If you have offices large enough to host a corporate event for your staff, suppliers and business partners, you might be tempted to save the money and do everything on site yourself. However, employees won’t get as much benefit from the experience if they are in their regular working environment. They can be distracted by work and not fully immersed in the event you are delivering. This article looks at the benefits of hosting a corporate event away from your business premises.
A change from work mode
Employees at work fall into their usual behavioural roles and patterns when they are in the building where they work. Managers take on more leadership roles, and their employees will automatically take on the responsibility of completing the tasks set by their managers. Removing all employees from their usual work environment disrupts the hierarchy and puts every employee on the same level. The neutral ground can encourage employees to speak up when they previously would have been quiet. It can also help to create more informal discussions and allows employees to relax and engage with each other on a personal level. Forming relationships with colleagues outside of the workplace can help with communication and efficiency at work.
Feeling valued
A key part of retaining good employees is to make them feel valued. Hosting a corporate event on the workplace premises can devalue the experience. Taking employees away from their usual setting to another location or country will make them feel valued and respected. Employees will appreciate the effort and expense the company is willing to spend on them as part of the event. Retaining good employees is essential as your business relies on them to operate. Feeling undervalued is a common reason why employees seek out other opportunities and change their employer. From a business perspective, recruitment can be very expensive and challenging; retaining employees is more manageable and less disruptive to the business.
It’s easier than you think.
You might be interested in holding a corporate event in a new location but worried about the time it will take to organise. If you enlist the help of a destination management company (DMC), organising a corporate event away from your business premises is easier than you think. The DMC will do all of the work for you, arranging the location, accommodation, transport, activities, food and much more. Experienced DMC staff will think of things you haven’t even considered. DMCs are often based in specific locations; this allows them to have local knowledge, improving your corporate event quality. Locations vary depending on what you are looking for; you can search online to find a DMC in Malta, the UK, the USA, Greece, Spain and anywhere in the world. Choosing a destination management company based in the country of your event will ensure you have the best possible experience and can benefit from the local connections the DMC has in that area.
A break from work
A much-needed break from work is an important benefit of providing employees with a corporate event hosted away from the office location. When employees are working hard, they can become frustrated and lose their enthusiasm for the job. Taking them outside of the work environment and providing some fun team building activities can help reinvigorate their passion for their job roles. A new setting will provide a fresh look at any problems that they might be facing at work in their position. When employees come back from an external corporate event, they are often ready to get stuck back into work with a new outlook. They appreciate their employer more and feel prepared to tackle their role again. This reset and break can help businesses succeed, grow and improve as all companies rely on their employees.
Although it might be cheaper to host an event at your offices, we recommend looking into externally hosted events in more exciting destinations. It’s easier than you think when you use the services of a destination management company. Your employees will also thank you for providing them with a break and a rewarding experience that they can use in their job role moving forward.