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Working as a team is a great idea, but what sort of team should it be? The type of teams and the way in which they function vary enormously, depending on the task in hand and the skills of the members. Teams are complex machines and it's not surprising that they malfunction occasionally or need re-alignment or team building.
To work effectively as a team you need agreement on exactly what sort of team you are: what are the goals, what is each member's role, who needs to work closely with whom, what should the game plan be? Sometimes it's as simple as learning more about the people you work with, and sometimes it's complicated, such as working through entrenched difficulties or defining how a long-distance team communicates.
A tailor-made team building event allows you to do this by taking some time away from the workplace to slow things right down. Through discussion, brain storming, game play, role play and goal setting, you can sort out problems, put forward new ideas, plan the future, look at the team's purpose, vision and mission and learn more about each other as people. Subsequent to a team building event team members will enjoy a fresh perspective, achieve a sense of focus, build confidence and prepare for the real "game" ahead.
A team building event has a positive effect on the morale, motivation, confidence and effectiveness of the team and its individual members that immediately transfers to the workplace.
Each team building event is created from a specific brief and is tailor-made by working closely with your company to ensure the most appropriate programme.
Tailored specifically to each group, KDM’s Team Building events are designed to help create and nurture successful, professional, productive and motivated teams.
In the latter part of the 20th century, "Team Building" became recognised by many companies as an important factor in providing a quality service and remaining competitive. Yet as we approach the second decade of the 21st century, the term "team building" can still sometimes seem rather nebulous - people often know that they need it, but aren't quite sure what it is.
If a team is a group of people working towards a common goal, 'team building' is the process of enabling that group of people to reach their goal. It is therefore a management issue, and the most effective form of team building is that undertaken as a form of consultancy, rather than as pure training.
In its simplest terms, the stages involved in team building are:
- Clarify the collective goals
- Identify the inhibitors that prevent the team from reaching their goals and remove them
- Put in place enablers that assist them
- Measure and monitor progress, to ensure the goals are achieved
Traditional techniques often address the inhibitors to collective performance: relationships and communication. However, if a group is only a group, then the benefits of such techniques may be limited. At best, there may be no need to resolve relationship problems; at worst it can be a waste of time and detract the people involved from achieving their individual goals.
- A team is a group of people working towards a common goal
- Team building is a process of enabling them to achieve that goal
- If they are only a group rather than a team, then traditional techniques can be a waste of time and money or even counter-productive
- There may be better ways to resolve problems in groups; e.g. putting distance between people who don't get on or, if they are both willing, building a better understanding of personality differences.
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