Out of Office Workations

23/08/2020

Congratulations again and enjoy your stay at Hof-Suiten dear Betti Pfeffer and family!

Endlich sind sie angekommen!

Unsere Sieger aus dem Gewinnspiel in Kooperation mit Out of Office Workations sind nun bei uns und genießen ihre Auszeit.

Noch einmal herzlichen Glückwunsch an Familie Pfeffer, wir wünschen Ihnen einen angenehmen Aufenthalt. 🥳

12/08/2020

Web Summit will be a virtual event this year, with 100+ hours of live streams on the tech industry’s biggest trends. General attendee tickets are sold at 99 Euro per piece right now (Super Early Bird) but with the link below you can apply for a „Women in Tech“ ticket for 37,25 Euro.

Who of you will apply?

Sign up now and get a discount on single tickets for up to four female attendees. Share the love and bring a friend, relative, mentee or a colleague!

12/07/2020

Book this house for your team workation!

How about a short team retreat on the island of Rügen (Germany) beginning of August?

There is a last minute availability to rent the whole house for 3 nights from 2-5 August and 12-15 August. It’s a luxurious 3-bedroom house (two rooms with double beds, one room with two single beds) for up to 6 people.

Come to the island of Rügen for a perfect team workation in the North German countryside. This Out of Office Workation is a good choice for teams looking for little distraction, quality time togeth…

02/06/2020

Love always wins. Be kind to each other.

28/05/2020

Throwback to our amazing weekend workation one year ago. We had such a great time in Alkmaar!

With an inspiring group of entrepreneurs and freelancers we were working on personal and business growth PLUS did a lot of fun activities together, such as longboarding and a SUP tour PLUS had delicious food and drinks together.

We hope we can organize another edition again soon, of course respecting health and safety measures of the “new normal”.

Would you be up for it? Let us know already and we keep you updated!

25/05/2020

“If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.”

Barack Obama

But what's the right path now? Business plans you developed last year or even at the beginning of 2020 might not fit anymore in “post-pandemic” times.

Time to get together as a team and re-evaluate. Where are we heading? What’s our purpose, vision and mission for the next months and potentially years? What are the strengths we can still build on? What do we have to change to adapt to “the new normal”?

While team workations in person might still be difficult in the upcoming weeks due to travel restrictions and safety measures, already take the time to get together for a “remote retreat”.

How to do that? Message us and we will share our best practices and individual advice for your team and goal!

13/05/2020

🍏 Healthy eating at work 🥕

Especially when you have a lot to do, many appointments in the calendar, there's hectic or time pressure, you should pay attention to your physical and mental performance.

Short breaks, a few minutes of exercise in the fresh air and a healthy diet are important to get through the day in a balanced way.

Fruit or vegetables, a yoghurt or a small sandwich are suitable as a snack in between.

You should drink at least 1.5 litres of fluid (preferably mineral water) per day to prevent fatigue, concentration problems, headaches and reduced performance.

Make sure there's variety❗️

Salads with healthy dressing, preferably potatoes, rice or wholemeal pasta instead of French fries. Lots of vegetables, rather fish than meat and instead of chocolate pudding and cake, a curd cheese dish or fruit salad.

Arrange sandwiches and breads imaginatively. Vegetarian spreads, pesto or cream cheese are good alternatives to butter and margarine.

Milk and dairy products provide energy and important calcium. So don't forget yoghurt, cheese or whey on your menu.

Tips for on the road:

🥢 Do not starve yourself all day, this will inevitably lead to ravenous appetite attacks in the evening.
🥢 If there is no time for hot meals, eat - depending on the possibility - muesli, fruit, wholemeal sandwiches and salads. These provide energy and vitamins.
🥢 If it has to be fast food, prefer sandwiches or Döner Kebap. Avoid ready-to-serve pizza, curry sausage and French fries, as these usually contain a lot of fat.
🥢 Dried fruit, nuts or muesli bars are suitable for the hunger in between. But beware: these also have many calories.

🥢 Many traders at railway stations offer freshly cut fruit or fruit juices.

