Keeping your team content throughout the year is super important. Maintaining a good work-life balance is really hard these days. With hybrid working, it can be hard to enforce boundaries when it’s time to sign off for the day. Some people are great at stepping away from their desk for lunch, while others find it really difficult to take a short break throughout the workday. A great way to avoid burnout is by encouraging work-life balance through corporate social events. By adding a few events for your employees throughout the year, you can make a real difference in reducing stress and creating an overall positive work environment. From team building activities to happy hours to company picnics, there are so many ways to keep your employees feeling connected and productive.
The Corporate Social Events You Should Have on Your Calendar
One of the easiest ways to inspire your employees to get to know each other and to be a part of the group is by hosting a few events during the year. The most common ones are a summer party and Christmas party. But there are so many other things you can do.
Team Building
We love a team building event. We find that they really help bring the team together. It’s a fun way to get people out of the office and doing something different. Whether you’re looking to get people to work together in an escape room or go on an adventurous scavenger hunt, there are some cool activities you can participate in. Activity bars are really on the rise ranging from virtual clay shooting to darts, shuffleboard, axe throwing, and more. There are so many places to choose from and your team will really enjoy themselves.
Wellness
If your team enjoys wellness and self care and you want to offer an alternative to a drinking led activity, why not organise a breakfast with yoga or meditation? Or you can offer a healthy cooking class or start a running club. Doing something active that promotes wellness is a great way to reduce stress in the workplace.
Social
The usual Christmas or summer party will fall into the social category for corporate events. Other things that would fall under it would be happy hours, company picnics, and some team building activities. These can be spontaneous or planned events. You can easily host a happy hour to celebrate a company milestone at a local pub. You don’t have to spend a ton of money to get your team together! It can be simple!
The Benefits of Corporate Social Events
Encouraging work-life balance through corporate social events is so beneficial. You’ll find that they’ll improve both morale and productivity. They also can reduce stress and increase creativity. In turn, you’ll probably end up with less staff turnover, and an overall happier workforce. People from different teams will be able to communicate and get to know each other which will ultimately make the office a more inclusive place.
Planning Tips
There are a few things to consider when you’re planning corporate social events. If you really want their purpose to be to encourage work-life balance, you can’t make the events mandatory. You want them to be fun and by telling people they have to go, you take the fun out of it. Instead, give enough notice to everyone so people can plan to join in. Host a variety of types of activities throughout the year so that your whole team can enjoy themselves. Make the social events inclusive for everyone and make sure to ask for feedback regularly to see if they’re helping people maintain a work-life balance. At the end of the day, your corporate social events shouldn’t feel like work. They should have fun!
If you need help planning your corporate social events calendar, please get in touch with us. From meetings to conferences to Christmas parties and summer parties, we can help you plan your events. VenueScanner has venues across several UK cities and in New York!
