As a business leader you need to ensure that you are addressing any retention issues quick smart. That means that you need to look at what you’re offering people and what you’re missing out on. A part of that will be in how much you budget for hiring vs how much you budget for retention, but it will also be what your employees want most that you have to pay attention to. 

Healthy workplace cultures start and end with ice breakers. No one enjoys them, no one wants them and no one appreciates them. What people DO appreciate, however, is a work trip. Whether you pay for a charter coach or you book a full trip with all inclusive hotels, you need to consider how a company trip is actually a great idea. Stuck on the benefits? Let’s take a look at a few of those below:

• No ice breakers needed. The whole thing of sitting around and exchanging information bores grown adults to tears when it’s in a forced circle. However, put people on a vacation together and they soon develop much stronger Relationships. They connect and get to know each other on a personal level and on their own terms. This is such a good way to break the ice without forcing it, meaning that people won’t feel forced. 

• It’s a great way to motivate people. If this trip is a way of incentivising your team, they will love you for it. A fully paid, all inclusive trip as a reward which is packed with activities will help people to feel more excited about their work and motivated to be more loyal to your business. You’ll be so happy to see the results of that motivation that this trip will be the exact investment you hope it’ll be. 

• It’s a good way to relax. You as a business leader know how exhausting it is to run a company. All of your employees will know, too, because they are right there along with you being the cogs of said business. By taking the time to show your appreciation and give people a way to relax, you can bet that you get all that energy back in spades while inspiring a whole new sense of purpose. 

• You’ll even attract new staff. Imagine being able to write a job advert where you can tell prospective employees that they can look forward to paid trips away for fun. Imagine how lucrative that will be to those who have never been treated that way before. Now put yourself as that employer. Your team are going to do nothing but gush about you and that is a powerful way to attract new team members. 

• It gives you a forum for feedback. You should want to hear what your employees have to say about you and if you give them that chance in a laid back setting, your employees are going to feel relaxed enough to be honest. This is your chance to listen and appreciate what they have to say. 

Originally Published on https://www.breakfastleadership.com/

Michael Levitt Chief Burnout Officer

Michael D. Levitt is the founder & Chief Burnout Officer of The Breakfast Leadership Network, a San Diego and Toronto-based burnout consulting firm. He is a Keynote speaker on The Great Resignation, Quiet Quitting and Burnout. He is the host of the Breakfast Leadership show, a Certified NLP and CBT Therapist, a Fortune 500 consultant, and author of his latest book BURNOUT PROOF.