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Often dreaded by staff, workplace events are more productive when part of a consistent strategy to create a strong corporate culture, and can have positive financial benefits too. By Ed Drayton
The words "teambuilding" and "motivation" are guaranteed to invoke a sense of impending doom in even the most dedicated employee, conjuring up mental images of excruciating embarrassment from the television series The Office.
But the fact remains that your workforce is a team, and a team only performs well if everyone is equally committed to the end result. As well as carrying out his or her particular role, each person needs to know why it needs to be done in a certain way, and how it complements the work other people in their team are doing.
Ally this to the fact that companies are becoming increasingly "virtual", with the majority of internal messages communicated via single-word e-mails, it becomes apparent why businesses rely on motivation and teambuilding events. Love them or loathe them, they can be...
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