Top Activities for Teambuilding in Summer
As summer can be a slower paced season for many businesses, it’s the ideal time of year to fit in some teambuilding activities and fill out the social calendar. The benefits of teambuilding events are plentiful, as creating a strong and engaged team of staff who know how to communicate and work together is always good for business.
Statistics show time and time again that investing in teambuilding can improve your bottom line and increase employee engagement. Making sure the workforce feel valued is important for any company, and fun days out or special challenges are a great way to bring the team together.
If you want to build a strong company culture and make attract the top talent to your organisation, then teambuilding is a great place to start. Take a look at the top teambuilding activities for summer 2018.
Escape Room
If you want to work on collaborate teambuilding, then forcing employees to work together to break out of an escape room is the perfect activity! Indoor activities can also be ideal for hot summer days when you need to cool down and concentrate. Omescape London boasts a number of premium escape room games over two locations, so it’s easy to split staff up into teams of six or more. Which groups will succeed in escaping in 60 minutes?!
It’s a Knockout/Outdoor Obstacle Courses
On the other hand you may wish to take advantage of the warm weather by embracing a physical outdoor activity. Many teambuilding companies will hire large inflatables and other equipment for you to host your own games day on-site if you have the space. Otherwise, arrange a coach to take staff to a location where the obstacle course is all set up and ready to go, and see which group can become champions by completing it in the fastest time!
Treasure Hunt
Another great way to get staff bonding outdoors is with a tailored treasure hunt. Whether it takes place on-site or at a different scenic location, teams have to work together to solve clues and find the hidden treasure. You may want to include an awesome prize at the end of the trail to make sure groups are working as fast as possible to locate the treasure!
We love catering for corporate groups and as teambuilding activities go, we think escape rooms are one of the most effective and one of the most fun. Contact us today to find out how to make a corporate booking and what we do to accommodate large groups.