6 Reasons Why You Should Attend Workshops

So you want to know why you should attend workshops? You’ve come to the right place. Getting hands on when learning something is often the best way to go – we see our kids do it all the time. There’s something about learning through playing that really gets results. In the corporate environment, there can be more advantages in having everyone attend a hands-on workshop than you realize. You and your team will benefit from the shared learning experience; it’s a lot of fun, so it won’t feel like a bore; and often you’ll walk away with skills you didn’t have before.

These reasons apply both in the professional world, and your personal lives. So let’s get to it, here are 6 reasons why you should attend a hands-on workshop:

#1 Learning a new Skill – Why you should attend Workshops

No matter what happens, attending a workshop means you’ll walk away with new knowledge. Consider this a point of personal development, which often leads to making headway for professional development. Through the process of learning a skill, you’re actually learning how to learn – it’s a gift that keeps on giving.

Sure, you may never need to play the ukulele for a promotion, but by applying yourself to practicing a musical instrument, you’re developing persistence, good work ethics, and you’re also giving yourself the chance to astound your friends and colleagues at parties. Attend a music-instrument workshop to begin developing those skills.

#2 Get to know how others tick – Why you should attend Workshops

The shared learning experience is especially strong when you’re all learning a new skill together. Hold a hands-on workshop with your office colleagues, and use the opportunity to see your colleagues as more than their job title. It’s enlightening to learn how other people approach problem-solving – not only does it give you inspiration, it might actually help you understand what kind of person they are. Consider this a team-building experience.

#3 Let your creative side out – Why you should attend Workshops

It’s a pity many jobs don’t require too much creativity. You know the saying, “if you don’t use it, you lose it!” By getting hands-on in a fun workshop, you let the creative side of your brain rev back up. You’ll be surprised to find that by working out your creativity muscles, you’ll develop lateral thinking skills to solve problems in the workplace.

Nurturing creativity is also good for your mental health (see #5).

#4 Step outside your comfort zone – Why you should attend Workshops

There will be times that you’ll have to take risks to see results, and that rings true in the workplace as well. By overcoming the hurdle of stepping outside of you comfort zone to learn a skill, it will be easier to take a chance when it comes to professional achievements.

Don’t believe us? Check out our Juggling to Succeed workshop, where people found if they can learn to juggle in an afternoon, they can achieve anything. There is merit in learning the difference between trusting your instincts and pushing aside misgivings, and learning new skills in workshops is a fun way to hone that skill.

#5 Boost your happiness and mental health – Why you should attend Workshops

Workshops are a great chance to alleviate built up stress by focusing the whole mind and body elsewhere. It’s like a mini vacation. Often, we’ve had clients finish one of our workshops and tell us that they had so much fun, they forgot they were doing something for corporate team building reasons. They felt refreshed and clear-headed, all because they took their mind off their daily stress for a few hours and focused on something else.

You should always be looking for ways to constructively boost your mental health, as you’ll find you’re often paid back in multitudes when you are motivated to work harder.

#6 Discover your hidden abilities – Why you should attend Workshops

There’s nothing more satisfying than finding out that you’re naturally good at something. More than a confidence boost, realizing you have hidden abilities mean that you can constructively use it to pinpoint what else you may naturally be able to do.

For example, if you find yourself easily picking up basic circus skills, not only does it mean you have good hand-eye coordination, but it also means you can utilize your brain to focus on many different moving parts at the same time, such as balancing a spinning plate, or standing on a balancing board, or both at the same time. This translates to an innate ability to multitask effectively in the workplace. By learning about yourself in these workshops, you’re also discovering what you are already good at, and what you need to work on in your professional life.

If you can’t find any good workshops near you, get in touch with us about how we can help you. We’ve got fun workshops that can come to you, and are designed to teach new skills in a creative, engaging way.

Workshops don’t have to be done only for corporate team building reasons, either. They can be a part of a bigger event, or as a standalone experience, and you can simply do it just to have fun. Don’t be surprised if you find yourself a cooler person afterwards! Call 1300 261 545 to become a cooler person.