We all know that tough economic times can take their toll on a team and compounding this, in such times, we are finding that our clients are facing two key areas of ‘pain’ when considering a team building event.

The first area of pain is the obvious – budget – or lack thereof. When times get tough economically any ‘unnecessary’ spending is cut back or eliminated. Quite often this includes any budget set-aside for team development or entertainment.

There are some ways that you can still build your team on a shoe-string but, first, be clear and realistic about what outcomes you are expecting. Is it a ‘just for fun’ activity to life morale and boost energy that you are after or are you looking to really develop and ‘build’ your team? What outcomes will you be expecting from the length of time invested?

We are finding more and more that organisers of team building are expecting a lot from a team building event with a low budget – it is unrealistic to expect massive outcomes for $20 per person including food!