Chelsea Piers, one of New York’s top team building companies, announced its spring class and group offerings this month.
From gymnastics to soccer leagues to rock climbing, Chelsea Piers is confident they have something that will appeal to everyone. For more information on Chelsea Piers’ offerings, visit their website.
Chelsea Piers boasts an 80,000-square foot Field House that is perfect for any size corporate outing or team bonding event. Teams can choose from various events such as hanging out in the batting cages, rock climbing, a pick-up game of basketball, or a friendly match of soccer. Chelsea Piers also offers on-site catering to take your New York team building event to the next level.
Team building can be a lot of things, but one word that may not come immediately to mind when you think of team building is tasty! But there’s a growing trend in corporate events and it’s all about the food. After all, who doesn’t love an incredible home-cooked meal and maybe a nice glass of wine to go with? Below are four wonderful companies in the New York area that specialize in corporate team building with a delicious twist.
1. Pizza A Casa – Pizza is, naturally, this pizza’s school sole focus and what better way to bring together your employees than around a piping hot classic New York pie?
2. Food Fix Kitchen will bring the cooking to you and your team! Teams can choose to work at Food Fix Kitchen’s New Jersey location or the chefs will come straight to your door and set up an unforgettable (and delicious!) team building experience.
3. Rustico Cooking combines two incredible things (Italian food and wine!) and turns them into a wonderful team building experience in New York. In their kitchen set in a loft, Rustico Cooking will have your team laughing, relaxing, and enjoying a wonderful Italian menu paired with special wines and chocolate.
4. Cooking A Cappella takes the already-awesome combination of team building and great food to new heights by mixing in music! Chef Lawrence Rush leads a sing-a-long kitchen cabaret as he takes your team through the process of making a mouth-watering meal.
There you have it! Four amazing team building events in New York that will leave your team happy, relaxed, and satisfied. Check back next week for more ideas on how to host a fun team building activity in New York for your company.
The thought of team building activities typically inspires images of trust falls, shoes tied into a giant knot, or otherwise not-so-exciting tasks that may give you pause when thinking about setting up a team building event for your own company.
The good news is that team building in New York isn’t like that! And with team building activities proven to help boost your employees’ morale and engagement, why not give one of these five fun, unique companies a shot to show just how cool team building can be.
1. TrivWorks – TrivWorks will design a custom trivia night for your employees all with the goal of getting your team talking and bonding! TrivWorks’ magic is in the relaxed, yet competitive atmosphere a fun night out playing a game of trivia creates.
2. Shake Rattle & Roll is a long-running, sold-out, all-request, rock ‘n’ roll party that is the largest piano entertainment company in the Northeast. Shake Rattle & Roll will have your team laughing together all in time to a great beat.
3. Museum Hack – Jump on an incredible scavenger hunt of New York’s best museums with Museum Hack! These completely customized tours of the Met or American Museum of Natural History aren’t your grandma’s museum tour. Your team will spend a couple of hours laughing, learning, and racing each other through museum halls!
4. The Art Studio NY – The Art Studio NY will tap into your team’s creative side with a customized art class and workshop! Your team will end up creating something special to take home – and there may even be the chance for a glass of wine!
5. ICE – Bond over good food and conversation! That’s exactly what ICE hopes your team will get out of one of their over 200 professional cooking classes. Your team will pick up a few culinary tricks, but most importantly, will spend time together whipping up something delicious.
Again, team building in New York doesn’t have to inspire dread amongst your team. We’d almost guarantee that your team members will leave one of these five activities asking when the next company outing will be!
It’s no secret that there’s an engagement problem in today’s workplace. A 2015 Psychometrics Engagement Study found that a whopping 69% of employees believed their company had an engagement problem, while 82% felt it was critical for their organization to address this issue.
It’s also no secret that better engaged employees are better performing employees, and that’s crucial to your success as a company in 2016. Studies have shown almost 80% of employees who considered themselves highly engaged trust their managers, and those employees who feel as though their company values them are 60% more likely to feel motivated to do their absolute best for the business. So why not ring in the new year not only with champagne, but with a renewed commitment to focusing on employee engagement?
