| You know what they say about 'all work and no | | | | weighting, and the feeling of zipping around at 40 - |
| play'... it doesn't only make Jack a dull boy, but it can | | | | 75 km/h with their bottom only inches from the |
| really sap your team's productivity, motivation and | | | | ground! You should be able to choose among |
| morale. We all need to balance positivity with | | | | differently powered karts- people can select their |
| purpose, and when your staff's interpersonal | | | | power range at the beginning, determining how fast |
| relationships consist only of work there are no good | | | | and furious the event turns out to be! Many go kart |
| memories to carry them through the hard times. | | | | tracks have specialised programs including catering |
| These are the answer - however, catering to all | | | | and friendly competition formats. Try to have your |
| tastes in your planning can be difficult. Today we | | | | team keep the jokes about both male and female |
| check out 5 fun, unusual that can really help knit that | | | | drivers to a minimum when trying to build team spirit... |
| team tightly together! | | | | or at least keep the volume down on them! |
| 1. Secret Agent Adventure | | | | 4. Team cooking events |
| This very neat idea for a corporate event consists | | | | No, not just cooking classes... team cooking events! |
| of running around your major city pretending to be | | | | The name of this corporate event is not just for |
| Nicole Kidman and George Clooney... or perhaps Liv | | | | marketing purposes, it actually is a very team |
| Tyler and Bruce Willis! Your team receives a dossier, | | | | oriented event. There are no leaders and no |
| containing the mission detail, maps, travel tickets, and | | | | followers in team cooking, there are no special skills |
| a digital camera. The smaller teams will need to run | | | | required, no cancellations over wet weather... and |
| around the city... plenty of talking points in this | | | | best of all, you get to eat everything you make! |
| corporate event! | | | | 5. Circus Skills Workshops |
| 2. Drumming workshops | | | | If you have team mostly filled with people that are |
| These have become quite popular in the past few | | | | willing to have a go... a circus skills corporate event will |
| years. Drumming workshops are a great way to get | | | | be talked about and remembered for many years to |
| a lot of people involved, and are far more directed | | | | come! They cost just over $100 per person, so are |
| towards team building than some other events. | | | | comparable to the 'Secret Agent Adventures', |
| Workmates learn to work in synergy. There's a | | | | although quite a bit more than corporate events like |
| selection of percussion instruments and people will | | | | go karting. There are plenty of activities even for |
| need to work together to transport and set up the | | | | people who are worried about coming home in one |
| experience also. | | | | piece - juggling, hula hoops and diablo sticks are far |
| 3. Go karting | | | | less scary than learning skills like forming a human |
| Go karts are a great driving equalizer in - even very | | | | pyramid! |
| experienced drivers are thrown off by their different | | | | |