Companies have been using team building days to rally their staff and help build better bonds and communication channels for a long time now. The concept was originally used by larger blue-chip organizations that had many departments which maybe did not interact very well. Smaller companies then saw the benefits of these team building events and started taking part in them also. Now, with the recent surge in number of businesses that are based at home or entirely over the net, there is whole new group of people seeking to better their teams.These companies have quite recently been introduced to the concept of team building and the number of them taking part is on the rise according to some of the top industry experts.
The findings were released by a group of team building days companies in London, England. They have suggested that business based at home or entirely online suffer from lack of team bonding and effective methods of communication, even though they frequently have quite small staff numbers. In these businesses there is often a reluctance to communicate face to face, with employees opting for email or phone calls most of the time. Also, these types of business often have a number of hubs in different locations and the workers from each rarely meet up in person. Additionally, home and internet business employees tend not be that active in their job and are one of the most at risk categories for suffering weight problems and heart disease.
The group who released the findings documented a 30% increase in the number of team building days booked last year by home and internet based businesses (the most popular being corporate cooking events) and suggested this is down to an increased focus on work efficiency. Lots of bigger businesses are seeing the rewards in both staff productivity and reduced days off from getting their staff active and having fun. It was only a matter of time before even the smallest Internet and home businesses followed their footsteps and considered using team building days. As well as team building events, many companies are increasing their spend on hospitality events such as Cheltenham hospitality days in an attempt to improve staff job satisfaction.
