To highlight Stress Awareness Month, Center Parcs Conferences & Events has revealed that work events held outdoors are better for employee wellbeing, productivity, and overall business performance, when compared to indoor events.
Center Parcs worked with a third-party research company to survey HR decision makers in the UK and gather expert insight into the ways company away days, sales conferences, and training days impact employees and businesses alike.
The results from the survey show that while nearly all (94%) companies agree that work events have positive effects on employees, the biggest benefits come from events held in natural settings.
While over half (53%) of companies reported employees feeling more positive about work following corporate events, this figure shot up to 63% when considering work events held outside.
In a similar way, the study found that although an already significant number of companies (80%) agree that work events improve employee satisfaction, a higher proportion (86%) believe that work events held outdoors bolster employee satisfaction.
Events in natural settings also fared better at driving productivity, with three quarters of companies agreeing that events improve worker productivity, rising to 84% for events held in natural settings.
The data also showed that three quarters of companies agree that work events prevent workplace disputes, but a higher number of companies (85%) see the benefit on employee relations following outdoor events.
Julia Green, head of corporate events at Center Parcs, said: “Stress Awareness Month serves as an important reminder to reflect on the stressors within our lives, which left unchecked can easily build up and lead to burnout, particularly for workers in intense corporate environments.”
The full report titled The Value of Corporate Events in an Ever-changing World of Work is available for download here.
