by Alistair on January 29, 2010
New figures suggest that, after 549 long days, the recession which has crippled British industry in recent years has officially came to an end.
But while this announcement should be welcomed, there must also be room for caution with many companies across the UK continuing to announce job cuts.
With such developments evident across the county, and others looking to return to normality or grow as the recession ends, the importance of team development exercises should not be underestimated.
These can take any number of forms from office-based activities to day trips to events or from a simple night out to a day out in the wilderness quad biking.
Most of all, it’s about building strong and trustworthy relationships between staff members to the benefit of the wider company.
by admin on December 21, 2009
DOF Subsea contacted Bluesky Experiences to design and deliver a team development programme that would strengthen relationships between their UK and Norwegian teams. The brief for this team development programme was to help maintain positive dynamics within multi-cultural teams.
BlueSky set about creating and preparing a unique team development three day programme on neutral ground in Copenhagen.
Ciaran O’Donnell from DOF Subsea commented: “We were recommended to BlueSky by another client and were very impressed when we met them initially. We were looking for a team building event that would help strengthen the relationship between our UK and Norway business units and BlueSky’s approach was excellent. Our teams thoroughly enjoyed the session and there are definite improvements in terms of individual working relationships since the event. We would definitely use BlueSky for a similar project in the future”.
by admin on December 21, 2009
Aggreko contacted BlueSky Experiences looking to organise a business update meeting with fun team building being the major part of the event for 150 delegates including key people from overseas and the Chief Executive, Mr Rupert Soames.
Following the business update meeting held within the BlueSky Conference Centre, all 150 delegates were divided into four activity zones: The Fun Zone, The High Ropes Zone, The Motorised Zone and The Country Zone! And to complete the day dinner and our fully themed James Bond Evening.
Rae Law from Aggreko commented “BlueSky Experiences were recommended to us by our parent company who had worked with them the previous year and were very impressed. We were looking for an exciting action packed day and they certainly delivered that”.
Rae added “The BlueSky team are very professional and extremely well organised but on an informal scale, making us all feel welcome and relaxed. The feedback from the team post event has been terrific with some saying that this was the best event they had ever been on. We will definitely be working with BlueSky again”.
by admin on December 21, 2009
Prosafe wished to reinforce the company’s vision and strategy as well as strengthen the understanding of the common goals within their UK team.
BlueSky developed two days of team working activities designed to involve everyone regardless of their age and physical ability therefore maximising the level of interaction within the team.
Rose Stewart, Prosafe’s Operations and HSEQ Co-ordinator commented “The Big Picture activity was an excellent recommendation by BlueSky Experiences. The fact that the event was staged over two days yet still had a common goal towards which every participant contributed made it a very effective team building tool.”