Hi, I recently joined a Software Development startup company with a small number of employees. I want to engage my team in team-building activities that can be easily arranged. I am seeking suggestions on activities suitable for a team of 10 people.
Currently, we are organizing the following activities:
- Birthday Celebrations
- Festival Celebrations
- Learning & Development sessions (mentoring on new skills)
- Quarterly Team Outings
Thank you and regards,
Yashoda Bisht
From India, Gurgaon
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Currently, we are organizing the following activities:
- Birthday Celebrations
- Festival Celebrations
- Learning & Development sessions (mentoring on new skills)
- Quarterly Team Outings
Thank you and regards,
Yashoda Bisht
From India, Gurgaon
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Hi Yashoda,
In addition to the aforementioned points, it is important to consider the following to further encourage bonding, if feasible:
1. Make it a routine to share lunch and snacks at a single table and discuss matters informally.
2. Develop a habit of visiting events and occasions in their homes such as birthdays of spouses or children, marriages of siblings, and exchange gifts suitable for the occasions—surprise visits could be a nice touch.
3. Offer assistance or lend a helping hand in their troubled situations, ensuring timeliness, such as family feuds if not mistaken.
4. Organize tickets to movies, cricket matches, or other sports events they enjoy.
5. Consider liberalizing leave and loan sanctions, as well as the use of vehicles for personal needs.
6. Recognize and reward achievements, innovative ideas, and winning new customers with incentives.
7. Provide food coupons to assist in purchasing groceries.
8. Arrange for free access to hot drinks, tea, coffee, milk, sandwiches, salad, and ice cream in the workplace.
9. Implement pick-up and drop-off services door-to-door, if not already in place.
10. Foster a work culture of 'one for all and all for one', emphasizing teamwork in accomplishing tasks so that credits are shared without compromising individuals' skills and know-how.
11. Supply logo-printed uniforms, t-shirts, quality trousers, backpacks, stationery, and other necessary items.
Thank you.
From India, Bangalore
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1273In addition to the aforementioned points, it is important to consider the following to further encourage bonding, if feasible:
1. Make it a routine to share lunch and snacks at a single table and discuss matters informally.
2. Develop a habit of visiting events and occasions in their homes such as birthdays of spouses or children, marriages of siblings, and exchange gifts suitable for the occasions—surprise visits could be a nice touch.
3. Offer assistance or lend a helping hand in their troubled situations, ensuring timeliness, such as family feuds if not mistaken.
4. Organize tickets to movies, cricket matches, or other sports events they enjoy.
5. Consider liberalizing leave and loan sanctions, as well as the use of vehicles for personal needs.
6. Recognize and reward achievements, innovative ideas, and winning new customers with incentives.
7. Provide food coupons to assist in purchasing groceries.
8. Arrange for free access to hot drinks, tea, coffee, milk, sandwiches, salad, and ice cream in the workplace.
9. Implement pick-up and drop-off services door-to-door, if not already in place.
10. Foster a work culture of 'one for all and all for one', emphasizing teamwork in accomplishing tasks so that credits are shared without compromising individuals' skills and know-how.
11. Supply logo-printed uniforms, t-shirts, quality trousers, backpacks, stationery, and other necessary items.
Thank you.
From India, Bangalore
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How interesting and ironic, everything on your list used to exist until the 80s. Believe me, the office was like a joint family. An army family was even tighter-knit. Oh, modernity and technology, we are trying to reinvent ourselves. Anyway, it was heartwarming to see how we still have chances to go back to our roots.
From India, Rajkot
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From India, Rajkot
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Start by asking the team if they are interested in such activities. I guarantee some will not be interested, and being forced to participate will alienate them, creating a whole new set of problems.
Staff engagement is an issue that comes up almost every single week here on CiteHR, and I have to ask myself why?
Start with something very simple like a weekly informal lunch as suggested above. See how that goes for a while, that every person is comfortable with it, and only then maybe progress to something else. Be very careful about birthdays, etc., as not everyone enjoys that, and it can be embarrassing. I speak from experience here, as I hated people broadcasting my birthday to the whole office, and people making a fuss. What you think is cute does not mean everyone else does.
From Australia, Melbourne
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Staff engagement is an issue that comes up almost every single week here on CiteHR, and I have to ask myself why?
Start with something very simple like a weekly informal lunch as suggested above. See how that goes for a while, that every person is comfortable with it, and only then maybe progress to something else. Be very careful about birthdays, etc., as not everyone enjoys that, and it can be embarrassing. I speak from experience here, as I hated people broadcasting my birthday to the whole office, and people making a fuss. What you think is cute does not mean everyone else does.
From Australia, Melbourne
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