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Comparison of Team-Building Activities

Athlon I.A.

Traditional

Lasts 2 Weeks

Lasts 1 Afternoon

Costs $20 per participant

Costs over $100 per participant

Creates relationships and habits over weeks

Creates temporary bonds

Enables everyone in company to participate

Usually limited to a select few

Is viewed as a reward by your employees

Is viewed as another seminar by employees

Is a supplement to the workday, not a substitute

Takes up an entire business day

Your employees will love you for it

Usually pretty exciting, but soon forgotten

Makes going to work fun again

Is an excuse not to go to work for an afternoon

Takes place in office setting, so the benefits transfer easily to the work environment

Takes place in the woods or away from office.  Although it is a good experience, employees often lapse back into old habits and relationships when back in the office environment.

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