One of the underlying concepts of a team building activity is that it is designed to foster at team spirit among the participants, and help them focus on what they need to do in day to day work in order to function effectively as a team. So youve just taken your team out on a wild weekend of river rafting and wall climbing, and everyones returned to work energized and ready to tackle the latest project. How do you know if your team building event actually served its purpose?
One important part of a team building weekend that is often overlooked is the evaluation process. Its not enough to plan a fun weekend and hope that throwing your project team into the mix will bond them into a working team. A successful corporate team building event must take into account the goals and needs of the individual company and department in order to bring the group together. Before choosing a team building idea, your event planning team (and of course youre using a team to plan the event, arent you?) should carefully evaluate each idea to see how it fits in with the companys goals.
How do you ensure that your team building event will actually do its job? Here are some tips to help...