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Team meeting: do you think that holding team meetings outside your workplace help in improving their quality and their outcomes?

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Question added by Mounia Adel , Communications Officer , Etisalat
Date Posted: 2017/08/29
Loredana Dirlau
by Loredana Dirlau , health care assistant , privat families

definitely yes! meetings outside the workplace improve efficiency, help us to know our colleagues in depth and to have concrete results in team work.

Muhammad Irfan Ali
by Muhammad Irfan Ali , Regional Project Manager IT & ESS , BGB Security

I do agree with all the responses mentioned below.

Christine Ndunge Wesonga
by Christine Ndunge Wesonga , Management Trainee , Career Point Solutions

Yes team meetings outside workplace help in the sense that  they help breaking up the routine of the workweek, promote socialization and its a way of demonstarting appreciation to the employees

NITIN ADHANGALE
by NITIN ADHANGALE , talent acquisition manager , Motilal Oswal Financial Services

yes definitely this will help as it will motivate the team members to give maximum output as there wont be any office stress.

Zakaria Bensmaili
by Zakaria Bensmaili , أخصائي نفساني , المؤسسة النفسية التربوية للأطفال المعاقين ذهنيا

yes of course ,its one methode of million methodes for build a strong team work and he will make his rools that team ,workin hard and holding ,helpiing eatch ether to get the succes

Celeste Ann Mascarenhas
by Celeste Ann Mascarenhas , Health Care Assistant, Level 3 Nursing , Carlton Court Care Home

Team meetings held outside are far more interactive and fun.  Whether it is a walking or a park sit discussion.  But that doesn't always have to be the case—now that it's summertime, there are plenty of great benefits that come with switching up your meeting routine. ... If you have a particularly creative agenda set for a meeting, like brainstorming your next big marketing campaign, take the team outside and see what  what ideas they come up with or suggestion for a certain project.

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Understanding the benefits of the company celebrations helps you justify spending the time and money on the events. ... A workplace celebration brings the staff members together for one purpose: The celebration helps create a sense of team unity for the staff members, particularly if you are celebrating a team ...

Five Benefits of Having Walking Meetings Outside of the Office ... Getting your staff outside and having walking meetings helps add some physical activity to their days. ... Your organization can benefit from the increased creativity and the new solutions that such creativity can bring into the workplace.

The sit-down meeting may be a basic part of how your organization gets things done, but consider whether it really improves your organization’s productivity. The human body does some of its best thinking when moving. Researchers at Stanford University found that the creative output of people increases by an average of 60 percent when they are walking . Consider these benefits of having walking meetings outside of the office.

Fewer Interruptions

During walking meetings, employees are less tempted to whip out their smart phones and catch up on the day’s news or posts from their social media feeds. Outdoor meetings also have fewer interruptions of uninvited guests walking into the meeting room. You may be able to get more done in less time by having a walking meeting.

Better Communication

 By Walking outside, it breaks down barriers between management and employees. There is friendly and open behaviour among the employees.  Your employees may be able to get their points across more succinctly and quickly than if they were sitting down across a big table from you. While outdoors, people become more relaxed and in tune with their surroundings, making it easier to say what they are thinking and feeling. Jeff Weiner, the CEO of LinkedIn, discovered that with walking meetings, the conversations are more candid—possibly because the two people aren’t making direct eye contact—with minimized distractions.

Improved Energy

Many office workers experience the 2:00 p.m. slump. This low-energy time of the day lends itself to poor focus and concentration. Taking your meeting outside of the office and having everyone walk around is an invigorating experience. The fresh air, sunshine and gentle breeze renew everyone’s energy and restore the ability to focus.

Healthier Bodies

Sitting for six hours per day during the workday has been found to increase cholesterol levels, blood sugar and blood pressure. Getting your staff outside and having walking meetings helps add some physical activity to their days. More active employees are healthier and may experience fewer illnesses.

New Ideas

The outdoor environment is always changing. From the leaves on the trees to the birds in the air, no two outdoor meetings will be the same. As your staff engages during walking meetings, the changing scenery may also inspire new ideas and more creative thinking. Your organization can benefit from the increased creativity and the new solutions that such creativity can bring into the workplace.

ANDRE DOURADO
by ANDRE DOURADO , Design Engineering Manager , Projconsult Engenharia de Projetos Ltda

In my conception there is some opportunities when this is necessary. But there are some types of situation and other types of situations, cause these it is necessary to bring you some examples. Sometimes people are too much envolved in their own work and forget that everybody depends each other. When we see that people are too much "inside themselves" it is the time to bring them outside their workplaces to make them understand whole thing. Other situation that make sense bring the team outside workplace is that kind when team do not understand what they are doing in the project as whole. This situation is common when you have people with low expertise in engineering design development and need to be enlighted about the final cut of engineering design. Otherwise is when we have confraternization events, that is good to be outside the workplace.

Srijith R
by Srijith R , AGM , Shriram General Insurance Company Ltd

The answer to this are often based on our generalisation and personal bias. However, it will be fun to do outside workplace once in a while. That keeps the meeting alive. But not every time. Balance is required. That way it's cost effective as well.

Abdel Moneem laatig
by Abdel Moneem laatig , الشؤون القانونية والإدارية , شركة الصناعات الميكانيكية المغاربية

Yes, the group meeting outside the workplace will bring the members closer and become more spontaneous and more comfortable among themselves, which enhances the spirit of solidarity and the spirit of the group, which will reflect on their work and their return in the affirmative where selfishness and self-denial and work together for the goal In which the narrow interests of individuals dissolve in order to be replaced by the interest of all, which is in the interest of the institution. The more members of the working group feel closer and closer to the flesh,

boualem larbi
by boualem larbi , مراقب , الديوان الوطني للاحصائيات

Welcome to meet new conditions and variables in the meeting that enhance the strength of the team in case of optimal utilization

Sergey Kholopov
by Sergey Kholopov , Chief Project Engineer in Engineering Infrastructure Department , TECHNOSERV - the biggest System Integrator in Russia

Of course, this is good opportunity to provide team building occasion. Sometimes only changing the environment gives big impulse for creative ideas. People feel more free and can show new features of their talents and skills. 

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