We @Ecube Training & Consulting conducted various Team Building Programs for some of the world class organizations that have a mix of nationalities and cultures. In spite of diverse backgrounds, it is a pleasure to witness how comfortably the participants engage and interact with each other. Life, as they say, in the office is never like before. There is trust, transparancy and accountability soon after participants leave the teambuilding training workshops of Ecube Training.
In the first place why do organizations focus on building effective team? Article from Forbes Business beautifully explains this. "Building companies requires the know-how to build long-lasting teams. This is why most managers never become leaders and why most leaders never reach the highest pinnacle of leadership success. It requires the ability to master the "art of people" and knowing how to maneuver hundreds (if not thousands) of people at the right place and at the right time. It means knowing how each person thinks and how to best utilize their competencies rightly at all times. It’s playing a continuous chess match – knowing that every wrong move that is made can cost the company hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars".
We sometimes may start the teambuilding program with analyzing characteristics of a good team and understand aspects which stand out. Various activities follow with relevant debriefs and inputs such as Belbin's team roles, Patrick Lencioni's Five Dysfunctions, Tuckman's Stages in Teams and so on. The eventual goal being the creation of 'a single gungho team'.
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