Quarterly Team Event
Discussion
Looking for ideas on how to decide what to do for our quarterly Supply Chain team event.
Last year I did a dragons den type thing.
We split the team up into 3 sub teams and they all had to pitch an idea to management. We then chose the best one.
We set a theme and a budget for each quarterly event. Within the pitch they had to include business continuity, how the budget would be spent, how the idea linked into the theme etc.
The team that had their idea chosen subsequently went on to organise the event.
This worked well as people got to know others in the team they wouldn’t normally work with, got practice presenting etc.
It worked well for the management team as we didn’t need to do anything except watch the pitch and choose
So what have you done that worked well in your businesses?
Last year I did a dragons den type thing.
We split the team up into 3 sub teams and they all had to pitch an idea to management. We then chose the best one.
We set a theme and a budget for each quarterly event. Within the pitch they had to include business continuity, how the budget would be spent, how the idea linked into the theme etc.
The team that had their idea chosen subsequently went on to organise the event.
This worked well as people got to know others in the team they wouldn’t normally work with, got practice presenting etc.
It worked well for the management team as we didn’t need to do anything except watch the pitch and choose
So what have you done that worked well in your businesses?
anonymous said:
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It sounds great...........if you're a bunch of eager young interns trying to impress "Senior management".Otherwise it's just a normal planning session. Just throw in a few buzzwords like "thinking outside of the box", "Blue skyi'ing it", "Knock it out the park" and it will be perfect.
If you’re looking for something different to the norm, my brother facilitates team building days -
https://www.collaborativepainting.uk/
https://www.collaborativepainting.uk/
I’m a huge hater of team building and would rather find an excuse not to go. However one such event I could not escape from turned out to be quite good fun. It was driving 4x4 vehicles around varying heavily rutted courses trying yo work out best lines etc. in an old quarry. Instructors set up little challenges between the teams.
Something like sailing can be good. It obviously forces people together and requires a bit of team effort and if the weather’s nice it’s a lovely day out. That there are quite a few pubs on the Solent helps with the necessary free food and booze element.
Performing for management by playing a patronising game is not going to achieve what it is you want to achieve although it will unite your subordinates (in their hatred of management).
Performing for management by playing a patronising game is not going to achieve what it is you want to achieve although it will unite your subordinates (in their hatred of management).
We quite often jump onto things our staff are doing themselves anyway.
A couple of lads were doing some amateur boxing and wondered if people wanted to go. We bought some food and drink and turned it into more of a social.
Same when others wanted to do a Battersea charity event, or even when there's a new film out that lots wanted to go to.
Before Christmas we hosted a poker night after work and pretty much everyone attended for at least a couple of hours, even if to just have some free pizza and a beer.
All of that is a lot less forced and people are more willing to give up their free to take part when the idea comes from them / their piers rather than directed by management.
A couple of lads were doing some amateur boxing and wondered if people wanted to go. We bought some food and drink and turned it into more of a social.
Same when others wanted to do a Battersea charity event, or even when there's a new film out that lots wanted to go to.
Before Christmas we hosted a poker night after work and pretty much everyone attended for at least a couple of hours, even if to just have some free pizza and a beer.
All of that is a lot less forced and people are more willing to give up their free to take part when the idea comes from them / their piers rather than directed by management.
The problem with team building events is that not everybody likes the same thing.
However everybody likes food/drink so make this the priority. Then have a varied selection of activities and let people choose what they want to do
We had a session from This guys and everybody thought he was great. There was a kick-off talk by the CEO, the emphasis was on having a good time, there was maybe an hour talking about work, a long lunch and then escape rooms in the afternoon or people could go home.
However everybody likes food/drink so make this the priority. Then have a varied selection of activities and let people choose what they want to do
We had a session from This guys and everybody thought he was great. There was a kick-off talk by the CEO, the emphasis was on having a good time, there was maybe an hour talking about work, a long lunch and then escape rooms in the afternoon or people could go home.
We did a proper outdoors event a few years ago. 20 or so of us, men and women, probably 10 different nationalities then, too.
We went into the forest with some forestry guys, felled LOADS of trees, cut them to 3m and 6 m lengths, then had to build a massive bridge with these logs, strong enough to pull a military trailer up and over it.
Cooked & ate lunch outside ....
Took from 10am - 4pm
Showered, beers, BBQ
Everyone really enjoyed it
(This was in Malmedy, Belgium, but I'm sure things like this are available in Blighty?)
We went into the forest with some forestry guys, felled LOADS of trees, cut them to 3m and 6 m lengths, then had to build a massive bridge with these logs, strong enough to pull a military trailer up and over it.
Cooked & ate lunch outside ....
Took from 10am - 4pm
Showered, beers, BBQ
Everyone really enjoyed it
(This was in Malmedy, Belgium, but I'm sure things like this are available in Blighty?)
We have an overseas office and the local management organised a team building day along the lines of the OP's day, except they had team games.
Local management pronounced the day a roaring success. On my next visit and talking to my peers, the team players, they were saying they just did it to keep the managers happy and hoped they wouldn't have to go through another day like it.
What you see and hear from the participants is not necessarily the reality. Thankfully I've never had to endure team building in that way.
Local management pronounced the day a roaring success. On my next visit and talking to my peers, the team players, they were saying they just did it to keep the managers happy and hoped they wouldn't have to go through another day like it.
What you see and hear from the participants is not necessarily the reality. Thankfully I've never had to endure team building in that way.
RC1807 said:
We did a proper outdoors event a few years ago. 20 or so of us, men and women, probably 10 different nationalities then, too.
We went into the forest with some forestry guys, felled LOADS of trees, cut them to 3m and 6 m lengths, then had to build a massive bridge with these logs, strong enough to pull a military trailer up and over it.
Cooked & ate lunch outside ....
Took from 10am - 4pm
Showered, beers, BBQ
Everyone really enjoyed it
(This was in Malmedy, Belgium, but I'm sure things like this are available in Blighty?)
That sounds great actually!We went into the forest with some forestry guys, felled LOADS of trees, cut them to 3m and 6 m lengths, then had to build a massive bridge with these logs, strong enough to pull a military trailer up and over it.
Cooked & ate lunch outside ....
Took from 10am - 4pm
Showered, beers, BBQ
Everyone really enjoyed it
(This was in Malmedy, Belgium, but I'm sure things like this are available in Blighty?)
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