One Different Team Retreat with KosovaJob

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How necessary a retreat is for the team, a company can understand only after organizing it. Therefore, the whole article is not based on expert studies, but on the experience of the KosovaJob staff. Necessary - is one of the key words with which the KosovaJob staff unanimously evaluated two well-organized days in Durr?s. Necessary, unforgettable, extraordinary - these were the three words that summed up the entire experience of the team.

Retreat or team building is a shift for the staff from the daily work environment in order to relax and learn new things about the company itself, about their own potential and about each other.?All this in a space that has no office elements.?The KosovaJob team led by Arion Rizaj has chosen the coastal city of Durr?s for two days.?With little rest and many activities, the first day was defined by adrenaline, challenge and relaxation.?With the all-day activities of Theta Training, every game/activity has been a beautiful challenge to the unknown.?From activities that help more activation and energy, the team has naturally moved to games that put them in different positions and in different interactivity with each other.?The team was faced with difficult questions where it should position itself on one side or stay neutral.?Each position must be justified in a few words.

Theta's team-building programs are aimed at increasing self-confidence in individuals and teams, encouraging initiative-taking, team bonding and building trust, encouraging accountability, and fostering innovation to solve challenges.?Besnik Leka emphasized that the activities chosen in the agenda of the program were intended to promote individual and team work, with the aim of developing interaction between team members, abolishing hierarchy and respecting the ideas and initiatives of group members.?

The experience with the KosovaJob staff has been satisfactory due to the fact that every member has participated in almost every activity giving their personal contribution, without hesitating or delegating. After creating safe spaces, each member feels comfortable and safe to share their experience, attitudes, challenges and opportunities with the group", Besnik told AkademiPune.

Arion Rizaj: Providing alternative education at a time of great changes is essential

The KosovaJob team in various fields constantly keeps pace with the new methods that offer training as a form of alternative education that promotes development.?Arion Rizaj - founder and leader of?the #1 employment platform - KosovaJob?has expressed that this is necessary in a world that is moving at a fast pace where technology and work processes are changing dramatically.

Such trainings are influencing employees to be equipped with the knowledge, technologies, skills and tools they need to be competitive in their positions.?Additionally, providing diverse learning opportunities helps employees feel valued, involved, and motivated, which increases their job satisfaction.?For us, the retreat in Durr?s has contributed towards the development of a broader perspective and cross-functional skills for our employees and that can be beneficial for the entire growth of the company, said Arion.

Rinor Jahaj , who has been working at KosovaJob for more than two years, considers the trainings essential in his growth.?Through the trainings he has participated in, he says that so far it has been very valuable where he has had the opportunity to learn from specialists in different fields.?"This has helped me to be prepared for new challenges and to be competitive in the labor market", says Rinor.

Training in Durr?s as a method of relaxation and getting to know each other

The training started very close to the coast with easy and inclusive activities to continue to activities that require more involvement, creativity and ideas.?"Traidick Treck" was one of the activities where the members had to close their eyes and trust each other's instructions.?This activity stimulates better management in chaotic situations by maintaining positive attitudes for solving problems.

Aleksandar Kochovski , whom everyone refers to as Lexi, is the Chief Operating Officer at KosovaJob.?He is from Skopje and this was his first experience in Durr?s after he moved to work in Pristina.?The experience there has convinced him that this training has been very important for the staff – and it has also had the effect of strengthening relationships, increasing morale and encouraging creativity in teams which all together contribute to a more productive and positive work environment.

Our teams had a chance to have fun, compete and get to know each other better - and all this on the beautiful Adriatic coast of enchanting Albania, he said.

Alex further showed that visiting Durr?s in the best period of the year was definitely something that will always remain in his memory.?

The entire seminar agenda was perfectly planned and pushed everyone to use their full physical and mental potential in order to deliver the best possible outcome for our teams.?A thank you to Theta Training for all the effort to make this possible, he said further.

According to Arion, the decision to hold this two-day training on the coast in the spring period was valid for several reasons.

First, spring is a good time to organize such events when the weather is pleasant and people feel more invigorated after the winter months.?Second, this event breaks the routine and helps employees recharge, relax, and build stronger skills with their colleagues by engaging in activities not typically involved in an office environment.?Third, Theta Training is known for innovative trainings with effective methods and in a long-term perspective, and this helps employees develop a new perspective and put new skills into practicе, said Arion.

When KosovaJob colleagues left the open air space, they entered the world of theater, improvising frozen images that convey meaning in motion and scenes that stimulate creativity and convey messages.

Such activities have been very useful for the youth to develop certain skills such as deepening cooperation and developing communication skills, script creation, artistic performance, public speaking.

The training and activities organized by Theta Training have helped me increase my personal awareness and develop my skills in stress management, communication and cooperation with the team, said Rinor.

Activity that brings out a new perspective for yourself and others

The Johari Window activity has helped team members dig deeper into their own personalities, learn something new about themselves from group members, and share something new about themselves with group members that they weren't aware of.?To conclude, by learning something completely new with the help of group members' questions, the Johari Window activity helps them to go deeper and feel freer to discuss different issues.?Everyone has come away from this game with a new perspective on themselves and others.?There, questions are asked which the colleagues take out of the office positions.? Migerta Berisha is one of the youngest colleagues of the KosovaJob staff, to whom this experience has helped her to get to know the staff much more closely.

For me, this workshop was the most necessary, I believe that there would be no better place than a coastal place in spring time for such training.?The day was filled with different activities where we each had space to express ourselves or get involved in every activity.?Personally, I managed to understand some new things about myself and the company which are positive, said Migerta.

In their impressions, Alex and Arion share the same thoughts that this has served them as a wonderful experience to see the employees of the departments coming from different levels to unite in similar goals.?

This has given everyone the opportunity to step out of their usual positions and see each other in a different perspective that can result in new ideas and new approaches to serve our customers' needs, said Arion.

The successful teams in separate groups with mutual trust in different activities, according to Alex, testify to the way things work within KosovaJob.

Our trip to Durr?s has definitely helped us to know each other better and to be more aware of our potential, said Alex.?

The working week after this retreat has started with a lot of energy.?The team has just decided for the next retreat!