🍴 Bon appetit and stay healthy!

📷 Post a picture of your food in the comments!

07/05/2020

On which topic would you like to do a training, retreat or workation with your team❓

Together with Anna-Lena Höcker from Design. Create. Innovate! Out of Office Workation has created a Design Thinking Workation, which aims to introduce a range of tools and techniques you may need for more effectiveness (and fun) in your business: from Business Model Canvas, facilitation to creativity and visualization techniques.

(More information on our website: https://workation.works/product/design-thinking-workation-in-germany/).

There are many other topics that could be interesting for teams or the creation of a better team culture.

📌Here some ideas:

🔘conflict management
🔘intercultural communication
🔘agile project management with Scrum
🔘smart working and productivity in a team
🔘virtual project work
🔘team management
🔘self-development and personal growth
🔘health and fitness
🔘dealing with stress and strain

🎯 The aim of a team training, retreat or workation is to bring you, your project or your business to the next level. It is an unforgettable, sustainable experience that also comes with work-life-balance and proves that work and professional development can be a lot of fun. You will have a great time together with other attendees while developing yourself and your business.

Out Of Office Workations creates a tailor-made events for you, according to your wishes and intentions.

👉 Have a look at our website for more information and ideas! https://workation.works

07/05/2020

🎯 Focus

🔸Focus is the key to productivity.

🔸 Focus is important to successfully pursue goals.

🔸 Focus is THE success factor.

💬 Confucius already said 2500 years ago: "He who hunts two hares at the same time, catches none".

The only problem is that you live in a time where distractions are only a single click or wiper away. 🤷‍♀️

🎲 Multitasking?

Not a good strategy!

Researchers have proven that you reach your goal faster if you perform one conscious activity after another, but not simultaneously.

❌ Bad to focus:
- media
- smartphone
- stress
- multitasking

✅ Good to focus:
- Avoid stress (meditation, autogenic training, sports and exercise can help)
- Do one thing at a time
- Avoid high media consumption

👉 Only by knowing and switching off these focus killers will you sharpen your focus and get closer to your goals.

If you do not have your goal clearly in sight, how will you achieve it?

How do you stay focused❓ Comment below!

Send a message to learn more

22/04/2020

👩‍💻⚒Tools for remote work

There are countless tools to make remote work easier and ensure that a team works well and productively together, even if the colleagues are in completely different places in the world.

“What's important for a remote team is first the tech set up. That everybody has a nice work infrastructure in their location and information is transparent in the team, so everybody knows what the others are doing and can document everything well." says Uta, co-founder of GOhiring.

Read the whole case study: "How workations help GOhiring to embrace a remote culture" on our blog 👉https://workation.works/2020/01/25/how-workations-help-gohiring-embrace-a-remote-culture/

Here some examples of popular tools:

📌 Team Communication:
Skype
Zoom
Slack

📌 Workshop facilitation:
Miro
Mural
Ideazboard

📌 Project Management:
Trello
Asana
Basecamp

📌 Cloud Service
Dropbox
Google Drive
OneDrive

📌 Social Media
Hootsuite
Planoly for Instagram
Tailwind for Pinterest

📌 Others
Toggl (time tracking)
LastPass (Password Manager)
Zapier (connection of different apps and process automation)

❓What’s your favorite tool or app to work remotely and stay productive? 🔎

Let us know in the comment! 🤗

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08/04/2020

Advantages 👍 and disadvantages 👎 of remote work / working at home

🙂 Pros
✅ Flexibility (free choice of workplace)
✅ The freedom to work according to your own biorhythm
✅ Time saving: e.g. saving the commuting distance
✅ Better compatibility with childcare or care for dependent relatives
✅ More self-determination and personal responsibility (could be seen as a con by some)

☹️ Cons
❌ Lack of social contacts
❌ Imminent distraction
❌ Prejudices and employer's mistrust
❌ Lack of motivation (no 'social pressure')
❌ Mixing of work and private life (for some this argument does not count, since they count everything as lifetime).

👉 Conclusion:
Being in the office offers perks but is no guarantee for productivity. Self-discipline and self-organisation are very much necessary.
You determine your work-life-balance.

