Team building conferences 'extremely important' after recession cuts

Date: 06/10/2009

Working effectively as a team is essential in the modern workplace, yet this may be more difficult to achieve when fewer people are on the payroll due to recessionary trends, one news provider asserts.

Team building conferences, as a result, are a great way to help people in getting to know each other, improving trust and the ability to hit stringent and possibly tougher targets, according to the Chicago Sun Sentinel.

Cher Holton, a team building corporate event expert working in Fort Lauderdale on a project for the American Society for Training & Development, told the newspaper: "It's more important than it has ever been with companies trying to do more with less. They're trying to achieve productivity when they have never had to work together before."

She said that while "you don't have to know people's deep dark secrets", colleagues who have camaraderie in mind are more likely to go the distance in achieving the necessary outcome.

It follows advice from Carolyn Jones, the director of the Institute of Employment Rights, who said that businesses must respect their employees if things are going to run as smoothly as possible in the recession.

Written by Michael Ewing

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