Team Building Away Days – Making Teamwork Rewarding 

Let’s talk a little bit about the psychology of team building and collaboration between individuals and groups. Why is it that we’re always being told it’s an important part of the business?  Does it mean anything? Surely as individuals in the workplace we can’t help but collaborate – nothing would ever get done otherwise.

Taking Corporate Away Day Success Back to the Workplace

How does team building activity translate into the work environment?  Like all good things, it certainly depends on the motivation of individuals.  It's a common theme - how do you take all the good, the excitement, the motivation of the corporate away day - back to the workplace?

Team Away Days are Serious Fun

Taking time out for whatever reason can often prove a catalyst for renewed energy within a group of individuals.  Jaded by the everyday, it's possible for usually motivated and vigorous people to lose focus.  The term "away day" can cover a huge number of activities, all designed to reinforce the bonds that keep a team effective and energised.

Playing Games With Your Team? Get Much More Out of Team Building!

Team building games tend to mean team bonding.  Which is great if you just want a fun day out with no real lasting effect on the people taking part. 

Get the Most From Your Team Building Day and Build a Winning Team!

A team building day in itself can have a short term positive effect on morale and bonding within a group of individuals but it will remain short term if Leaders fail to establish and communicate the kind of team they are trying to build.  A "sense of team" is a different animal to an effective team, focused on achieving a specific objective.

Collaborative Team Building Activities are a Model for the Work Team

In The Spirit Of Team Building

Taking part in Corporate Team Building events encourages individuals to work together as a unit and will inspire them to listen, communicate, and share.

7 Steps to Successful Team Building 

"We are going to build a team". Replace the word "team" with the word "house" - or any other noun that can be built and will take more than just a few minutes - and most sensible people will want to adopt a structured approach. The same goes for successful team building.

From Fun Event to Genuine Team Improvements 

What does the phrase "team building " mean to you? Quad-biking? Abseiling? Propping up the bar with your work colleagues? Allow me to disagree.

Let's look at the word "build" and see where that leads us. The Concise Oxford English Dictionary defines the word "build" as "Establish, make or accumulate gradually". This definition implies a sense of time passing and growth. This, in turn, implies a modicum of care and attention to maximise the growth - or at the very least monitor the development.

Choosing the Right Activity 

When a prospective new client calls us up and expresses an interest in team building, we ask a simple question - what do you want to achieve out of it? You might be surprised at how many people don't have an answer. After a short pause, we might get a reply along the lines of "well, we want it to be fun..." and then it tails off again.

Team Building with a Large Group 

Organising a team building session for, say, 25 people is relatively straight forward. You have enough people to be able to choose from a wide range of activities without having so many that logistics becomes a problem.  

What can Team Building Achieve? 

"Complete waste of time". "Just like the last time". "We never seem to learn from these". Sound familiar? Someone is talking about a team building session. Or are they?

Making the Whole Greater than the Sum of the Parts 

When was the last time that you heard the phrase "variety is the spice of life"? In what context was it used? Was it applied to experiences? Well - it can be. Was it applied to teams? Well - it should be! And variety in team building can help add that spice.

Team Building the 'All Inclusive' Way 

More and more people are booking "all inclusive" holidays. These are the ones that have all meals and (usually locally produced) drinks included in the base price of the holiday. Providing the food is appetising and (for me) the beer is drinkable, they do just fine.

Collaborative Activities vs Competitive Ones

Think back over all the team building sessions that you have attended over the years. There is a very good chance that at each and every one of them the facilitators organised your group into teams. Any that weren't were probably small groups. Sound familiar? Why do they do that?

Team Building Events for Public Sector Organisations

Local Authorities, Government Departments, the NHS, Universities, Non-Departmental Bodies and many, many more use our team building services to deliver real value for the public purse.

Team Building Retreats

Case Study

An article written by Dr. Gene Benter (who has no connection with Sandstone)

Executive Summary
    This case study revolves around the concept of team building that was illustrated in Case 2 incident. Questions number 1 and 2 provides positive outlook about team building. Team building based on this context increases teamwork and productivity. The combining together of people from diverse skills and capabilities build a strong synergy that makes their job fulfilling and satisfying. Questions number 3 and 4 are discussions concerning the development of physically inactive employees and their low performance have negative impact on the company. It also discussed maintaining close contacts of employees in the absence of direct contact with one another.