You could have seen the back-and-forth taking place on LinkedIn these days. First, somebody writes a heartfelt put up about how distant work modified their life, gathering tons of of likes. Then another person hits again with a put up about how they miss their colleagues.
As dozens of individuals battle it out within the feedback part, just one factor is evident: the distant work debate is much from black and white. But with many corporations specializing in worker retention and worker turnover because the COVID-19 pandemic, making a optimistic work tradition and preserving worker well-being in thoughts is essential to forestall burnout.
At TravelPerk, we have been curious how most corporations have been approaching group constructing and in-person occasions because the pandemic. We reached out to admins, workplace managers, and journey managers to deliver you a number of key team-building and collaboration statistics. The professionals we surveyed come from a world pool of various organizations, various in dimension from 1-25 staff to 1000+ staff. We requested them what sorts of occasions they’ve been planning, how they manage these occasions, and the way usually they plan to deliver their groups collectively.
As it seems, working remotely and seeing your colleagues face-to-face aren’t mutually unique: most individuals love each! We discovered that almost all corporations are actually organizing extra in-person occasions than they did over the previous 12 months. Even for distant groups and distributed groups, “IRL” (in actual life) contact nonetheless issues.
Here’s what we discovered in our current Teams Together survey:
Key group constructing statistics for 2022
- 81% of respondents are organizing extra face-to-face occasions in comparison with the final 12 months
- The hottest occasion varieties are group lunches/dinners (70%)
- The most essential issue when selecting an occasion venue is discovering a location near the workplace (33%)
- When organizing group occasions, respondents care most about staying inside finances (62%), planning enjoyable actions (49%), and guaranteeing as a lot attendance as doable (37%)
- The most troublesome factor about occasion planning is making last-minute adjustments (37%)
Most corporations organize group get-togethers month-to-month
Our survey included distant, hybrid, and absolutely in-person groups. Our analysis reveals that every one these kind of groups get collectively for company occasions, with most doing so frequently. Over 1 / 4 of corporations mentioned they wish to get collectively as soon as a month, whereas 22% desire each three months.
Regular occasions assist organizations keep in step with their team-building applications. To construct a robust firm tradition and group tradition, it helps if colleagues know after they can count on to see one another in particular person subsequent.
While weekly meet-ups make sense for sure sorts of groups (9% of survey respondents mentioned they met weekly), most groups discover that month-to-month, quarterly, or bi-annual meetups supply the proper steadiness between impartial work and in-person collaboration.
Teams love particular meals and seasonal occasions
Who doesn’t wish to bond over meals? Nearly 70% of our respondents mentioned group lunches or dinners have been a preferred occasion choice, whereas almost 60% mentioned they’re planning seasonal events (like a Christmas social gathering or summer time social gathering).
But there are many different occasion choices that groups love. Half of the respondents mentioned they’re planning team-building actions, whereas 46% are planning after-work socials, and 44% are planning workshops.
When selecting which kind of occasion to host, you’ll want to contemplate time, location, relevance, and group members’ preferences. If you’re unsure what folks wish to do, take into account sending out an organization survey to seek out out.
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Most corporations are reserving enterprise journey on web sites designed for leisure journey
Did you already know there are particular instruments designed to streamline enterprise journey reserving? If you answered “no”, don’t fear—most corporations are nonetheless utilizing shopper platforms to e book their enterprise journey.
When it involves organizing journey, the info present an identical pattern: most companies don’t use specialised collaboration instruments to arrange their occasion, with 79% utilizing e mail and 58% utilizing Outlook Calendar.
If this feels like your organization, you’ll undoubtedly wish to look into enterprise journey reserving instruments. These instruments supply many unique advantages for organizations, comparable to group reserving reductions. Most companies (55%) say they don’t at the moment get particular group reductions when touring.
But enterprise journey reserving software program, comparable to TravelPerk Events, will assist your organization get monetary savings on occasion journey with company reserving charges. It may also assist you talk with occasion attendees successfully, with out the trouble of lengthy e mail chains. With TravelPerk Events, you may simply e book journey and lodging, share schedules and actions, and preserve everybody up to date on adjustments—all on a single, easy-to-use platform. To be taught extra, try our information to bringing your group collectively, with out the stress.