And you❓
Are you working remotely?
What is your clear pro-argument?
Do you have tips for the less experienced and skeptics?

Please comment below!

Send a message to learn more

01/04/2020

⏰ Time for yourself

How often do you take time for yourself and do you value this time❓ 🤔

Just as self-care and self-love are not selfish, we do not think it is selfish to take time for yourself.

Time is the only resource that we can't replenish and we can't take back.

Therefore we should not forget your LEISURE in our time management.

Consciously plan time in which you do NOT do anything!

Because only then…

📌 you can find out what is really important to you.

📌 you (really) get to think.

📌 you can occupy yourself with things that will help you get ahead.

📌 you can relax and do something for your health.

Do you regularly take time for yourself❓

How do you prevent your business from consuming too much of your valuable time❓

It is also important to spend free time with your colleagues. It's a great way to get to know each other better, discover common ground or get inspiration.

A wonderful opportunity to connect with your colleagues and still work productively are WORKATIONS ❗️

👉 On our website you will find a lot of information about this.

25/03/2020

🦈 Dangers and threats lurk everywhere. 🧟‍♀️

😷 The corona virus is currently giving us a hard time, in Europe and worldwide.

The travel and event industry are affected, too. Events and trips are cancelled or postponed.

Everyone is unsettled. It is difficult to assess what is still to come.

❓Are you or your company affected?
❓How is the reaction in your environment?
❓Are sensible measures being taken?

🧐 We would be interested to hear how you assess the current situation for your business, company and team.

🤔 This could be a good time to do a SWOT analysis regarding your business:

S - Strengths
W - Weaknesses
O - Opportunities
T - Threats

❓ Are you prepared for difficult situations?
❓ Is there room for improvement?
❓ How can you turn a threat into an opportunity?

⁉️ What are your thoughts and opinions about it? Please comment below!

18/03/2020

Keeping calm 🧘‍♀️

Yes the situation is tense right now!

There is uncertainty, concern and also fear.

❌However, panicking will not help anyone.

How can we see the situation positively and use it sensibly?

👉 Here are some suggestions:

🔹 Contact people who are important to you and who have not heard from you for a long time. Ask them if everything is ok.
🔹 Reflect on your current situation. Am I where I want to be or is it time for a change of direction?
🔹 Educate yourself, learn something new.
🔹 Do something that you have been putting off for a long time (write a book, create a course, create an online product).
🔹 Take the opportunity to switch your business from offline to online and gain more freedom.
🔹 Take some time for yourself.

What other ideas do you have?


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11/03/2020

„One of the great things about travel is that you find out how many good, kind people there are.“ - Edit Wharton

This is in fact something that I experienced myself when travelling very often - in both, private and professional contexts. 😃

If you travel with colleagues or co-workers, you have the chance to get to know them from a completely different side.

In addition, you can exchange thoughts, share ideas and fears and get new inspiration and impulses.

That's why we really want to recommend the concept of workations to you.

It is a clear win-win situation for the company and the employees or workation-participants with many positive and sustainable effects. 🚀

Would you like to learn more?

🎯Then visit our website and take a look at our blog.

❓What about your experiences to travel with colleagues or co-workers? Did you like it and could you benefit from it? Tell us about it! We would love to hear your story!

08/03/2020

Happy International Women’s Day!

We are proud to support both women and men in their growth and in connecting as a group, finding common ground and elevating each other! Shout out to all the inspiring women who joined our Workations and made them unforgettable unique experiences!

To many more great Workations to come!

04/03/2020

Why book with Out of Office Workations❓

✅ We have a vast network of partners for workation locations and activities.

✅ We make sure that every element of the workation perfectly fits the group’s needs.

✅ You do not need to ask us whether there is good internet. This is a prerequisite, unless you want digital detox.

✅ We take care of logistics and communicate with partners.

✅ We take time to listen to you and understand your needs.

✅ Together we agree on requirements and co-create your workation experience.

✅ With our background both in people development and event management we ensure a human experience, made by humans, fit for humans – no machine or booking platform can replace that (yet).

