Your Guide to Team Building in the New Normal

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Your Guide to Team Building in the New Normal

Team building is one of the corporate activities that help build stronger relationships within the company. In the past two years, team building has been scraped off from the usual calendar of activities. As restrictions have been loosened and the corporate world has been advised to get back to normal, many are already looking forward to getting this event rolling once more.

The fun, challenge, and camaraderie brought by team building can be experienced again. However, some things need to be modified to ensure that the health and safety of your team won’t be compromised. With the pandemic’s changes, you might need to reassess your guidelines to ensure that team building in the new normal will flow as smoothly as possible.

1. Find an Outdoor Team Building Venue

In choosing a team-building venue, don’t forget to take into consideration some of the factors that can impact the success of your corporate event.

First of all, find an outdoor team-building venue. These days, it would be safer to conduct events outdoors. It will also help put your team at ease. Team building involves physical interaction. The wider the space, the lesser the chance for viruses to be transmitted. An outdoor team-building venue would also be the most suitable choice for your team. After almost two years of limited movement and work from home setup, it would be a welcome idea to enjoy nature and wide relaxing spaces.

Other factors that you need to consider when choosing a team building venue include:

Budget – make sure that your team-building venue rental budget will be followed to avoid sacrificing the budget for other essentials.

Capacity – check if the space in the venue and the number of people who will attend the event will match enough to ensure that all of your planned activities will be completed. Also, consider social distancing measures to keep your event safe as much as you can.

Accessibility – if your company is based in Manila, it would be best to choose one that is near the metro but with a relaxing vibe. For instance, a team-building venue in Tagaytay allows easy accessibility as it is only 1 to 2 hours away from Manila. At the same time, it offers a relaxing atmosphere that is different from the city vibe.

Outdoor Space – a team-building venue with open-air and outdoor amenities can help make participants feel more comfortable. It will also make it easier to execute team-building activities that require a huge space.

City Ordinances – keep in mind that currently, there are ordinances implemented in different cities. While the country is still in transition and COVID-19 alert levels are still in place, you have to check the rules and requirements (if any) when visiting another province or region.

Amenities – your corporate event would be more exciting and memorable if there are amenities in the team building venue that can be used by the group after the activities are done. You can even give spa services and massage as prizes for winners who won a physically challenging event. Team building venues with swimming pools and other recreational areas provide perks that contribute to greater enjoyment and relaxation.

2. Strictly Observe COVID Protocols

The pandemic taught us the importance of maintaining good health. This should be a primary consideration when organizing events such as team-building.

  • Develop guidelines that must be followed during the event. Make sure that it will be discussed beforehand for everyone’s information and compliance.
  • Promote good hygiene. Bringing people together now comes with challenges, especially in the presence of viruses that can easily cause infection. To control the spread of viruses, encourage hand washing and use of sanitizers as often as possible
  • Encourage personal health. Even in places where the use of face masks is no longer required, remind employees of the added protection that doing so can bring. Remind them of other practices such as bringing alcohol and not sharing personal belongings that can boost their health protection.

3. Choose Healthy Food

Team building activities are exhausting and you can support the nourishment your team needs by making sure that healthy food is available throughout the event. You can prepare food packs or include fruits and vegetables in their meals. It would also be great if healthy food options are available in the team building venue of your choice. 

Nurture Wellness Village offers farm-to-table goodness through the Farmer’s Table Tagaytay. It features a full al fresco restaurant that serves the freshest and healthiest foods for a dining experience like no other. Best of all, it is within the same site as your team building venue so you won’t have to go far to have healthy food.

4. Plan Fun and Meaningful Activities

The best team-building activities are those that are challenging, fun, meaningful, and can bring out the best in the participants. You may hire a team-building facilitator or you can customize a program for your event. Whichever, you need to make sure that the team building activities will promote the importance of:

  • Problem-solving
  • Teamwork
  • Communication
  • Adaptability
  • Trust-building

5. Consider Your Accommodation Needs

Usually, a whole day is not enough to complete a team-building event so accommodation must be provided for the participants. It will be an advantage if your team building venue already offers room accommodation packages as this will make it easier to organize the team before and after the activities.

When choosing accommodation, choose a hotel that complies with basic health and safety protocols. You’d want to ensure that the health of the entire team won’t be compromised if they will stay in a certain hotel. You also have to make sure that rooms are properly furnished with amenities that will allow them to rest, relax and recharge.
Nurture Wellness Village offers a safe outdoor team building venue in Tagaytay

The pandemic has brought a lot of changes in the corporate world. As the workforce adapts to the new normal, you can start planning your team-building event to reestablish good relationships that can improve productivity within the workplace. Nurture Wellness Village’s outdoor team-building venue in Tagaytay offers a safe sanctuary where you can hold your activities and relax thereafter. We can help you plan your event and take care of your team at the same time.

Nurture Wellness Village is one of the Tagaytay accommodations that offer top-notch amenities perfect for team building and other corporate events. Reach out to us so we can help you with your requirements.

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