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Location could make or break your occasion
When selecting an occasion location, most corporations wish to keep handy and near the workplace. But selecting an fascinating location is a prime precedence as properly. Nearly 13% of respondents named this as their primary consideration, beating out different components like value and lodging choices.
It will be robust to think about cool, inexpensive, and handy areas which might be accessible to everybody. To get some concepts, try our guides to the prime 20 worldwide enterprise journey locations, and the prime 15 retreat areas in Europe.
Staying inside finances is prime precedence
Travel managers and admins understand how essential it’s to keep inside finances throughout an organization occasion. The price of venue bookings, transport bookings, and lodge bookings can actually add up.
So it’s no shock that almost 62% of respondents mentioned sticking to a finances was considered one of their prime three issues when organizing a group occasion. Some different key issues are planning enjoyable actions, managing attendance, selecting nice meals choices, and discovering an thrilling location.
When making an attempt to stay to a finances, it’s essential to ensure your group is reserving journey inside your firm coverage. Business journey reserving software program can automate the approval course of for you, ensuring your vacationers’ journeys keep on monitor, and your occasion doesn’t find yourself costing greater than deliberate.
Last-minute adjustments is usually a problem
Let’s face it: organizing a group occasion isn’t all the time straightforward. There are all the time hiccups which will come up alongside the best way. We requested our respondents to fee 9 potential challenges as “easy”, “okay”, or “difficult.”
The most difficult issue was managing last-minute adjustments, which 38% of respondents rated as “difficult.” Other roadblocks included discovering dates that work for everybody (34%), discovering an acceptable venue/location (22%), and securing finances (22%).
Luckily, these difficulties are removed from insurmountable—there are tons of options on the market that may assist. For instance, with TravelPerk’s FlexiPerk program, you may pay a small payment to make any journey refundable and get at the very least 80% of your a reimbursement. FlexiPerk presents 40% common financial savings in comparison with conventional versatile fares, making last-minute adjustments quite a bit much less anxious to take care of.
Main takeaways and subsequent steps
In brief, right here’s a fast abstract of what we discovered from our Teams Together survey:
- In a distant and hybrid world, face-to-face group communication nonetheless issues. Companies are reserving extra in-person occasions than earlier than, as they search out new methods to be taught, develop, and bond whereas selling teamwork.
- Today’s groups like to journey for firm occasions, particularly social occasions like lunches and events. And they journey usually, with many selecting to meet up on a month-to-month foundation.
- Companies care about selecting the most effective areas, planning enjoyable actions, and discovering the correct meals choices—however in addition they face challenges, like staying inside finances and dealing with last-minute adjustments.
- Most corporations are utilizing websites designed for leisure journey to e book enterprise journey, regardless that they might be lacking out on efficiencies and price financial savings.
P.S. The enterprise advantages of group constructing
You could also be questioning if firm occasions are actually price it from a enterprise perspective. The reply is: completely!
Team constructing occasions assist create a optimistic work atmosphere the place collaborative work can occur. Through icebreakers and different team-building actions, nice groups can get to know one another higher and develop wholesome communication patterns, enhancing group collaboration, worker morale, and job satisfaction.
By investing in office collaboration initiatives, like group constructing initiatives and occasions, you’ll create extra engaged staff who use efficient communication methods within the office. Events additionally supply an ideal alternative to reward high-performing and efficient groups for a job properly executed. Up to 55% of worker engagement is pushed by any such non-financial recognition, according to McKinsey. Ultimately, worker engagement and worker satisfaction can influence corporations’ backside line and profitability.
High-performing groups begin with shared tradition and values, according to Harvard Business Review, and face-to-face contact may help construct up this tradition in a extra direct method than digital conferences or digital team-building actions. In addition, in accordance with Gallup, highly-engaged enterprise models get pleasure from higher group efficiency, together with 81% decrease absenteeism and 14% greater productiveness.