Home Based Businesses Seeing Benefits of Team Building Days

Team building events are nothing new and lots of companies have utilised them for staff bonding and various other work enhancements for years.It was the biggest city companies that first embraced the idea of team building as they had lots of employees who often did not know each other. Smaller companies then saw the benefits of these team building events and started taking part in them also. These days business have moved on and branched off into many different area. There has also been a dramatic increase in the number of people basing their businesses at home or using the Internet for the majority of their trading.These companies have quite recently been introduced to the concept of team building and the number of them taking part is on the rise according to some of the top industry experts.

The findings were released by a group of corporate hospitality companies in London, England. They have found that even though a lot of home based and internet based businesses comprise of smaller teams, they often do not communicate that effectively. There is a tendency to email each other information or questions, rather than sit down to discuss issues face to face. Also, these types of business often have a number of hubs in different locations and the workers from each rarely meet up in person.On top of this there is a high risk of people working from home contracting health problems associated with over-eating and low levels of activities.

The group who released the findings documented a 30% increase in the number of team building days booked last year by home and internet based businesses (the most popular being corporate cooking events) and suggested this is down to an increased focus on work efficiency. It has been reported by bigger businesses that their workforce productivity increased by some 50% as a result of running more team building days and their were less instances of people being off sick. This is something the smaller companies realize they should be emulating. As well as team building events, many companies are increasing their spend on hospitality events such as Henley Regatta hospitality days in an attempt to improve staff job satisfaction.