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Monday, April 29, 2019

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By Brian Young


The way in which businesses are run have change in many ways over the past decade or two. Employees no longer merely follow instructions received from above but are instead organized into self directed teams. These teams each have certain goals to achieve and every member of the team has a clearly defined role to play. However, for such a system to work a high level of trust and cooperation between all members of the teas are required. To this end, employers routinely promote self empowerment through team building.

Teambuilding exercises have become very popular. Teams go to a venue away from the office for a day and often even for a few days in order to achieve specific goals. The purpose of the exercise may be to motivate the members anew, to allow them to get to know each other better, to relax after achieving major objective or to learn skills in certain areas, such as how to deal with conflict.

A massive industry has sprung up around teambuilding exercises. It is a huge market and event organizers, entertainers, venues, motivational speakers and many others have quickly caught on to the fact that they can make money. Many venues have changed their entire marketing strategies in order to attract corporate teambuilding groups. They even buy special equipment and develop a variety of activities.

Most companies will hire an independent even organizer to make all the arrangements for a teambuilding outing. The organizer should ideally be someone with ample experience in leading teams that needs to achieve similar objectives during the event. He should also take responsibility for organizing the event, putting together a program of activities and arranging for transport. Top organizers demand high fees but they handle all matters related to the entire exercise.

Teambuilding experts cannot organize a useful event if they are not properly briefed on the purpose of the exercise. They need this information in order to book the best venue, speakers and activities that will ensure that the objectives of the exercise are achieved. Top event organizers will take care of all the arrangements. They will book the venue, caterers and other role players necessary to conduct the various activities.

Many corporate teams see their teambuilding exercises as some type of holiday outing. That is why it is vital to make sure that all participants are fully informed about the goals of the exercise and that they commit themselves to their achievement. It is also important to allow the participants some input in the program and the venue. Top event organizers always have several options to present to his clients.

It is necessary to know whether a teambuilding exercise has achieved its goals or not. That is why evaluation is important. The event coordinator as well as the participants needs to give feedback constantly and when the event is done, they need to submit reports. If this is not done, there is no way of knowing whether further interventions are required or whether existing objectives have been achieved.

In this modern competitive business environment companies need to be innovative, creative and highly motivated. This can only be achieved if all the teams employed by the company are creative and motivated. Teambuilding exercises can certainly help to make sure that employees are empowered to make a real contribution to the efforts of their teams.




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