Self Empowerment Through Team Building Is Becoming Increasingly Popular

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.

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.

Teambuilding has become a huge industry in its own. Many venues have adapted their facilities and even purchased special equipment in order to attract these groups. Motivational speakers, entertainers, caterers and event organizers have all mobilized to take advantage of this ever growing trend in the corporate market. It is a lucrative market indeed.

Experience has shown that these exercises are more likely to achieve their goals if they are led by an independent facilitator. These facilitators charge very hefty fees but in exchange they offer their expertise and they take care of all the arrangements for the excursion. They will book a venue, organize transport, put a program of activities together and act as overall coordinator before, during and after the event.

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.

Members of the teams scheduled for such excursions should be given the opportunity to voice their preferences. Top organizers will always have more than one option to choose from. They should also be briefed in detail regarding the objectives of the exercise and how the organizer plans to help them achieve those objectives. If this is not done, the very purpose of the exercise may be ignored.

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.

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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