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Shaping Bonds: Inside MadeByShape's Memorable Team Getaways
We think it's very important to look after your team and make sure they enjoy their time with other individuals. Moving away from our desks and spending time with each other helps us all bond. We have spent a lot of time recruiting certain individuals and it's important we look after them.
We pride ourselves on what we offer to staff within their contracts and all the extras they receive. Team trips are just an element of this but something that makes the team feel special. We all need a break away from work and clients, and this is just one way that we find successful from both points of view.
Many of the team work from home so to be able to get together was class. We believe culture in a workplace needs to be good. People need to communicate and build relationships. At the end of the day, if you enjoy the people you work with, you're going to produce better work.
While we're experts at socialising, drinking, and eating on team outings, breaking a sweat isn't exactly our forte. We've never pushed ourselves physically as a group before, so it was the perfect challenge!
Yorkshire 3 Peak Challenge
The time away from ringing phones, interrupted conversations and sending emails back and forth needs to be organised and planned, but the main agenda is to relax and go with the flow. A good team-building away day should achieve some (if not all) of the following:
• More motivated team members
• A clearer sense of personal relations
• New ideas for more efficient working
• More clearly defined and understood roles
• Greater appreciation of team members’ diverse strengths and attributes
• Increased trust within the team
• Clear space to think and generate ideas
• A sense of pride and belonging within the team
Co-Founder of MadeByShape. Most of my blogs are about business related aspects, not just web design.
