Team Building Activities New Zealand

How important are team building events for business?

Team building activities provide an opportunity for people to get to know each other better and to recognise where the strengths of different team members lie. It helps them to appreciate that more can be achieved as a team than as an individual. Having fun together is one of the best ways to build camaraderie and a shared mission. Team Building provides an opportunity for people to be brought together in different groups to that they normally work in, and to meet with people who they might work with through electronic communications but not actually meet in person.

A team must know how to work together in order to be productive and successful. If a team can work together, they will be able to raise and resolve issues that are standing in the way of accomplishing a goal. Working together may not come easy at first, but with proper training the team will be able to adapt quickly. Another important ingredient for team building is supportiveness. erewards offers team building activities that can bring a focus to develop or highlight different aspects of successful team behaviour.

Team building can help management staff understand the attributes and skills that people in their staff have that are not necessarily evident in their normal work routines. Leadership and organisation skills are often highlighted, as are lateral and creative thinking skills. People who are not team players may be exposed, providing an opportunity to investigate and deal with the underlying cause in the workplace.

Some businesses approach us with specific goals for their team building, while others just want their staff to have some fun and in the process get to know other people they work with better.

What team building events does erewards offer?

If you want a customised event for a particular purpose, we will discuss your ideas and budget, then build an event to suit. You can relax and be assured that we take care of the fine details and we only work with top quality providers. The instructors/facilitators are highly experienced in leading groups in development games and outdoor experiences. They are skilled at facilitating activities to get the very best out of your team and the individuals within the team.

One of the challenges for team building activities in New Zealand business is to find events that everyone will consider fun, particularly in workplaces where the mix of employees is very diverse in age or physical ability. If you have people on your staff with disabilities or special needs, we can generally structure an event so that they will feel part of the action.

Here are a few examples of team building events we have run for our clients. Click on the activity name or image to have a look at some more detail and to get an idea of cost. We can also create an event to suit your budget if you have something specific in mind or would like to combine a few options into a full or half day event.

Events focused on team building include:

The Amazing Race	Tree Adventures	Survivor	Build My Ride	Humanopoly
America's Cup Yacht - Match Race	NZ Pipeline	Wii Team Event	Snow Team Building & Dine	GooseChase

This page should give you a taste of what we have to offer. Use the contact form to give us some details of your staff group (numbers, dates, budget, and any specific objectives you have) and we will get back to you with some suggestions for your team building event. You can call us on 0800 200 204 or click here to email us.