Is your workforce functioning as a team? Sometimes it can look like it on the surface but when it comes right down to it, staff don’t feel they know each other very well, and they lack the confidence to collaborate on work as a result. That can significantly limit your productivity. To change the situation, you need to introduce ice-breakers that will help your employees regard each other as allies, but not just any old activity will do. Anything that eats into break time or involves being kept back after hours is likely to be unpopular, as is activity that people feel forced into. The best approach is to find activities that draw out your employees’ existing interests.

What makes a great team activity?

When you plan activities, make sure that they’re accessible to everyone in your workplace. Don’t go to a bar if some staff members have religious objections …