Saturday is the first day of fall, and with the new season comes cooler weather, different foliage and a workforce that just wrapped up its summer. Keep your team members’ engagement high by incorporating fall fun into your workplace. There are many activities you can try at the office. Some are great for team building and others will show your employees that you appreciate their hard work.
Try these employee engagement activities with an autumn twist at your organization:
- Have team members bring in fall inspired dishes, such as apple pie or pumpkin soup, for a fall themed office party
- Stock the break room with warm apple cider or pumpkin flavored coffee for a morning treat
- Allow your staff members to leave work early to pick up their children from school once the academic year starts
- Organize an office activity day at a nearby park and play football with your workers and their families
- Make participation optional
- Help employees stay fit during the season by planning a group hike at a local nature trail
- Make participation optional
- Purchase group tickets to a local football game or other fall activity for you staff members to enjoy
- Treat your staff to a fall family day and schedule family-friendly activities like jumping in leaves or a cake walk
- Plan an office outing to a local apple orchard or pumpkin patch to bond while walking and picking autumn goods together
- Host a family hayride at a local park or farm
- Include hay bale contests or a mini petting zoo
- Encourage fitness by arranging after work pick-up soccer games
- Make participation optional
- Throw a Halloween party and create a costume contest and a pumpkin decorating and carving contest
- Buy a turkey and hold an office potluck lunch for Thanksgiving
- Ask your employees to each bring a dish
For more employee engagement tools and strategies, please call a member of CAI’s Advice and Counsel Team at 919-878-9222 or 336-668-7746.
Photo Source: Michael Whyte
Tags: autumn, employee engagement, fall, fall party, fitness, fun, Halloween, job satisfaction, office party, Thanksgiving, wellness program, workplace fun