Below are three awesome ways to boost your employee morale and help ensure you have a dedicated, committed team.
1) Volunteer together. Paying it forward is never a bad idea, and what better way to inspire feelings of camaraderie than with a team building volunteering event? Spend a day building houses with Habitat for Humanity, serve food at a local soup kitchen, or head down to the animal shelter to get in a little exercise with adorable pooches in need of walks.
2) Have fun together. Team building is a proven strategy for increasing employee engagement and morale, and it doesn’t have to be boring or cheesy. Take Museum Hack’s renegade scavenger hunts of one of the world’s best museums! Museum Hack will have your employees uncovering the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s hidden treasures and hurrying through the museum’s halls in a race to mimic their favorite sculptures. Their incredible tour guides will have your team laughing, competing, and relaxing, all while recharging their batteries as they return to work focused and ready to go.
3) Celebrate success. Always ensure that your employees’ achievements don’t go unnoticed. Celebrating successes, both big and small, can have a hugely positive impact on your workforce – and that’s critical to keeping your employees happy, engaged, and committed to your company in 2016.
The key is to make your employees feel valued. A happy employee is, in all likelihood, an engaged employee, and it’s clear that engaged employees are simply better for all facets of your business.
TeamBonding, one of New York’s premiere team building companies, recently published five New Year’s resolutions for 2016 to make your office run better than ever. The top resolution? Be more engaged around the office. TeamBonding suggests better office engagement is the best way to make the company as a whole better, as the good effort of one employee will rub off on others.
Other tips for success? Commit to maintaining a healthier diet, communicate better and more efficiently, push yourself to go above and beyond, and always try to keep a positive attitude.
Read the full article and TeamBonding’s tips for how to achieve your goals here.
The holidays are upon us and for most, it’s a hectic time of year as we rush to tie up loose ends before looking to a fresh start in 2016. One way to ensure your company has its best year yet is to renew your commitment to focusing on those who make up the backbone of the company – your employees.
Team building is a surefire way to keep your employees refreshed and engaged. We’re not talking about tying shoes together into a giant knot, answering icebreakers, or practicing trust falls.
Team building in New York goes well beyond that! These three companies all offer fun, completely unique, and adventurous ways to refresh your team so they’re ready to rock in 2016.
1) Lock yourselves in a room and throw away the key. Escape the Room NYC will lock up to ten people in a room with just a handful of clues showing how to get out. It’s up to your team to work together, find the clues, put all the puzzle pieces together and free themselves before the hour-long timer runs out. Putting your team in an intense setting like this encourages camaraderie and there’s no doubt your team will escape the room with a stronger bond than before.
2) Race through the American Museum of Natural History or the Metropolitan Museum of Art and explore rarely-seen treasures. Unlock the secrets of some of New York’s best museums with Museum Hack’s scavenger hunts! Your team will be treated to a completely customized museum hunt designed to focus on connecting your employees and promoting your company’s values. Re-enact famous scenes or mimic portraits with fantastic photo challenges.
3) Battle a herd of zombies. Humans vs. Zombies bring The Walking Dead to life in this adult game of tag. Each fight is customized for your group based on your team-building objectives. Teams will battle against one another in a fast-paced, exhilarating game as they complete missions and launch foam-blasting darts at each other.
Team building doesn’t have to be a day your employees dread. These New York companies make it fun, competitive, and engaging. After experiencing one of these three adventurous team building activities, your employees will be counting down the days until the next group outing. A commitment to team building now will only put your team on the fast track to your company’s best year yet in 2016.
Team building is an important investment for every company. When you plan fun team activities, your people feel relaxed and committed. Team building is also a great way to reward your staff after a stressful project or deadline, and can be a great to to improve communication among team members. The idea is that when your employees play together, they learn how to solve problems with each other too!
Following is a list of 3 fun team building activities that you can do with your team in NYC. Continue reading →
