Better Corporate Entertaining Through Team Building

By Author: VIKRAM KUMAR
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At first glance, it might not seem as if ‘team building’ and ‘corporate entertaining’ would go together yet, with a little imagination, they actually go together very well. Unfortunately, many people today equate corporate entertaining with expensive dinners and nights out, without realizing that discerning clients are looking for a lot more than the stereotypical client dinner. Often, these efforts are simply a waste of money and an exercise in pointless extravagance. Instead, entertaining a corporate client should add value to your company in the sense that the client feels a renewed sense of loyalty to the company or gains a better understanding of how the company operates and is thus more comfortable allowing their business to be handled by your company.

And what better way to give clients a better idea of how your company is run than to have them engage in team building activities with your employees? By having clients join your employees in meaningful team building activities, your clients will get to see just how coordinated and well-organized your workforce is, and this will give them a renewed faith in ...
... the efficiency and quality of your organization.

Another positive effect of having your client participate in team building activities with your employees is that they get the chance to feel involved in your company, and this more than anything else will make them want to have a sense of ownership in your company, either by investing in it or by continuing to patronize your goods and/or services.

Of course, in order to maintain the sense that you are not merely foisting your clients off onto your employees and to ensure that they are aware that it is part of your corporate entertaining, you should definitely hire a corporate events company to plan and manage your event. This has several advantages over attempting to organize your own team building event, not the least of which is the sheer amount of experience that a good corporate events company will have in organizing events of this nature.

Ultimately, the exact types of team building activities that you will have your clients participate in should be determined by your clients themselves. Not in the sense that they should get to choose those activities, but that you should be aware of the temperaments of your clients and their general fitness levels, among other things. Passing this information along to the events company you hire will allow them to tailor the activities to suit your clients, and ensure that they have a good time and that your corporate entertaining efforts are a success.

At the end of this corporate entertaining session, your clients will undoubtedly be thankful for having had the chance to experience something that they most probably would never have experienced otherwise and also have a greater sense of belonging to your company after having been through the various team building activities with your employees and management. By fostering better client relationships in this manner, your company will undoubtedly benefit from greater client retention rates.

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With the right help from Accolade Corporate Events, Team Building activities could make for the best Corporate Entertaining that your clients have ever experienced. So what are you waiting for? Engage them to plan your next corporate event!