In the high-pressure "now" culture in almost every work environment in the 21st century it seems stress is almost inescapable. To a certain extent stress in the workplace is needed. A reasonable amount of stress is natural to ensure employees are constantly meeting deadlines, reaching appropriate standards, and keeping organised within individual roles and job descriptions. A team with a strong infrastructure can combat internal stresses.
Stress at work can have an effect on revenue
There are many common causes of stress at work but when that stress becomes excessive employees tend to cease to function, become chaotic and make mistakes. This in turn can have a catastrophic effect on company processes, systems and productivity as well as affecting the individual's health and safety. Those people in your team who you consider team players are more likely to cope with the stress of every day confrontations because they have more effective resources than those who are more likely to work alone and in isolation.
Why team building is essential
Where employees feel safe in sharing ideas, experiences and tips, innovation is sure to follow. In the same way, inter-staff trust and reliance also leads to opportunities to share stressful situations, grievances and enjoy peer support. Working in tandem with a much needed element of competition is effective collaboration which leads to a much happier workplace and a productive environment.
Clearly investing in ways to help your employees work successfully within teams is absolutely essential for streamlining company strategies in order to maximise long-term returns. There are numerous professional companies which offer team building opportunities. The great thing is team building days can be de-stressors in themselves as well as giving your team a whole different concept on work relationships and how to enhance working together.
Teambuilding days can reduce stress
Just like a holiday or vacation can relieve stress - so can a teambuilding day. It can be a welcome departure from the daily grind and still be productive for corporate goals. Unlike mandatory training it is likely to have nothing to do with work tasks and if administered professionally will challenge participants in a fun and unique way. Even more so the team are meeting the challenge together and so form fresh alliances, trust, and new skills in a safe environment. Where stress has worn down staff, a day of team building can really be a boost to confidence and offer new gateways for support.
Team building days are very effective when they happen outside of the work environment and are focussed on fun skills. So consider the opportunities of a professional team building company, Teambuilding Solutions, who can offer a wide selection of days out. But also remember the value of the types of challenges which involve the team working together for a single goal.
Kite Making
I just wanted to say a huge thank you to you and Pete for your facilitation of the Kite activity yesterday. Feedback from the team has been fantastic, we all enjoyed it immensely and look forward to reviewing the ads & photos....
Venue Treasure Hunts
The whole event was a lot of fun and very engaging, we learnt a lot from a behaviour perspective both working and communicating effectively with in a team. The staff were funny and relaxed and provide a great service. I will be sure to pass on my rec...
The Great Decoration Bake Off!
The Great Decoration Bake Off!
It was good to meet you and we had a great time in Cambridge. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the cake decorating - it was good fun and got everyone's creative juices flowing after 3 days of late nights. I would definitely recommend Team Building Solutio...
Teambuilding Activities
The day was a complete success and Andy, Steph and the team were brilliant. Steph was very organised and always easy to contact in the lead up to the day. Andy met is on site a few weeks before which helped me to see how everything would work. The eq...
I have to say that we had a brilliant 2 days at Careys Manor, the team building exercise was seriously good fun and brought us all together in a way that we hadn't previously. The dinner was excellent, and we ended up in the pub playing games and hav...
Emperors Aqueduct
The team at Team Building Solutions are brilliant. We find the tasks they do real help our staff come out of their shells, and definitely work better as a team. Quarterly team building sessions are now a regular feature our ongoing training sessions....
Teambuilding Activities
An excellent day which achieved all the objective that we set out to achieve. The staff were very good, made it fun and knew their stuff. I will recommend to others in the business....
Clay Shooting
Just wanted to thank you and the team for a terrific event yesterday. Everyone, without exception, really enjoyed the clay shooting so please pass on our thanks to Andy and Pete for their time, guidance and sense of humour ... and for laying on such ...
Country Sports
My contact was Steph who was very professional to the point of even on her holiday she was emailing me with updates. On the day of the event Andy & the team were very helpful. We had a great morning with the events chosen. Would recommend Teambui...
Food & Drink
Bespoke Cooking Event - I was really impressed with the presentation/setup of the activity and the quality of the team insight....
iPad Film Making
The iPad movie making was a huge success with the 80+ team. It brought out dormant talents and skills that aren't normally displayed in a professional environment, which allowed the team to really connect and appreciate each other. The challenge divi...
Country Sports
A fantastic day, great fun, the activities made us work together and support each other. I have been asked if we can do it again. Everyone throughly enjoyed it. Andy and the team were super. Hopefully will book our third event with you next year....
