It is the time of year where many third year university students will be celebrating the end of exams and donning caps and gowns to graduate. Now that this chapter of their life is over, many will be looking forward to starting various graduate schemes, placements and internships. If you are a business that has an influx of graduates starting this summer, make sure that they have a smooth transition into the company by organising team building activities.
For a graduate, starting a new role within an established company can be particularly daunting. This in turn can lead to the new staff taking longer to settle and thus take longer in contributing effectively to your business. The use of team building activities can therefore help to ease this nervousness. Team building is especially important in business, both in-department and between departments. The different types of elements that you can incorporate into such an event include ice breakers, company ethos and motivation for current staff.
Having to learn the names of all the staff members can be an impossible task therefore ice breakers give graduates the opportunity to meet the staff in an informal setting whilst also allowing the staff to get to know the graduates. Whilst it is highly likely that your new graduate intake will have thoroughly researched the company in which they are due to start, you can incorporate instilling company values and ethos into your team building events. Rather than being solely for the new staff intake, team building activities are also a fantastic way to increase motivation within your existing staff. Such team building methods can also be used to confront and resolve various issues.
At M and MR, we have a vast amount of experience in arranging and hosting team building events. Our activities range from indoor or outdoor, to unusual activities or psychological profiling. For more information on our team building events or to see how such activities can help your business, contact us today or visit our website.
