Team Building Process

So, team building  - what is it? How does it come about? What's the point? Plenty of questions like this are asked day in day out at various team events. Aparna Jadhav goes a little way to explain the process behind team building.

Team building is defined as a process or training session in which there are activities such as games, sports, presentations, performances which include teams, and many other bonding exercises for a group of people. Through these activities and exercises, the teammates or the groups of individuals in the team are taught to work or perform as one team. They are also taught to consider the opinions of their teammates, respect their suggestions and give a result which has the efforts of all the individuals put together. This change in the attitude of individuals is brought about gradually, by subjecting them through a few steps of development. The procedure which consists of these steps is known as the 'team building process', and is used in many social places like schools, colleges and work places for constructive training.

The team building process is a collection of steps which lead to a specific change in the approach among people, to make effective teams. It is a process that consists of about 4 stages through which team members are taught the importance of collective work in workplaces or any social place. These stages improve the team building skills of individuals. They are used to put forth the positive and negative aspects of a team before the members, so they adapt to the two sides and carry out the tasks given to them as a team.

In every team building process, there have to be teams which are made by putting together a group of people to carry out a particular job or task. In a group of people, every individual is unique and has some of the other qualities. When the teams are made, it is very essential for the team members to find out the strengths and weaknesses of their team and use them accordingly for the task allotted to them. In every team, there are specific people who do an assigned job perfectly. Therefore, the team can be divided into a leader, creative people, those who make decisions faster and those who can work faster.

The speciality of some quick team building activities which require less than a few minutes to complete is that they make a group of people work as a team in a short space of time. They later reward the winning team, because of their collective efforts. When a task is given to a team, it is very important for the team members to analyse and then identify what the requirements are for successful completion. Thus, when every team member is assigned a specific job, knowing what he/she is good at, the team functions faster and more effectively.

After team members are assigned their roles, there is a need to produce a strategy. This too, is a team effort but can be led by the team leader. The team members can express and share their ideas, tactics and strategies that can help to get the work done quickly and effectively. They should all be consulted equally and asked for their individual opinions.

Every team building activity has time for preparation or planning, where teams can come up with plans and strategies to complete the task.


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