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Hot dog chain Portillo’s staffs its restaurants with corporate employees during the holiday season

HR Brew

Managers often use the opportunity to promote individual learning or team building exercise, in addition to filling a frontline need, adding to the employee experience, she said. And it’s not just for individual contributors—Waite said she works in a restaurant every year, along with other C-suite execs.

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my office loves expensive, physically demanding team-building activities

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This post, my office loves expensive, physically demanding team-building activities , was originally published by Alison Green on Ask a Manager. We have four team-building days a year, and all four of them are like this. If so, do you have any advice on how I can do this tactfully, without sounding like a killjoy?

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A Day in the Life of an Employee Experience Manager and Specialist

Cornerstone On Demand

Our company developed a platform that helps employers manage their on-site programs, events, team-building exercises and more to ensure those efforts are having the desired impact. What current experience, initiative or project are you most excited about?

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Team Building Exercises Aren't Just for Fun—They're Critical to Employee Engagement

Cornerstone On Demand

Companies and employees are increasingly focused on finding a healthy work-life balance, but that doesn't mean the two need to be entirely separated. We spend the majority of our days in the workplace—which means we spend a majority of our days with our coworkers, and it turns out, we're happier if these coworkers are our friends, too.

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10 fun team-building activities to suit every type of worker

Achievers

The idea of team-building sounds great, in a vacuum. Read on to find out the two simple keys behind effective team-building activities and two dozen great team-building activities to try out. The two keys to team-building activities that don’t make employees groan. Mutual recognition.

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Learn to Use Outdoor Team-Building Activities to Create a Productive Work Environment

Hppy

Team building is vital for fostering a highly productive work environment. Outdoor team building activities are especially useful in boosting employee engagement, which promotes business success and development. It teaches employees to collaborate with others while discovering their different sides.

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6 Easy Virtual Team Building Activities for Remote Teams

Achievers

It’s not just about keeping communications going though – it’s also a matter of maintaining team spirit and morale. This is why virtual team building activities are so important. There are all sorts of virtual team building activities which can help you maintain team spirit and employee engagement.