A corporate team building session allows the employer to see who becomes a leader and who becomes a follower, within the team structure.
It also allows you to see who works best with others and who can imaginatively provide the best insights. In most corporations, those who take charge of the task and take a leadership role are often excellent candidates for higher-level needs down the road.
The general best practice in building corporate teams is to mix all sides of the water cooler group, using those who don’t know each other with those who may have disagreed in the past.
When a team is formed, its structure can be made up of any trained person or those who are totally new. The old saying “two heads are better than one” still applies in team building, even with multiple heads on the team.
Assigning tasks to your new corporate team allows you to see productivity challenges, as well as problem-solving achievements, using the strengths of multiple people instead of just one.
Starting your teams on set tasks that can take hours, days, weeks, or even months to complete can allow you, the employer or manager, to use a multicultural and/or multistructural approach. This will help develop understandings and help find weaknesses in the team’s desired outcome.
Once the teams have been established, don’t be afraid to do a little head hunting and switch places. Where an individual may not have been very successful on one team, this strategy can find them taking the lead on another. Ultimately, finding the strengths and weaknesses in your team building is a goal worth achieving.
Think about your corporate team advantage, focus on strengths, and set tasks and changes when necessary.
Keep your tasks and add new tasks as you go.
The development of your team structures and leadership roles are easily established over time.
Reports generated and applied to tasks with the desired results help a lot. It is equally important to allow all team members to have a voice and to address any issues or situations that may arise.
In a team environment, with no voice for every member, problems often find a way to escape detection or to be resolved. In all aspects of tasking your team, be sure to give all members a fair and equal opportunity to speak and make suggestions.
It would be redundant to allow the person taking the leadership role to have a say. Corporate team building is just that, it is team building, and there is no “i” in companies.
