The term corporate team building means different things to different people but in this instance it refers to a wide variety of actions with an objective of improving the performance of a team. This can take many forms from groups of people bonding behind a common cause or objective through to complicated role play scenarios. These situations tend to throw up leaders and followers, the optimists and the moaners and all thing in between.
Most businesses understand that the best businesses exist where the collection of people associated with the tasks of that business work as an integrated unit, looking out for each other, supporting each other, all believing in the common purpose. However, self development of the individual is an important part of any successful team.
It is no good having a collection of people whose only interest is the well being of the team. People need to feel self worth and personal development as well as a valued contribution to the collective.
Corporate team building is no easy task. You are dealing with a complex array of individual ego, aspirations and alliances and every team is different. Some of the most common objectives of team development is to improve communication, make people feel better about being at work, inspiration, better understand the needs and motivation of others in the team, cementing the common goals, using the diversity in the team to best effect, personal development of members, heighten productivity and getting better at collaboration.
Common exercises can involve plastic straws and plasticine, building towers with difficult materials. The purpose is to draw out the leadership of people, see how members interact, problem solving, whether leaders just like to hear the sound of their own voice or whether they garner all the skills in the room as well as the practical ability to problem solve in a short timescale
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