on leadership and management training. In this way, it’s not only the junior employee who will get a lot out of a corporate away-day, those in more senior positions should also seize the opportunity to build on their people skills and hone their leadership skills.
A day spent in the outdoors, such as on a rope course, will provide you with a huge range of opportunities to stretch your management wings and work on your leadership skills. There will be times in the day when those participating will perhaps be meandering between areas of the course and you can take the opportunity to show them where to go. You’ll be able to test your own ability to direct groups of people and learn new ways of managing a team.
There may be times on your corporate away day when a member of the team is lagging behind, or needs assistance. This is another opportunity for you to maximise your strengths as a leader and take control of the situation. You can reinforce your standing as the head of your team by doing what you do best, leading people in areas where they perhaps feel uncomfortable, but all they need is a little encouragement from you.
In this way team building activities that involve the outdoors can be an excellent new method of strengthening your existing leadership skills, or training those in management positions on your team.
posted by Adventure Junkie on Sep 15
There are many sorts of teambuilding games for a group to engage in. Some involve the application of physical effort, while others are more sedate. Problem solving games fall into the latter category.
There are numerous skills that businesses require their employees to learn. If an employee, or group of employees, is not displaying these skills to the level required by their employers, they may be in for a corporate away day, or activity day, in their immediate future.
Problem solving skills are quite important in a business setting, as they are necessary to – if you haven’t figured it out yet – solve problems. Problems of all shapes, sizes and levels of seriousness can afflict a business and it’s the employees’ job to solve them, one way or another. When they display difficulty in doing this – something which is the main part of their job – a corporate retreat may be in order.
Most corporate away days, or activity days, consist of teambuilding games in a fun and relaxed atmosphere, usually somewhere quite far away from the hectic pace and hustle and bustle of the city. Whether it is increasing communication among members of your staff, or breaking the ice and increasing productivity, a series of indoor and outdoor activities can help you accomplish it.
Problem solving games are a more sedate form of teambuilding game, as mentioned above. Normally, they revolve around brain-teasers or experimental games that involve simple engineering, mathematic or verbal quandaries. Doing these in a relaxed environment, such as the one provided by an adventure centre, can be beneficial and helpful to sharpening up problem solving abilities.