Why organise a corporate team building event?

Although the concept of team building has been proving its worth in companies for some thirty years now, it’s important to organise things properly and design your team building with the well-being of your teams in mind. Communication, bonding, conflict resolution… all good reasons to offer team building to your teams.

Let’s take a look at what you need to know to design a successful team building event for the benefit of all the members of your company.

Defining team building

Team building is literally translated into French as “construction d’équipe”. The aim of this event is to help your team build new links, in a context other than work, to improve communication and productivity.

To ensure the success of your team building event, it is vital to define precise objectives beforehand, not only for your company but also, and above all, for the well-being of your teams. By calling on a team of professional, dedicated coaches, you can be sure of a perfectly organised event. As well as saving time, you also give this dedicated team the opportunity to lead the way objectively, regardless of the group’s preconceptions or potential conflicts.

Creating links through team building

The primary objective of team building is to create a bond between the members of your team. Organising a fun, challenging event outside the corporate framework allows your team to get to know each other in a different way, and to create bonds that go beyond what they know on a day-to-day basis, outside the pre-established rules, whether social or hierarchical.

By meeting in a less formal setting that puts these hierarchical rules to one side, certain tensions can be eased, new relationships of trust can be forged, bringing about relationships based on solidarity and mutual aid, breaking down divisions and giving a new dynamic to the group.

Improving well-being at work

Organising a team building event has a direct impact on the well-being of your entire team. The very principle of team building is first and foremost to develop links outside the framework of work and everyday life, to bring out the best in everyone and to make the most of everyone’s skills and strengths. It’s by highlighting these strengths in a less formal setting than that of the company that personalities are revealed and relationships of trust are created. And trust and harmony mean well-being and serenity, well beyond the team building day itself. The new bonds can only last once you’re back at work, and they’ll grow stronger, creating a better atmosphere, fewer divisions and stronger values between your employees.

Boost communication within the team thanks to team building

Team building is also the perfect opportunity to get to know each other in a different way. Away from the preoccupations of work, the objectives to be achieved and the constraints of everyday life, each member of your team will feel more at ease, more relaxed and freer.

By playing in a fun, friendly environment and taking part in sporting challenges such as a regatta or boat rally, tensions are released and communication becomes easier and more open, creating stronger bonds.

As a result, the fulfilment at work that comes from better communication will create a more pleasant, open and relaxed working environment.

Boosting teamwork

Free and open communication and a pleasant working environment are all positive factors that a successful team building event can offer. But it’s also an infinite source of dynamism within your team. While team building promotes team spirit, it also creates links and brings real benefits through challenging activities outside the workplace. It’s by discovering your colleagues from a different angle, in a different, freer context, that you can develop collective intelligence and energise the group once you’re back in the office.

Encouraging collaboration for greater innovation and creativity

The direct impact of a solid bond between the members of a group is to bring dynamism to the spirit of collaboration and innovation. If your teams feel good, confident and energised, the symbiosis will come easily and the well-being of your employees will be all the more evident. A team that feels good is a team that is more productive, more involved, stronger and therefore more creative. So it’s also an essential growth lever for your company, and a key factor in achieving your objectives.

Organising a team building event has every chance of giving your teams a real boost and placing human values at the heart of your management. But to make a team building event a success, it’s vital to set objectives and put your trust in a dedicated team to lead the way throughout the event. That’s why the whole Arthaud Yachting team is here to help you create a tailor-made event in a magnificent setting.