Behind any corporate event, a company has many direct and indirect goals to achieve. Whether it is a single office setup, a multinational company, or an organization with more than a thousand workers, there will always be some purpose, some goal for every event they organize. For instance:

  • Employee engagement/communication
  • Team building
  • Marketing conference
  • Executive retreat
  • Product launch
  • Partners/shareholders’ meet
  • Milestone achievement celebration

Of these, employee engagement remains the top reason. Companies want their employees to work to their full potential. However, they don’t want their employees to feel that they are being micromanaged or forced to achieve unrealistic targets. They also don’t want their workers to feel that all they have to do here is work, work, and work.

Consider These Figures

Organizations with higher employee engagement see 17 % greater productivity.

However, at any given time, there are 53% of workers who will change their workplace if they get a better offer. It costs companies about $450-500 Billion each year.

And, you, as an organization, can only expect 18% of your existing workers to stay with you for long term.

These stats simply state that you have a bigger challenge to achieve when it comes to staying connected with your employees, motivating them, keeping them interested, and above all, boosting their productivity without acting like you are actually doing that.

Corporate Events & Employee Productivity

Corporate events could be a great way for forward-looking organizations to show that they care for their employees, which, in turn, will result in increased employee productivity.

Happy Hours

In many offices, “Happy Hours” is known as weekend after-work party, in which different teams become a part of the get-together. There are refreshments, foods, drinks, and music. During these events, you can also encourage your team members to take up small challenges like singing, dancing, and standup comedy.

This could be your way to know the unique traits of your workers. And when your team returns on Monday, you can task them based on their performance, abilities, and potential. You can also figure out the employees who need training and more attention from the organization. Such activities give you a chance for team building and rebuilding.

Potluck Lunch or Dinner

This is quite an interesting idea that involves participation from each member in your team. You can organize potluck lunch or dinner within your office premises, conference room or cafeteria.

Ask your team members to bring home-cooked food, preferably the food that is common in their community and at the same time unique for others.  Here are some of the common rules of common potluck lunch or dinner that you can consider if you are planning or getting started with one such event in your office. You can modify these rules to fit into your office environment.

However, don’t let it be in an affair for your employees only. You can also participate like a boss. No, you don’t have to act like a boss. Rather, you can reward the best dish at each event, and give the winner a personalized gift.

For example, you can give the winner a popular brand tobacco pipe. Or maybe, you can consider buying wine bottles in bulk and the winner of the best dish at every potluck event gets one bottle. And to give it a personal twist, you can use customized labels on wine bottle you offer as gift.

These precious gifts for the winners and teams would be a memorable gift for your team members, and above that, be a great motivation and productivity booster!

Employee Appreciation

A large number of employees complain that whatever they do, they are never appreciated. They feel, the credit for their achievements often goes to their immediate boss. And citing that very reason, many leave their workplace in search of appreciation and recognition. What a great loss it could be for your organization!

Employers can easily address such conflicts with small in-office events like employee appreciation celebration. This need not be a weekly, bi monthly or monthly event. You can make it a quarterly event. You can organize these events on rooftop of your office building or in your cafeteria, or maybe on the work floor.

Monitor the performance of employees, teams, and departments in your company. And reward and appreciate them openly based on their performance. This will help you establish yourself as an organization that does not show inclination towards or listen to a few people only.

With these events, you indirectly encourage non- and under-performing employees to do more and get to the front line.

Once you have made up your mind for an event, it is time to put things in place to organize it. While smaller events can be organized by managers, for larger events like the Tri-monthly Employee Appreciation, you will need to work closely with your HR and admin departments and a few third-party agencies for supplies, decoration, food preparation, and other arrangements.

For small events, your presence is not necessary. But, your presence at the event will itself be a motivation booster for your employees and teams.