Teambuilding, or teambuilding, refers to various activities to build a team and improve the efficiency of its work. This concept is most often used in business and is a promising model for corporate management.
Team building skills and team spirit
The process of creating a successful team from a group of employees begins with the formation and development of teamwork skills, which serve as the basis for effective management. Teamwork skills include harmonizing a common goal with a personal one and taking personal responsibility for the result of common work.
Important skills of the team being formed are the constructive interaction of its members with each other, their ability to self-govern and make a single decision, agreed with everyone. At a later stage in the team building process, employees develop the skill of situational leadership and the ability to flexibly change the style of work in accordance with the task assigned to the group.
An important element of team building is the formation of a team spirit, which is understood as a set of psychological phenomena characteristic of informal relations between employees and their colleagues and the company. The development of team spirit is aimed at enhancing feelings of cohesion and mutual trust between colleagues. It is also designed to motivate team members to work together, increase the informal authority of management and strengthen employee loyalty to the company.
Steps to create a team
Team building also includes activities for the selection and optimization of the team, as well as the functional distribution of various roles among employees. An effective leader must be well aware of the strengths of his subordinates and use them to achieve optimal results. The activities of team building also highlight such tasks as creating a favorable working atmosphere and establishing horizontal connections at different levels within the organization.
In the field of personnel management, team building is understood as measures to improve the teamwork of employees. These can be various corporate programs and sports, corporate volunteering and participation in charity.
Indirectly, team building events include celebrations of employees' birthdays, company foundation days, New Years, etc. Such activities are aimed at general team building, strengthening informal ties and increasing mutual trust, which has a beneficial effect on strengthening the team spirit.
