Investing in people is widely regarded as a good business commitment and today in the recovering climate it’s become essential. All too often companies will spend both time and money on finding the right individual for the job, extensive interviews, psychometric testing and credential referencing. It can take a considerable amount of time and money to find the ideal candidate and then to secure them for your company, so why is it that when some company’s find the ideal person they don’t ensure that they stay working for the company?

It’s very much a two way street these days, even in the current climate employees won’t stay with companies that either don’t look after them or make them miserable. We’ve identified one of the most common problems within the workplace that make people want to leave is morale. It’s not necessary technology or budgets it’s the way that people feel when they go to work. If they see their colleagues miserable and isolated then the workplace becomes a bleak place to be in for five long days a week.

You can prevent the lethargy within the workplace and you can do this fairly easily. By continually building the team, by boosting morale, by ensuring that your individuals communicate as a team and actually see their colleagues as people, you can create a better workplace environment and this in turn will retain those people that you took so much time and trouble to find.

Team building has previously be seen as a luxury or as something embarrassing that must be avoided like the plague but today neither of these exist. As we’ve just illustrated team building is certainly not a luxury it’s essential and as for embarrassing, well, maybe it was years ago but we are pleased to say that times have moved on now and so have team building. We no longer rely on raft building or dropping you off in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a compass and tin of beans (with no can opener of course), we can arrange that if you really, really want to but we like to think there are more creative, productive and fun team events to host.

That’s why we’ve taken the time to build our team and by having a fantastic retention rate over the years, we have created a wide range of successful team building events to suit an ever changing business world.

If you would like to discuss your next team building event with us then give us a call, our enthusiastic and happy team at Accolade Corporate Events are here to help you build your business.

We undoubtedly live in a technical age, to go to work we don’t necessarily have to leave our own house, if we want to network we can do it all without actually having to physically speak to someone and if we want to feel part of a group then we can do so online. Many companies have tuned into the power of social networking to relay messages and information but make no mistake, they are no substitute for face to face in the same room team building.

Getting your team altogether, in the same country, in the same room at the same time regularly is crucial to maintain and build positive team dynamics. You can achieve more face to face in three hours than you can in many weeks of online exchange. Personality, intonation and enthusiasm are all on display, nothing to interpret incorrectly.

We have fantastic feedback from clients who not only realise the importance of hosting a team building event where they get everyone from satellite offices (including those based in homes) but by inviting a professional team building company to host the event.

If you would like to host a team building event for your company, then please give our experienced team at Accolade Corporate Events a call today.