Virtual Team Events - Building High Performing Teams
When you hear ‘Virtual Team Building’ what do you think of?
Virtual escape rooms? Team quizzes? There would probably be some raised eyebrows and a few sighs…
But team building activities for remote and hybrid teams don’t need to be boring! If designed in the right way taking into account our relational needs as humans, we can transform a mundane experience into something magical!
Hybrid workspaces create challenges to trust and belonging.
Remote workers are craving connection. Finding ways for hybrid workers to connect should be a priority as this is strongly linked to belonging and wellbeing.
Virtual team building seems to be dominated by virtual escape rooms and bland quizzes. But virtual team events can be so much more. Playfully can help you escape the escape room and increase team engagement via a meaningful, fun virtual team experience.
After all, an engaged team is a more successful team. So how do you create high performing hybrid teams?
Virtual Team Events
Our virtual team events help your team fast-track cohesion, accelerate collaboration and excel in effectiveness. Hybrid and remote team leaders must be more intentional about bringing their people together to foster team unity and build trust and belonging.
Our virtual sessions boost team engagement in the following three fundamental areas:
Powerful Peer Relationships - Strong team dynamics are fundamental to the success of your organisation. Team unity is nurtured by strengthening peer relations, building authentic connections and focusing on the relational needs of your people, not just transactional factors.
Positive Well-being - Our sessions are stimulating and mood-boosting, cultivating a positive and healthy work environment, championing collaboration and creativity. This reduces the risk of workplace stress, burnout and costly employee turnover.
Lasting Recognition & Appreciation - Creating a culture where your team feels seen, heard and valued is key to building and retaining a highly engaged team. Our sessions increase psychological safety in the group and foster openness, appreciation and respect.
Our sessions are suitable for team-building, onboarding, kick-offs and off-sites. The pace and direction will be tailored to the specific needs of the group.
Icebreakers for Virtual Meetings
Another effective way of supporting your high performing teams is during virtual team meetings. The majority of virtual meetings are transactional with little effort or design focused on relational aspects of the team. But if you’re only gathering online as a team once a week, are you not missing an opportunity to inspire, energise and connect your employees?
My recommendation would be to design some time into the agenda for colleagues to connect as, this doesn’t tend to happen spontaneously or organically. We’re talking about creating opportunities for short ‘water-cooler’ moments throughout your meeting. It takes as little as 5 minutes at the start of the meeting or to close the meeting. A virtual icebreaker at the beginning of a meeting is a great way to help people land, get comfortable and re-focus.
And doing something fun at the end of your meeting will help to create a ‘peak’ or positive experience that your team will remember and help to inspire and motivate them in their daily tasks.
Effective Online Team Building Activities
It’s worth remembering that play in business isn’t just frivolous fun. Research shows that play can be hugely beneficial to the productivity and effectiveness of how people work.
As children, we started to play naturally. We didn’t need an instruction book, we just did it.
But as we get older, we are made to feel guilty for playing. We are told to stop messing around, to grow up, to be productive, that’s unprofessional. We trade play and laughter for work and seriousness.
But Play is a fundamental need of us humans just as we need to eat and sleep.
The truth is, introducing just a little play in our lives can help us become not only happier and joyful but more creative, collaborative and more effective at work.
Feel Free to get in Touch
Reach out to us to discuss your team building needs and how we can support your remote or hybrid team.
Stay Amazed,
Adam @ Playfully
