Team Building For Home & Internet Businesses
Companies have been using team building days to rally their staff and help build better bonds and communication channels for a long time now.The idea for using team building days was initially used among the biggest and most diverse companies who had lots of people in lots of different places and who needed all of them to be able to communicate. This was witnessed by smaller businesses who looked at how much potential they had and began including their teams in bonding activities. However, business has evolved a great deal over the last few years and there are now more niches than ever and more home-based and internet businesses entering the markets.These companies have quite recently been introduced to the concept of team building and the number of them taking part is on the rise according to some of the top industry experts.
The findings were released by a group of corporate hospitality companies in London, England. What they discovered is that although many Internet based business or those run from home only have a few team members, their communication abilities are limited. Email is the preferred communication method in most of these types of businesses and many have not developed competent personal interaction skills. Also, these types of business often have a number of hubs in different locations and the workers from each rarely meet up in person. Additionally, home and internet business employees tend not be that active in their job and are one of the most at risk categories for suffering weight problems and heart disease.
The group who released the findings documented a 30% increase in the number of team building days booked last year by home and internet based businesses (the most popular being corporate cooking events) and suggested this is down to an increased focus on work efficiency. It has been reported by bigger businesses that their workforce productivity increased by some 50% as a result of running more team building days and their were less instances of people being off sick. It was only a matter of time before even the smallest Internet and home businesses followed their footsteps and considered using team building days. As well as team building events, many companies are increasing their spend on hospitality events such as Cheltenham hospitality days in an attempt to improve staff job satisfaction.