✅ We are creative and innovative in finding the best solutions for each group.

✅ We’ve seen many examples of successful workations and share best practices.

✅ We help evolve the concept of remote work and shape the future of work.

🎯 We make workations work.🚀

Find more information about workations, how we work and what we stand for on our website!

📩 Send us your request today!

27/02/2020

⏰ Workation time

When should a Workation ideally take place?

We offer workations that take place at a certain date or we organize a workation for you at a preferred time.

There is a special occasion or anniversary? We try to make it happen.

We help you find the perfect date, also considering seasons, holidays, holiday periods, trade fairs or any other events taking place.

Let us know how your next workation looks like!

👉 https://workation.works/create-your-own/

📌 PS: A good occasion for a team workation is the onboarding of new employees.

26/02/2020

🤩 Many thanks again to all of you who took part in our contest!

We loved your enthusiasm and comments. We hope we could inspire you to take some time off with family and friends for a short trip or with some colleagues for a productive workation.

🥁 And the winner of 2 amazing nights in a suite for 4 persons at Hof-Suiten in Waren, Germany is...

🎉 Betti Pfeffer!!! 🥳

Congratulations! We hope you'll have a great time in the Mecklenburg Lake District! Enjoy!!

A special thanks goes of course again to our partner Hof-Suiten, who makes this great prize available.💙

25/02/2020

Workations are a unique opportunity to come together, develop and grow.

🚀 Companies that send their employees on a workation offer a great benefit and also benefit by putting focus to the team, the individual team members, their values and flexibility, as well as showing appreciation and providing recreational opportunities.

💥 Thus, everyone benefits from sustainable outcomes and results. Clear win-win situation.

What is your focus on?

🎯 Learn more about how workations work on our website!

👉 https://workation.works

22/02/2020

The contest to win 2 nights at Hof-Suiten in Waren, Germany, has ended. We've notified the lucky winner. Congratulations!

Thank you all for your participation. We loved your enthusiasm and comments. We hope we could inspire you to take some time off and recharge together with your loved ones soon.

21/02/2020

Let's connect!

20/02/2020

20/02/2020

RELAX
ENJOY
TAKE A BRAKE
LET YOUR MIND WANDER
LET YOUR SOUL DANGLE

That's exactly what you need ❓ 💆‍♀️

Guess what…

🤩 Hof-Suiten, the superb family-owned bed and breakfast in Waren (Müritz) with its own wellness & SPA area, where Out of Office Workations hosted GOhiring's last team workation (see our blogpost), is giving away 👉 2 nights in one of their luxurious suites for up to 4 persons 👈! 🥳

⏰⏰⏰ TODAY (20.02.2020) is the last chance to take part in our contest and win!

👉 Information how to participate on our website!

Fingers crossed 🤞

19/02/2020

⏰ Deadline for our contest is the 20th of February 2020!

TOMORROW ‼️

🎯 Don’t miss the chance to win:

Hof-Suiten, the superb family-owned bed and breakfast in Waren (Müritz), where Out of Office Workations hosted GOhiring's last team workation (see our blogpost), is giving away 👉 2 nights in one of their luxurious suites for up to 4 persons 👈!

📌 Information how to participate in the contest on our website!

… it will take you only 5 minutes but could bring you some wonderful days at the Mecklenburg Lake District 💙

18/02/2020

“Modern design meets nostalgia.
Well-equipped suites with a view back to old times.”

This is what our partner Hof-Suiten says about their accomodation in Waren, a spa town in the Mecklenburg Lake District in Germany.

🤩 We have found this special place as a perfect venue for TEAM WORKATIONS. Have a look at our website and blog for more information.

‼️ATTENTION ‼️

🔥🔥🔥 Hof-Suiten, the superb family-owned bed and breakfast in Waren (Müritz), where Out of Office Workations hosted GOhiring's last team workation (see our blogpost), is giving away 👉 2 nights in one of their luxurious suites for up to 4 persons 👈!

🎯 Take part in our contest and win!
⏰ Deadline is this Thursday, 20 February!
📍 Don’t miss it!!

