What are companies doing with regards to 'My Team'

To foster strong relationships between teams, Vida Homeloans organises regular quizzes, competitions, and challenges to support fun social interactions across teams. The organisation also brings the leadership teams together for off-site development and further hosts regular summer events to gather all employees together.

The company organises employee culture days paid for by Claremont Consulting which involve competitive and inclusive tasks. For example the team recently attended a Battle Bar where employees were able to play games of pool, table tennis, and shuffle board along with Clay Pigeon shooting for its Christmas party.

Team incentive budgets, which managers can use on team activities, rewards and recognition continues to encourage staff to maintain their positive work attitude and customer service. The organisation also regularly takes part in team challenges and charity fundraising across all its offices to bring teams together and encourage cross-team communication.

Its monthly Cascade process brings initiatives, launches and updates to all teams, including a bake-off to test new products, SHINE customer experience training, financial results, leadership initiatives, team building activities, and staff engagement. This brings teams together to focus on key areas of importance to the business in a consistent, considered and empowering way.

During the organisation’s Annual Conference, employees have the opportunity to celebrate everything Hilltop. The Managing Director shares results from the last year and launches the One Page Business Plan, providing insight into where every colleague fits into the plan going forward. Food and drink is provided in a local venue afterwards.

UK Finance holds regular monthly Company 'Town Hall' meetings which are hosted by a member of the ExCo team and which are an opportunity to bring all colleagues together to share news, updates and for teams to showcase their work.

The Recruitment Group foster team spirit through pulse meetings for branch managers, regionals and head of departments every 3 months. Weekly teams meetings with branch managers and regional managers, and the sales team help provide organisational clarity, and yearly awards evenings with dinner and accommodation provided celebrate the employees who have live the Group’s values.

The organisation hosts regular in-person events to support its teams to come together and get to know each other. These events range from quarterly business plan updates, to regular wellbeing learning sessions, such as menopause awareness sessions, mental health first aid, and men's mental health.

Modo25 organises regular team building activities including quizzes, axe-throwing, junkyard golf, a food festival, and pumpkin carving at Halloween. The organisation also hosts Modofest annually, where teams get together to discuss the year’s performance, highlights, plans for the year ahead, and to give out awards that are voted for by the teams.

Zempler Bank builds team relationships through a variety of activities and events. It’s monthly huddle enable employees to hear the latest updates from the CEO and other speakers, and it organises regular team building days such as its Team Culture days, Summer and Christmas parties, and it department ‘away days’.