With fast globalization and technical advancement, corporate houses and start-ups are growing up like mushrooms. Such organizations went into a rat-race for maximizing their channels of income and profitability. Ultimately they tried to “make the most of” from their workforce which has put the employees in a buffer position between their professional and personal life.

Outbound activity and their need

Outbound activity or outbound training is the process of experimental learning in an unknown, outdoor environment to develop the skills and talents of staff members so that they can utilize them for the betterment of the workplace. Here, companies emphasize a lot on soft skills like communication, leadership, and teamwork through offsite training.

Different types of corporate outbound activities

In order to keep the employees motivated and to have a happy and productive workforce, welfare activities are essential in an organization; be it large or small. Outbound activities decrease the communication gaps and help them to work together as a team. Few are summed up as follows -

• Multidirectional Tug of War: It is a physically demanding, competitive team activity where several teams face-off. It requires communication, tactics, and strength to win this task.
• Pheonix: Phoenix is a game suitable for team building where proper communication is required in order to achieve the task. A rope is tied in the middle of a 14ft long stretch. The team will be standing at one end and has to reach the other end.
• Treasure Hunt: A treasure hunt is one of many different types of games which can have one or more players who try to find hidden articles, locations or places by using a series of clues. It requires mental agility and good team communication.
• Sheep and Shepherd: Sheep and Shepherd are a fun loving and communication-based activity conducted after the proper planning and strategy design to achieve a task in the minimum time period without any mistakes.

Benefits of outbound activities for employees

Skills development using these welfare programs and outbound activities, makes the staff members work effectively. Few benefits can be summed up as follows -

Proper assessment:

Since the company supervises every outbound training, it gives them a better check upon each and every employee. This is way better than assessing them by their work in the office.

Trust:

To complete a given activity, each member of the team would have to depend upon the other. This creates a mentality of trust and comfort among team members.

Talent check:

When a staff member is involved in outbound activities, it gives them a free chance to showcase their talent to their supervisors and team members.

Accelerates team performance:

The offsite activities can help the workforce to gain better perspective about teamwork and goals that can be achieved by working as a team.

Personality development:

These corporate offsite activities help to build a confidence within an employee when he/she achieves a target or completes some assigned task.

With such manifold advantages, plan for some exciting outbound activities for employees and see them become happy, productive and profitable!