I was visiting with a motivational speaker recently and I discussed some of my views on team building. There was discussion on the need for making sure everyone could identify with the goal of the team and they understood the unique role they played on the team.
Since my friend had been a part of a major team oriented business throughout his career he could identify with what I was saying and he found himself in general agreement with my assessment of the need for team building.
1) They are not employees they are team members.
2) Productivity increases when team members work together as opposed to a business comprised of lone rangers.
3) Problem solving is best observed in team-oriented brainstorming.
When we began discussing some of the problems inherent in a lack of team building I mentioned the lack of productivity and cooperation. My friend agreed and then he said something that I hadnt considered, It wont be long before those employees steal something.
At first I found the comment strange. After all, why would an employee steal something just because team-building ideals were not observed?
The more I thought about the issue...