Team Building
- 1. Team Building Created: Manish Thakur HR(L&D) Seventh Sense Talent Solutions
- 2. What is a Team Building? The action or process of causing a group of people to work together effectively as a team, especially by means of activities and events designed to increase motivation and promote cooperation.
- 3. Need for Team Building - Why Team Building ? Team Building activities are of utmost importance as they help in the overall development of the team members and in turn improving the team’s performance. It also strengthens the bond among the employees and they feel motivated to work and achieve the targets.
- 4. Skills and Must Have Qualities of a Team Member • An individual should be a good communicator . • One has to be reliable and trustworthy to survive in a team. • You have to be a good listener . • Positive attitude is again a must for a team member. • Participate in discussions. • Be a little more focused and concentrate on your work assigned. • One has to be patient enough to work in a team. • One should always be willing to help each other at the times of crisis.
- 5. Tips for Team Building in Corporates • The team leader plays a very important role in binding his team together. • Invite suggestions from your team members. • Go out for lunch or movies with your entire team once in a while. • Keep a day separate for team building activities preferably the weekends. • Motivate your team members to share responsibilities among themselves. • Always ask your team members to first discuss things among themselves before escalating it further.
- 6. Barriers of Team Building • When individuals give priority to their personal interests than work. • Individuals not being clear about the team’s goal and their roles and responsibilities. • The roles and responsibilities must be designed according to the team member’s interest, educational qualification and specializations. • Lack of discussions. • Poor communication. • Lack of discipline and punctuality.
- 7. Activity 1 Product Building • In this indoor based activity, divide the whole class into 5-7 teams with each team assigned roles in manufacturing, product design, marketing , sales, and finance. Give them a common product to work on. • Allow them to use internet so that they can do a background research on the competitors available in the market. Set a time limit 15 mins for the preparation and ask them to give a presentation on the same. • This will generate interest in the team and it checks their entrepreneurship skills. The evaluator can evaluate team on communication, presentation skills, creative thinking, team involvement, leadership and knowledge of product using this acitivity.
- 8. • Product building activity
- 9. Activity 2 15 mins Challenge ! • In this outdoor based activity, divide whole class into teams and make a team leader . • Write some activity on a paper which will make them move around in campus like collecting materials, taking selfies, solving puzzles, building product. Make sure that all task assigned to team should be completed within 15 mins. • This is a great activity and can best act as energizers. Using this , the evaluator can evaluate teams on team involvement, leadership, communication and time management.
- 10. • Activity on 15 mins challenge
- 11. Activity 3 Paper Art • This is an indoor based activity. For this activity divide the class into a 5 or 6 member team and make them sit together. • Give them a task of making craft using papers. To make the activity challenging give one paper to each member in a team and ask them to make a single craft using the papers. You can also assign specific themes for each team. • This is a great team building activity which tests individual’s creative thinking, team involvement, time management and presentation skills.
- 12. • Paper Art activity