➡️ Information how to participate in the contest on our website! It just takes you 5 minutes..

17/02/2020

🥁 It’s time to win 2 nights in Waren (Müritz)! 🍀

🙌 Our partner, Hof-Suiten, the superb family-owned bed and breakfast in Waren (Müritz), where we hosted our last team workation with GOhiring, is giving away 2 nights in one of their luxurious suites for up to 4 persons!

🎉 This is to celebrate our new video about GOhiring's team workation at lake Müritz.

What do you have to do to participate in the contest?
👉 Like our page Out of Office Workations
👉 Like the page of Hof-Suiten Waren
👉 Comment here OR send us an e-mail to [email protected] telling us WHO you would bring along (tag them!) and one good REASON why you should be the winner of the 2-night-stay at Hof-Suiten Waren.

⏰ Deadline is the 20th of February 2020. The winner will be announced the day after!

❗Please note: For full terms and conditions of the contest, see our website: http://workation.works/contestconditions/

Fingers crossed! 🍄

PS: Have you also seen the blog post about GOhiring’s workation in Waren?
📌 Check it out here: https://workation.works/blog
📌 More information about a workation at this venue: https://workation.works/product/relax-and-work-in-germany-mecklenburg/

13/02/2020

❓Do you know the idyllic little port town of Waren (Müritz)?

It is one of the most beautiful health spa towns in Germany and an ideal starting point, to explore the Mecklenburg Lake District and to hike or cycle through the beautiful nature of the Müritz National Park. Germany’s largest lake, the Müritz, is only a short walk away. 🤩

🏘 We have found a wonderful venue and accomodation for team workations here, which leaves nothing to be desired for relaxed and productive work and also offers many opportunities to clear your head after a busy working day.

➡️ Find more information about this workation on our website (workations/Relax & Work in Germany: Mecklenburg Lake District)!

💥 Good news!

🔥 Hof-Suiten, the superb family-owned bed and breakfast in Waren (Müritz), where Out of Office Workations hosted GOhiring's last team workation (see our blogpost), is giving away 2 nights in one of their luxurious suites for up to 4 persons! 🙌

👉 Take part in the contest and win! More information on our website!

12/02/2020

❓So what is it that makes a workation such a special experience?

And what effect does it have on the team?

Uta, Co-founder of GOhiring summarizes:

“The 3 main benefits of doing a workation are that you can bond as a team, you can use the space for atmosphere and culture and you can basically collaborate in another place which gives you a nice drive for the future.”

Read our blog article “Case study: How workations help GOhiring to embrace a remote culture” on our website to learn more!

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💥 Are you already taking part in our contest?
No❓ Well then let's go‼️

🎯 Hof-Suiten, a superb family-owned bed and breakfast in Waren (Müritz), where Out of Office Workations hosted GOhiring's last team workation, is giving away 2 nights in one of their luxurious suites for up to 4 persons!

👉 Check our website for more information!

11/02/2020

❓Do you like to travel?

❓Do you need some fresh air around your nose again?

❓Would you like to get to know a really beautiful part of Germany?

❓ Do you want to feel what it's like to enjoy a workation?

💥 Well, then this could be interesting for you!

Our partner, Hof-Suiten, the superb family-owned bed and breakfast in Waren/Müritz, where we hosted our last team workation, is giving away 2 nights in one of their luxurious suits for up to 4 persons!

📌 What do you have to do to participate in the contest?

👉 Like our page Out of Office Workations
👉 Like the page of Hof-Suiten Waren
👉 Send us an e-mail to [email protected] and tell us one good reason why you should be the winner of the 2-night-stay at Hof-Suiten Waren.

⏰ Deadline is the 20th of February 2020. The winner will be announced the day after!

Please note: You may only participate in the raffle if you’re 18 years or older and live in the EU. The prize consists of a free booking of 1 suite at Hof-Suiten Waren for up to 4 persons, including breakfast and must be redeemed in 2020, subject to accommodation availability. For full terms and conditions, see our website.

🤞Fingers crossed!