Focus on fun to get the most out of staff

A survey reveals that the biggest motivator for a corporate day out is to have fun with colleagues.

Contrary to what many business leaders may want to believe, an overarching 67% of employees feel that the main purpose of a corporate day is to have a genuinely good day out with colleagues, doing an activity that they would do in their own time.

The study, commissioned by Go Ape Tree Top Adventure, also reveals that almost all of employees (91%) see the benefit in corporate days out and 41% prefer a day of fun followed by a short company update, meaning that work needn’t be off the agenda.
The research highlights that 85% of employees feel that they should have a say in choosing the type of function. Speaker events and staged team-building activities are lowest on the list of desired corporate days outside of the office walls, with just two per cent and 16% of respondents respectively opting for these activities.