subject: Connecting Team For Better Team Building [print this page] People in every workplace talk about building the team, working as a team, and my team, but few understand how to create the experience of team work or how to develop an effective team. Belonging to a team, in the broadest sense, is a result of feeling part of something larger than your own self. It has a lot to do with your understanding of the mission or objectives of your organization.
Building an emotional relationship within the team members for corporate team building is of vital importance. Therefore, you must focus on knowing your team members at a personal level. Arrange for a weekly or monthly lunch or dinner with your team members. Talk to them like a friend. Let them connect with each other in an emotional level. There are fun games and team activities that allow us to understand each other at a personal level, eventually leading to a sense of belonging with each other.
Although the team consists of various individuals having their individual expectations and needs, but if the aforementioned ways are successfully implemented, then there is no individual in a team...there are just a 'united team'. The team leader plays a very important role in this. He has to keep addressing each and every member of the team together as 'one'. So, if the team has performed well, everyone deserves equal treat, and if the performance has declined, everyone should be given equal motivation and things should be addressed to all as 'one'.
In order to be a successful team, each and every member should be clear in terms of what is expected of him when it comes to contributing for the team success. There should be an inbuilt commitment to perform at the best of their capabilities all the time. But in order to be clear, committed and consistent, the management or the team leader should make sure that there are regular meetings taking place to keep the team members updated and motivated. Compete with other teams to bring in a sense of competitive spirit so that the employees may give in their best and also include team amazing race for better results. And make sure that you make sure to give all the employees any kind of help and support that they need to improve their performance.
No matter how much one contributes towards being successful as a team, if individual goals are not fulfilled, the employee or the team member will eventually get demoralized and de-motivated to work with the team, which would eventually affect the team goals and targets. Therefore, the management should constantly remind the team members as to how their success as a team can actually contribute towards fulfilling their individual goals. So give your employees and your team due reward, be it monetary or non-monetary to show them that teamwork comes down to total growth and success.
So these were some of the simplest ways to improve team building to improve teamwork in the workplace. Just remember, you are dealing with humans with emotions and expectations. So if those emotions can lead to trouble in coordination, those emotions can also boost the employees to give in their 100% towards the success of the team. So just let them know that you value them together, you care about them, their opinion matters in the organization, and that the organization wouldn't be complete if they weren't in it.
