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Essential Ways To Get Your Team To Be United

Getting a team pulling in the same direction can a lot of work. Not everyone is going to get on with one another naturally. So it can take strategic communication and a specific effort to bring the team together and make them operate at their optimum. Read on for some innovative solutions on how to get your team to be more united.

Team Building Weekends

Everyone knows that camaraderie happens when you are out of your comfort zone. So it’s time to shake up those desk jockeys and get them doing something different where they will have to help each other out.

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A fantastic way to get the team all ‘singing from the same hymn sheet’ is to get them on a team building weekend. These weekends usually consist of some group challenges, both mental and physical. Your team will have to work together to succeed at them.

It’s worthwhile getting some feedback from the trainer as to whether anyone dominated the task, or whether anyone withdrew to see who needs some additional coaching.

Team Building Exercises

Of course, you don’t have to go away for the weekend to get the benefits of doing team building exercises. It is possible to set up your own team building days at your work location. Many employees may find this easier as they won’t have to be away from their families for a night.

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It also means that the professionals that come in and run the sessions and assessments will get to see your team in their natural setting. This can be very usual as people often take on specific roles in the workplace. A trainer will be able to identify if this is happening and challenge and encourage your employees to break out of the negative ones.

Safe Zones

A controversial technique to bring your team together is the use of emotional safe zones. This is when the employee or employer can ask to be completely frank, without being rude, about a certain situation without any comeback.

This can be a very valuable tool both for individual and your company’s development. A firm full of ‘yes men’ is unlikely to address problems and progress effectively. However, it takes a lot of trust between the people involved, as many people are often too scared to speak up as they think they will lose their job. It also needs to be regularly monitoring to make sure that there really is no comeback from the comments or the task will lose its integrity.

Mutual Rewards

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Lastly, there is no better way to both motivate people and bring the together on a shared goal, than by offering a shared reward. This can be in the form of a monetary bonus, physical prizes or team experiences. Spa days, weekends away or meals out can work fantastically well. They will also provide an added opportunity for social bonding time which will further improve the team dynamic. It’s a win-win situation for you and your team.

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