Team Building!!!
How to create a cohesive covey of co-workers committed to a common cause
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Not just another name game!
Participants will :
explore the merits of teambuilding and working as a group.
gain an assortment of ready-to-use teambuilding ideas and resources
experience the wonder of entertaining teambuilding exercises
Teambuilding- an overview
A team is an energetic group of people who are committed to achieving common objectives,
who work together and enjoy doing so, and who produce high-quality results.
Working with teams
List here some positive and negative aspects of working with teams.
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Why are groups effective?
--Synergy: What energy is to be the individual, synergy is to groups. The synergy of a
group is always potentially greater that the sum of the combined energies of its members.
When team concepts are applied to group formation, the result is not only the effective use of
energy but also the creation of new energy.
--Interdependence: The focus of team efforts is on combining, rather than on coordinating,
resources. Interdependence in today’s organizations is a simple reality. Most services and
products are so complex and the skills needed to produce them successfully are so specialized,
that it is impossible for any individual to accomplish them alone. The team concept provides
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the necessary link to approach organizational objectives from a position of strength and
creativity.
--Support base: Team members share a common goal and are thus able to provide vital
support and encouragement to each other in their work. Also, sometimes it’s simply more fun
to work with someone else than to work alone.
Group development: Groups naturally go through four stages of development, described by
Bruce Tuckerman as:
Forming- gaining familiarity with each other and a task
Storming- conflict regarding personal stands and issues
Norming- compromises are made, clearer e