Alternative Corporate Team Activities for Every Type of Work Event

Alternative Corporate Team Activities for Every Type of Work Event


By Laine Fullerton

Planning a successful work event can be a challenge. You want it to be fun and memorable, but it also needs to hit your targets and deliver the right message. The key to achieving that balance is to ensure that the team building activities you have planned are meaningful and experiential, encouraging people to connect with one another while also linking back to the overall theme or goal of the event.

With a little bit of creativity, corporate events can be super enjoyable and memorable for everyone involved. Bringing a corporate event to life can be as easy as adding a few unique team building activities into the session, and in doing so, ensuring that you're creating an inclusive and engaging environment for your employees while impressing any special guests. Whether your aim is team bonding, corporate entertainment or a new product launch, there is an abundance of unique corporate team activities around Australia that might be perfect for your next event.

These corporate team building activities aren't just fun, they're great icebreakers and they give employees a common goal to work towards which helps to provide a bond between them and acts as a conversation piece. If you'd like to see more and more people turn up to corporate functions, make sure to help them quash any awkwardness and stay engaged throughout the evening. And the best part? A lot of the activities require little to no organisation from you other than locking in the venue and the time. The expert artisans who run these activities provide all of the necessary materials needed, making it a seamless addition to any company event. So if you're ready to move away from two truths and a lie and really get people mingling and having fun at your next work event, try one (or a couple) of these alternative team activities in 2025!

For product launches

A product launch is a special occasion for employees, the media and even customers to come together to celebrate a new release. For your launch to stand out, it needs to be engaging and a little bit unique so that everyone will leave buzzing and spread the word among their extended circles. To keep things interesting, you should have some team activities planned that offer a good break between speeches, mingling and drinks. A private mobile cocktail class is a classic but very well-loved way of breaking the ice and keeping things interesting. Plus you could make the cocktails themed to your brand or product! Perhaps something a bit more hands-on like an Ikebana class (that's Japanese flower arranging for the uninitiated) or a beginners clay hand building workshop is just what your product launch needs? Simply let the event's theme inspire what the attendees will make with the clay! Hands-on sessions like floristry classes and pottery workshops also alleviate the stress of small talk, as the communal act of making will give attendees the chance to bond through a shared experience. Understandably, pottery classes (especially clay and sip) are quickly becoming one of the most popular team building activities in Australia! The best part about booking a private experience for corporate events is that many of the activities can be customisable so you can keep all things brand-focused and leave a lasting impression in everyone's minds.

For team building events

Employees enjoying group paint and sip class for team building

The best corporate team building activities encourage collaboration and cooperation between employees while still being fun. Teamwork really does make the dream work, so these activities should not be shrugged off as an obligation. Rather, companies should see them as an additional opportunity to show their employees how much they value their hard work by giving them a lighthearted break and inadvertently helping them build connections with their colleagues in the process. 

For a team building event to be really successful, it needs to reward good teamwork and encourage positive team behaviour. A corporate team activity that does this brilliantly is a fun cooking class. In this hands-on class, your team will be given ingredients to make culinary dishes all around the world. At the end of the cooking class, you can sit back, relax and be impressed by all the dishes you've made! Plus you'll all get to dig into your creations so food is sorted and you barely had to lift a finger organising it!

Other great culinary team building activities are a dumpling cooking class or Indian cooking class. If cooking has been tried and tested in your company, a wheel throwing pottery workshop or sip and paint class are other great options. 

Corporate entertainment

Cocktail making class for teams

Corporate entertainment is a really effective way for businesses to show their appreciation to employees. If you have company representatives or perhaps even a CEO or other senior employee visiting the office from interstate or overseas, it’s a good idea to break up the schedule and keep things entertaining during their visit. Corporate team activities in this situation can also help local employees and company representatives to meet each other and bridge hierarchies in the workplace.  A beginner’s small terrarium workshop is a great way to break up the schedule and, thanks to all of those amazing mental health benefits that come from being surrounded by plants, something beneficial for all employees to keep on their desks afterwards. This workshop can be brought to your workplace, with the teacher providing everything needed for the class. Or if you want to reward staff at the end of a long day, a cocktail mixology class is the perfect way to do so. This mobile class allows coworkers to chat and send off those visiting in style, with a cocktail in hand.

For Christmas parties

Employees at a Christmas wreath making Christmas party

Christmas parties are a seasonal celebration to show appreciation for a company’s employees and celebrate the achievements of the year. While they are more on the fun than the serious side compared to other corporate events, they are still a work function so you will need to think carefully about what is appropriate and what will be the most inclusive for everyone in the office. Finding a team building activity that is both fun and still professional might sound challenging, but there are various types of corporate team activities or corporate entertainment options that maintain that balance. A paint and sip class allows coworkers to mingle while getting artistic and enjoying a beer or wine. Or a bbq cooking class is something more alternative to try. After everyone has made their food, they get to sit down together and enjoy a delicious BBQ feast together, all matched with a complimentary glass of wine. You could even try for a Christmas-themed event such as Christmas wreath making classes or Christmas baking to get employees into the festive spirit but do keep in mind that not everybody celebrates Christmas.

For EOFY Events

Employees at indoor team building event

Looking for a way to celebrate the end of the financial year and all the hard work your employees have done? Our team building activities are the perfect way to unwind and build bonds after a successful quarter. With over 6000 workshops and experiences to choose from in Australia, prioritising employee mental health and wellbeing has never been easier. A tasty Pizza Making Masterclass could be perfect for the foodies in the workplace, while a Beginners Kokedama Making Workshop would be a relaxing outlet for the creatives in the office. Plan a group corporate event at one of our hands-on workshops to ensure an uplifting and enjoyable celebration for all in 2025!

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