Boosting team performance: The power of effective team building
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Team building plays an important role in trying to improve a team’s performance. There are some ways in which a team can build a sense of camaraderie outside the workplace that positively impacts their behavior toward one another within the workplace.
The aim of this article is to shed some light on different ways that team building can improve team performance.
Solving problems together
Something that always rings true when it comes to working in a team is that there will always be a variety of personalities. Even if everyone in the team works in the marketing group and studies the same thing, nonetheless, each of those individuals is unique and has their own personality, even if certain interests are shared amongst them.
Putting them into a few game-like scenarios that mimic work-life problems, could be a fun and effective way of getting a team to work together productively but without the stress of real clients or real issues. Helpful and useful ways to go about this is with games like escape rooms or other fun activities offered by team building companies that are in your area or online.
Understanding each other
When individuals come together and try to solve games or partake in activities that force them to work together toward one common goal, it can feel slightly overwhelming at first but eventually, it actually gives each team member a better understanding of everyone else in the group. Having an understanding for each other creates a positive work culture.
Playing team-building games like treasure hunts, role play or cooking classes allows each member to show how they deal with common situations which signals how their behavior in the workforce might look. If someone is pedantic about keeping their cooking class area clean or finds being the leader in an escape room important, chances are that those personal traits will also trickle into professional traits at work. Knowing this during fun moments will take the pressure off work moments, as everyone will know it’s not personal but just how the person is.
Creating lasting and impressionable moments
Team building exercises also bring about lasting memories. Going through important and challenging moments together builds trust, loyalty, empathy and understanding. These four traits combined make for a lethal and powerful team. It’s important for team members to go through things together and have cherished memories to hold on to, as this builds camaraderie and forms a bond that only spending time at work cannot build. After all, teamwork makes the dream work.
