33 Employee engagement ideas for the summer
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Did you know that only 29 percent of the workforce is engaged? Plus, 26 percent are actively disengaged. But, you’re in luck, because summer offers so many outdoor activities and perfect opportunities to reconnect, socialize with and engage with your workforce. Perhaps you’ll even attract great new talent in the meantime by sharing your summer activities and showcasing your awesome corporate culture.
Besides, improving employee engagement rates pays off: a 5-point increase in employee engagement is linked to a 3 percent increase in revenue. And happy employees get stuff done. They’re more motivated, productive and focused—and that’s highly contagious in any workforce. So, without further adieu, here are our top suggestions for engaging your team this season.
33 Employee engagement ideas for the summer
- Host a picnic in the park
- Go to a baseball game
- Have a beach, lake or pool day
- Go out for team ice cream
- Host a summer sports and team-building day
- Go for a morning or after work hike
- Host your next meeting in the park
- Volunteer together as a team
- Start a work garden
- Go for team workouts in the park
- Offer fresh summer fruits and vegetables in the office (hello, watermelon!)
- Host morning outdoor yoga sessions
- Host a team talent show at the end of the summer
- Have a team birthday party with cake
- Start an after-work sports team
- Go on a team outing to something fun (waterslides? fishing?)
- Host an outdoor hackathon
- Go to a summer camp for the weekend
- Create summer team t-shirts together (tie-dye session?)
- Start a team bike group
- Have a team BBQ (or order BBQ catering)
- Encourage employees to take summer vacations for personal time
- Play office games to get to know team members
- Encourage employees to go for ice cream and get to know each other
- Start an employee suggestion box for ways to boost engagement
- Start a summer book club
- Go on a team camping trip
- Rent kayaks and canoes with the team
- Have a watermelon eating contest
- Launch a summer culture photo contest
- Go stargazing with the team at night
- Have a bonfire and make smores
- Create an outdoor treasure hunt
Summer is a great time to promote the health and wellbeing of your company, plus encourage social and collaborative activities. Because, as we mentioned in our previous post on the importance of organizational culture, being able to work together as a team is a company’s biggest asset. So why not spend some of your business’ downtime reinforcing the foundations of your company and have some fun in the process? When the busy season starts back up, your team will be refreshed, happy and ready to jump into full productivity mode.
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