Looking for a simple way to build the team and have some fun? Here is a time tested outing that is perfect for your team building program. It is all inclusive and easy to set up and manage. You can use this in all sorts of settings; small business, corporations, non-profits, churches, and other type businesses. I used it in a church setting with about 30 total employees and had great success with it. Here is the premise of why I chose this event. I invited all the paid employees to lunch once a month at a local restaurant for some fun and casual dining. To entice them to attend, I asked them to just pay $5 and the church would cover the rest. That way no one could complain it was too expensive for them. I asked them to order off the lunch menu and keep the cost modest. They paid in advance at the office and signed up and then we chose a location. I would send an office email the day of reminding each employee to pay up and then meet us there. Some would carpool and if a small group we took the church van. Here was the results I pleasantly discovered.
It became a "look forward to" event and many times we had upward of 25-30 in attendance. I saw employees that normally don't interact much at the office sit together and have fun. I saw employees that worked outside of the main office come and have fun. We laughed and mainly talked about life and not so much work. I feel it built our team up and gave them an outlet to build a casual relationship with other employees. The cost to the church was nothing compared to the value of the event for the whole team. Need some fun at the office? Try this event and see what happens.
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