Corporate Art Therapy

Organizations are facing unprecedented challenges as they are transitioning back to the offline work culture after a two-year period of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. These challenges include lack of group connectedness and cohesion, reduced motivation, harder communication, reduced quality of team interactions, decreased focus, social isolation, and increased stress, which have a direct impact on individual and team performance. Human Resource (HR) practitioners need to employ innovative strategies to reduce employee isolation and enhance a sense of community and connectedness among teams. This paper aims to develop a two-day art therapy workshop curriculum for corporate groups aimed at enhancing individual and collective work performance by addressing the organizational aspects such as communication and collaboration, team building, identification of strengths, exploration of group dynamics, leadership styles, and assessment of areas of improvement. A workshop curriculum addressing these aspects will provide a basis for further research and testing, thus expanding the field of art therapy into corporate settings.