All For One
SDI & All For One - Very good doing the SDI feedback, very interesting. Need to keep this in front of mind when back in the office.
An extremely positive and informative day. Lots of learning to take away and take back into...
Sushi Making
Sushi making went down well with the senior leadership team. The activity allowed the team to split into three groups and test their dexterity and creativity in a competitive & safe environment. The event was run extremely well by Team Building S...
The Krypton Maze
We all really enjoyed the afternoon, and both Andy and Pete were understanding when our morning session overrun. I think the explanations at the end of each activity were great, and did make us think about things. I would definitely recommend your co...
All Activity Ideas
Belbin Team Roles - The day was very enjoyable. Better than I expected. I learnt a lot about myself and others and would recommend others to try the teambuilding activities. Excellent day that fully met the brief of what we were tryi...
The Krypton Maze
A somewhat apprehensive bunch quickly got "stuck in" and enjoyed the challenges - good variety of tasks. Everyone agreed that the event was far better than just go karting...
Canapé Creation
We had over-whelming positive feedback about the Canape making session. Pete & Steph were friendly, lively, funny and informative and offset each other very well. Despite the teams being pretty tired after their prior activities, the session rein...
Dash
It was a great set of activities engaging our staff. There was something for all to do. Well done to the team for coordinating such a great Dash Activity....
Countdown
The day and staff were all excellent, we had a great day and it really brought everyone together. Many Thanks...
The Krypton Maze
The feedback I had was brilliant, everybody had a really good afternoon and enjoyed the event....
Countdown
I just wanted to say thank you for making our event such an energised, dynamic and fun affair last week. Your guys were great, always smiling...You really listened to our brief and aims and adapted the activities to meet our agenda!...
Dash
Conference, Photo Mission, Dash And Quiz - A brilliant day was had by all and we have had some great feedback regarding the activities. You provided the right balance with nothing too strenuous and even those with health issues were able to participa...
The Krypton Maze
Andy, a quick note to thank you and your team for yesterday's event at Twickenham. It really was a masterclass on how to keep 60 competitive sales folk interested and active for almost three hours! The positive feedback has been flowing in today from...
Country Sports
Thanks for a great event today. All feedback has so far been extremely positive. Thanks...
The Krypton Maze
The feedback is very positive, everyone enjoyed the day and many people even commented that it was the best team building event they had been too!...
All For One
The day went down very well. All For One was a very effective vehicle to highlight some key patterns and brough out some of the key things that we had set out to achieve. Of particular note was the handover process and how there was some "blame" betw...
Casino Night
I just wanted to say what a wonderful evening we all had last night. I received lots of positive comments this morning from staff saying how much they enjoyed the Casino. Fantastically organised and excellent customer service - we would highly recomm...
All Activity Ideas
Change Management Workshop - Good blend of activities. The whole day just happened to fit perfectly in terms of timing with what is currently facing us. Thanks. Good balance of action vs setting and fun vs learning and serious messag...
Teambuilding Activities
Teambuilding & Belbin 2 Day Workshop Really enjoyed the workshop. Good mixture of theory and activities to keep the mind active. Good communication before the event and high quality course notes. Would definately recommend. Reall...
The Krypton Maze
Just wanted to say a big thank you to you and your team for the session yesterday. It went down really well, with many colleagues asking me how/where I found you....
All Activity Ideas
Interactive Orienteering Challenge - Just wanted to drop you a line to thank you for yesterday, feedback from everyone has been excellent and was thoroughly enjoyed by all. The egg toss was still being mentioned this morning!!! Needl...
Teambuilding Activities
Shoot 'Em Up Challenge - The teambuilding people were friendly and motivating. We would like to use them again!...
Just a quick note to say thank you for your time on Monday, the feedback from the staff I have spoken with has all been very positive! So well worth the effort, I'm just disappointed I didn't have the time to take part....
London Monopoly Treasure Hunt
The team are usually a quiet bunch but they had an amazing day doing something completely different! A great day and I will definitely keep your details for any events like this in the future. Thank you for all of your help organising the event and p...
Forest Adventures
Bush Tucker Trial - Thanks so much for today, it was brilliant and went really well - and was exactly what we hoped it would be!! - Lola You guys were brilliant. Thanks so much again. - Hannah...
Paul did an excellent job of keeping us interested and sharing his experience with us. He certainly left us wanting more. We had so many questions but not enough time to ask them all. Although we very much heard his message about how important team w...
The Krypton Maze
Thank you so much to you and the guys for helping us with our clients event. Everyone mentioned after how much fun they had throughout the day. I was really impressed with how well organised the day was! From the initial brief to the end, the day's l...
