Corporate team building events 'need to be creative'

Date: 12/08/2010

Team building corporate events need to be more creative when budgets are stretched, it has been claimed.

According to employment expert Coll MacDonald, companies need to find more economical ways to boost employee motivation during a downturn - as opposed to dropping team building activities altogether.

Speaking to The Times Live, MacDonald said even when money is tight it is possible to run successful team building exercises that challenge staff.

"With the economic crisis still uppermost in the minds of most corporate decision-makers, we have seen a definite increase in inquiries for new, more-effective methods to motivate and improve staff performance," Mr MacDonald claimed.

"More than ever, companies should be investing in performance-enhancement programmes, especially when the going is tough and morale starts to suffer," he added.

He concluded that investing in people on a budget is not easy, but worth the effort.

Recently, business analyst Gartner claimed that team building events are set to become more commonplace in the next decade.

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