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Team-Building Exercises Can Be a Waste of Time

You can achieve more by getting personal

Julien Pollack
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Tue, 08/13/2019 - 12:02
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Someone we know recently told us about a team-building event that proved anything but.

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The chief executive who arranged it loved mountain biking. So he chose a venue to share his passion with his team. On the day, he shot around the track. Others with less experience took up to three hours longer. He settled in at the bar with a small entourage. Other staff trudged in much later, tired and bloody, not feeling at all like a team.

Many of us can recall team-building exercises that seemed like a waste of time. One problem is overcoming the natural human tendency to hang out with those people we already feel comfortable with, just as that chief executive did.

We suggest there is a better team-building approach. It doesn’t involve bicycles or obstacle courses or whitewater rafting. It doesn’t even necessarily involve your whole team.

It’s about understanding that teams are social networks built on connections between individuals. It involves deep one-on-one conversations, designed to get people out of their comfort zones.

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Submitted by jcsizmazia on Thu, 08/15/2019 - 10:13

Getting Personal

Asking personal questions is a discovery process, part of finding out whether each person wants to work together or do business with someone, or not.

However, many people can feel uncomfortable with this and may be unable to follow the process well enough to get any benefit from it.

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