Organising an office Barbican-based team boosting activity in a way to unite your team

Bonding and gelling as a working team isn't merely a case of being civil and behaving as professionals to one another - it is much more! It is to be expected that office colleagues will bicker from time to time, but ultimately they need to appreciate and respect each other. Respect is the key.

This is one reason why you should include some team-boosting events into your corporate calendar in so your employees can be a cohesive and supportive working team. Starting out with great staff is the recipe for success.

So officebroker.com have thought up some great team building tips and if you give them a go for yourselves you will see how perhaps your Barbican workers can achieve a stronger bond with the rest of your team.

1) During an activity it is important your team know why they are there. If you don't tell your staff why they need to participate in team building they may think you are conducting some sort of staff assessment or even restructuring. So make it clear that you have good reasons for bringing them together so that you can give the work place a stronger dynamic. By telling them the objectives clearly they may even loosen up and get to know their co-workers better.

2) Team building is a fantastic way of breaking the cycle of the "just work" mentality. Managers don't want their office employees to be scared of getting involved or be concerned about performing to the best of their abilities. Make sure you reassure staff that they aren't being assessed and that they can let go and just have fun with the activities. If you see a worker not having a fun time or looking like they feel out of place ask them about their concerns and tell them it is okay to participate at their own speed.

3) Regardless of the activity make sure everyone gets involved. Team building is not just a fun experience for the extroverts it is for everybody, so do your best to make everyone feel involved. Make sure you choose activities that don't just have the loud ones volunteering. Everyone must feel valued and get involved otherwise the objectives for uniting your team will not be fulfilled.

4) Employ the services of a professional team building company to organise your day. Specialist companies in Barbican that can provide a complete service for your team building day, so it will take the pressure off you if you let them take control rather than trying to organise it yourself. But if you do this you should still take an active part in the activities, in getting involved too you are leading by your actions and you want to be personable and approachable around your workers. In fact, a number of clients taking Barbican from an EC2 office have said they have made use of Barbican-based team building companies.

5) Have a reflection session at the end of the day. After you have finished the final activities for the day, gather your staff together have them go through some of the highlights of the day. What was their favourite moment? Did they get to mix with any colleagues they hadn't met before? What did your staff learn upon reflection? Who are they now closer to? Is there any feedback they would like to give or improvements they would make?

So if your team could do with a day to bring them all together then why not think about a team building day for our Barbican-based workers?