Company team building is not always a concept that people greet with a huge amount of enthusiasm. All too often the idea will prompt a roll of the eyes, possibly as your staff recall awkward times spent carrying out contrived and ‘fun’ activities at work in the past.
However, any team building session is only as good as the activity it involves. That’s why at Lakes Escapes in Workington they believe they have one of the best and most enjoyable environments for your team members to spend valuable time together taking on tasks which will benefit them and your business.
What is team building?
But before we get onto why Lakes Escapes is a great location for your next company away day, let’s think about exactly what team building activities are meant to achieve.
If you’re going to invest in something you want it to benefit your business. In the case of team building, you are investing in your colleagues spending time together learning to work more effectively towards a common goal.
A natural byproduct of this process is that you will get to know each other better and develop bonds.
This can encourage people to communicate ideas to each other and work together more effectively, as well as driving the desire to please their colleagues and do their best for the greater good of everyone.
By fostering these attitudes in one context, you’re more likely to see them becoming apparent when people are taking on the daily challenges thrown up in the workplace.
Why is Lakes Escapes a great place to get your team working together?
At Lakes Escapes, they have a series of deviously devised challenges for teams to crack, each designed to test your intelligence and skill levels to the max.
There is something to keep everyone engaged, but you must work together to succeed. What’s more, it’s a lot of fun.
The team at Lakes Escapes see groups of family and friends collaborating and enjoying themselves in their escape rooms every day, leaving with a sense of satisfaction and a smile on their face.
Could you imagine a better outcome for a corporate team building exercise?
Five reasons why Lakes Escapes is great for your team and your business
1. You’ll have a good time
It might be unrealistic to wish for work to be fun all the time. But that doesn’t mean fun can’t benefit the workplace.
For team building to work people need to be engaged and enjoying themselves. This will mean they are more likely to break down barriers and loosen up and get to know each other. Plus, if something is fun people are more likely to want to get involved, perhaps encouraging formerly shy characters to take a bigger part.
And, even if we put all of the other benefits to one side, the prospect of a fun team building day at Lakes Escapes will give people something to look forward to and help boost morale when it actually takes place.
2. You have to work together
Trying to crack escape rooms is tough. As a team of enthusiasts themselves, Lakes Escapes know how to set a challenge that will keep you guessing, full of ingenious plot twists and confounding surprises.
This means you’ll need all the help you can get and working together as a team is a must. People will discover what they have in common and be encouraged to put aside any differences in pursuit of a common goal.
However, while teamwork is key it’s not uncommon to see some people emerging as natural leaders … and not always the ones you might think.
3. It takes all types
Lakes Escapes is filled with both mental and skilled-based challenges, testing many different aspects of people’s problem solving abilities.
This creates opportunities for your team’s varying strengths and skills to come into their element, meaning everyone can get something from the process.
4. Everyone likes winning
A bit of healthy, positive competition between colleagues can only be a good thing. At Lakes Escapes teammates will compete with each other to try and solve puzzles first and you might even want to pit different departments or groups against each other to really raise the stakes.
5. It gets you out of the office
Taking part in team building in the boardroom or breakout area is OK, but it still feels quite a lot like being at work.
One thing Lakes Escapes is not like is being in the office unless, of course, your office has pirates, monsters and casinos in it. This completely different context will help your team relax and bring out different behaviour and characteristics.
Book your team building day at Lakes Escapes
To arrange your next team building day at Lakes Escapes get in touch with the team by ringing 01900 392 409, or email info@lakesescapes.co.uk
Find out more about the different escape rooms Lakes Escapes have here > https://www.lakesescapes.co.uk/rooms/
