Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Self Empowerment Through Team Building Is Becoming Increasingly Popular

By Brian Young


The days when businesses were run by passing instructions from the top down are long gone. Modern businesses use an approach where teams take responsibility for their own objectives and they report jointly. Every member of each group has a well defined role with the purpose of contributing to the achievement of the goals. In successful companies, these teams are highly motivated, in many cases because employers ensure that the members can achieve self empowerment through team building.

The idea behind teambuilding exercises is to remove teams from their places of work and to retire to a venue where they can concentrate upon becoming better teams. The objectives of these exercises differ from case to case. Sometimes they are meant to motivate the members of teams, or they may aim to help teams to get along better or just for members to get each other better outside the work environment.

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.

An event leader and organizer needs to know exactly what it is the client wishes to achieve during the teambuilding exercise. He also needs as much information as possible about the individuals that will participate in the event. This information will allow him to select a suitable venue, make provision for the individual preferences of all the members and to design a program that will help towards the achievement of the event objectives.

It is not just the teambuilding expert that needs to be briefed. The participants also need to be very clear on the objectives. These excursions are all too often treated as holidays but then the employer is just wasting time and money. It may also be important to allow the participants to have some say in the selection of a venue and the proposed program. This will help them to be motivated to make the exercise worthwhile.

A teambuilding exercise cannot be deemed successful unless some form of evaluation takes place. The organizer should carefully evaluate the contributions made by every participant and ideally group feedback sessions should be scheduled at least once a day. After the event, a report by both the organizer and the participants should be submitted and suggestions regarding future development needs can be made.

Teambuilding exercises can be extremely helpful in empowering teams to make a valuable contribution towards the goals of the company. Motivated teams simply perform better and teams can only remain motivated if every member knows his role and performs his duties with enthusiasm. Instead of just following orders, teams become self driven productive units.




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