6 Team building trends in 2024

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Our team of Ecoxtrem consultants is always in direct contact with our clients to provide them with personalised and efficient team building services. We have identified six key trends that will influence the employee experience and the organisation of team activities in 2024.

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Wellbeing activities for everyone

The importance of employee well-being is directly correlated with increased productivity, job satisfaction and overall organizational success.

Implementing wellbeing programmes is crucial for an organisation to be perceived as a good employer, promoting a positive workplace culture that prioritises the physical and mental health of employees, ultimately attracting and retaining top talent.

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Solutions

Implement integrated wellbeing programmes that provide year-round interventions covering the most important aspects of employee wellbeing. Wellbeing should be a constant concern, not a one-time concern. As such, wellbeing programmes are key.

Ideas for Wellbeing activities: Wellbeing at work

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Team building in the Year of the Olympic Games

Leveraging major social events in employee activities is important because it fosters a sense of inclusion, increases morale and strengthens team cohesion by aligning workplace culture with broader societal moments.

The Olympic Games offer a very generous range of opportunities for activations and internal communication. The core values of the Olympic Games include excellence, friendship, respect and determination, promoting a spirit of fair play, unity and inclusion in the global sporting community. A well-tailored association with Olympic values can lead to stronger internal communication campaigns.

Solutions

Internal communication campaigns, integrated calendar of activities (team event, competitions, office actions), teambuilding concepts that are associated with the event.

Team activity idea: Summer Olympics

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AI and digitisation

Employees may be reluctant to use artificial intelligence because of concerns about job security, fear of ageing skills and a potential loss of human contact in professional interactions.

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Solutions

Employers can support employees in a smooth transition to digitization and artificial intelligence by offering comprehensive training programs on the benefits of technology integration for both individual growth and overall organizational success.

Light and friendly team interventions can be a very useful platform for dialogue and embracing change.

Activity idea : Age of Digital

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Teambuilding for Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace are crucial because they not only enhance creativity, innovation and effective problem solving, but also cultivate a positive and equitable environment that encourages employee engagement and reflects the diverse perspectives of a globalised world.

In 2024, we're still unfortunately discussing ethnicity, age, gender and workplace stereotypes.

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Solutions

Employers can bridge the gap between employees by promoting open communication, implementing diversity training and activities, and fostering a culture of inclusion that values and respects the unique perspectives and backgrounds of all team members.

On top of that, it's about showing the team what unites them, not what divides them.

D&I activity idea: Battle of the generations

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Employee voice

Employee voice is the cornerstone of large organizations because it provides valuable information, improves employee engagement and fosters a collaborative work environment, ultimately contributing to improved decision-making and organizational success. Not to mention the impact on motivation when someone perceives that their input and opinion is taken into account.

But providing opportunities and platforms for dialogue is not enough. Employees may find it difficult to express and argue their views effectively due to a lack of communication skills, hampering their ability to contribute constructively to discussions.

Solutions

Employers can support employees to communicate their views, but also support and own their arguments by promoting a culture of open communication, providing training and communication activities and recognising and valuing diverse perspectives within the organisation.

Communication activity idea: Challenge your senses

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New form of Onboarding

Older adult learning formats may not work for new generations, as younger employees often thrive with interactive, technology-based, direct engagement learning methods that cater to their digital fluency and preference for hands-on engagement.

In an era where rapid onboarding is key to business agility and continuity, HR departments need to come up with new ideas to integrate team members.

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Solutions

To onboard new employees in a modern way, use a digitized and interactive orientation process, incorporate virtual or gamified media for immersive training experiences, and provide access to online resources for continuous learning and integration into company culture.

Onboarding activity idea: Custom Escape Room in the office

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Here, 6 employee experience and engagement trends coupled with 6 solutions. But that's not all!

Ecoxtrem has extensive and proven experience to create:

- Personalised integrated activity programmes

- Internal communication plans

- Team events that achieve organisational goals

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📧 For customized solutions, write to us at: office@ecoxtrem.ro

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