Team Building Events and Cohesiveness

October 3, 2016

With years of experience in making team building events in Australia work, Beyond the Boardroom shares with you some of the pointers that they keep doing to improve the cohesiveness of your team when doing any team building activity.

• Bring awareness about your organizational values – Have you tried asking your team what your organizational values are? Were they aware about it since they started working for the company? As a leader, it is your responsibility to instill the importance of these organizational values into each and every member of your team. When organizing a team event for you, Beyond the Boardroom wants your team top experience fun activities that will leave an impact into your corporate relations. Sharing your company ideals with the event organizers is one of the most creative ways to make your organizational values known to your team.
• Building and earning TRUST – Your team’s performance hangs on the balance when each and every member doesn’t trust each other. Cohesiveness or establishing unity especially in decision making is very vital within a company. Knowing more about the people you’re working with is the first step in building trust. Most team activities aim to establish relationships way past the things that you’re missing when you and your staff are in the four corners of your office.
• Being proud of your team color – Most team events uses team colors to express unity. Your team color creates the sense of belongingness. It is your identity and you must wear it with pride. Creating the bond within a group starts with making everyone feel that they fit within the group. Establish your team unity in small details.
• Improving the team coordination and workflow – Your company’s productivity depends on the implementation of established strategies and workflow. What team building events usually challenge is the current team strategy that your staff has been conveniently used for years. By providing an environment that counters existing work strategies, Beyond the Boardroom breaks down the limits that your team has mentally established. Along with their new found skills and discovery, they can actually formulate an improved workflow that will help improve productivity at work.
• Effective conflict resolution – As a leader, ways to effectively resolving conflicts at needs to be a priority. Every organization has a culture when it comes to conflict resolution. Working together with different people within the company is tough. If you are finding ways to resolve conflicts within your team, you can always consider team development events. Look for activities that can help your employees manage and cope up with team expectations. Improving your team’s unity is hard work but allowing them to experience situations where conflicts may arise is a way to prepare them. 

The workplace needs to have a proactive culture that encourages team cohesiveness. You and your team can be a productive branch of your organization when you learn how to work as one.