Effective businesses realise the important benefits that effective teams bring to the business from an internal and external perspective. For example, teams can impact upon productivity, quality, safety, profit and customer service.
However dysfunctional teams can cause internal conflict, lower morale, increase sick leave and resistance to change. Investing in Team building improves workplace relationships, the transfer of skills and knowledge and improves workplace relationships.
Here are some other benefits of Team Building Workshops
1. Builds on Diversity and Problem Solving
Team-building activities bring team members together to solve problems by using effective communication skills and recognising the experience and knowledge that others bring to the team due to their age, gender and background. Team building activities can be contextualise to workplace scenarios that reinforces the ability of the team to identify problems and come up with a range of solutions.
2. Improves Self-awareness.
Team building activities designed to improve self-awareness, empathy and emotional intelligence can get team members to challenge some of their conscious and unconscious bias and how they can better interact with other team members and other teams within the business.
3. Shared Purpose
Team building exercises can be developed to assist teams to develop their own goals and objectives. This provides a platform, so people understand how their role and efforts can contribute to the overall success of the team and the business.
4. Improved Mental well being
Team building workshops should be designed to develop trust and collaboration with team members. It can provide the mix of a fun and a safe environment that can be transferred back in the workplace. Improvements in moral and empathy can also provide an environment where people feel safe to discuss and seek assistance when dealing with stress and mental health issues.
Leadership and Performance Partners have extensive experience in developing Team Building Workshops that are contextualised to the addressing the challenges that your team may be experiencing and gaining outcomes that will set you team up for success.
For further information please feel free to contact us at info@leadershipandperformance.com.au or give us a call and speak with either Ross Grace 0423 619162 or Mark Maguire 0458 52667
