The average employee faces a multitude of pressures – everything from a growing workload under deadlines to achieving both short and long term goals. It\u2019s easy for employees to feel overwhelmed and burned out. However, if an organization takes time to invest in employee engagement, there can be benefits for employees and employers alike. Engaged employees are enthusiastic about work and, in turn, willing to do more to help their company succeed. Employees usually find that activities designed to improve employee engagement are fun and a refreshing break from their usual day-to-day routine. Employers benefit from improving camaraderie, team building, and encouraging creativity in the workplace. But if you dig deeper, improving employee engagement goes well beyond having fun and team building.<\/p>\n
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So what are some ways you can improve employee engagement? Once a month for the past two years at 24Slides, we have been holding Play Saturdays. On a Play Saturday, our team gets together outside of work engage in different team building activities that increase engagement and foster creativity. Some of these activities have included team competitions like a Vine contest designed to encourage a healthy competitive spirit and teamwork as well as workshops, trainings and activities to boost creativity (e.g., GIF creation workshops<\/a>, craft activities such as t-shirt printing<\/a>, and culinary showdowns<\/a>). The 24Slides team has also participated in sport and wellness exercises including a Yoga Day and self-defense training<\/a> to promote team building as well as physical and mental fitness. We also have Play Saturdays for entertainment while allowing our team to better get to know one another with activities such as decorating the office.<\/p>\n
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