Team building exercises are a great way to get to know your co-workers better, improve communication and collaboration, and build trust within a team. It’s important now more than ever before in the workplace, due to the recent pandemic and hybrid offices.
Team Building Is Beneficial Now More Than Ever
Team building is becoming more recognizable as the best contribution made to the overall function of a business. Dealing with a global pandemic, many employees spent less time in the office, surrounded by friends and coworkers which led to a disconnect in the workplace. Implementing team building is beneficial now more than ever due to these circumstances.
Team building exercises can be done with or without the use of technology. Whether you choose to do them in person or virtually, they can be just as effective. Some team-building advantages include happier employees, better relationships, and connected company culture.
The Top 3 benefits of team building
The benefits of team building are many, so we have put together a list of the top 3 benefits.
Team Building helps develop relationships
In some work environments, some departments may not interact with others as often leading to relationships that are less familiar. Team building creates a space where coworkers have the opportunity to build existing friendships and explore new ones. A study by Gallup states that “When employees possess a deep sense of affiliation with their team members, they are driven to take positive actions that benefit the business -- actions they may not otherwise even consider if they did not have strong relationships with their coworkers”.
Team Building creates a connected Company Culture
When employees recognize the efforts of managers and owners investing in them it shows that they truly value the team. It proves that employers are dedicated to their staff and want to help create a good work environment. Good company culture is essential to the overall operation of the business.
Team Building Builds Communication and Cooperation
Two very important components of a well-functioning team are communication and cooperation. Team building outlines an activity where participants work together to achieve an end goal. During these activities, coworkers have the time to communicate with team members which allow others to learn different styles of communication. Cooperation can take some time and practice between participants and the opportunity to cooperate on activities can boost cooperation in the workplace and efficiency.
team building builds trust
“Besides engagement, research shows that highly-trusted workplaces enjoy a 50% higher employee productivity, 106% more energy at work and 13% fewer sick days”
- The Neuroscience of Trust, Harvard Business Review.
When a team can implement the steps listed above, trust can be much more easily developed. Open communication, feeling welcome and connected, and having healthy work relationships all contribute to building trust. Harvard Business Review outlined in The Neuroscience of Trust, that “besides engagement, research shows that highly-trusted workplaces enjoy a 50% higher employee productivity, 106% more energy at work and 13% fewer sick days”.
Team building activities can help in attaining trust in the work environment and co-worker relationships by creating a space for people to feel comfortable communicating and understanding one another better.
Two Roads Team Building incorporates all these things through interactive, tailor-made, and easy-to-plan workshops. Our experiential online or in-person workshops will help you and your team learn and implement the skills you need to continue to grow and succeed together while building a high-performance company culture.