Team building trainings are our all-time favourites. Especially the offsite ones. And luckily for us, almost every organisation plans for a team building training for their teams once a year.
So, what do you think is the objective of these team building trainings? Also, is there a difference between team bonding and team building?
Team Building and Team Bonding
Well, team bonding is more about building relationships between team members. Its about creating a bond between them. A bond that’s built on the solid foundation of trust. So, what’s team building then? Team building is about building a team that works together productively. And as you can see, both of them go hand in hand and add on to each other.
An effective team building training program is therefore a mix of team building and team bonding activities. So, while the bonding activities help team members come close to one another emotionally, the team building activities help them work together effectively. You know, the relationship and task balance that we speak about so often nowadays! And this together helps in fulfilling the primary objective of any team building training – working together as a single unit and giving their best. It also gives rise to a team where members respect one another, are open to hearing each other’s opinions and stay together even during times of conflict. And that’s the glue that a team bond can provide which eventually helps in getting the team to deliver optimally and give the best results.
Other Uses of Team Building Training
Team building training program also unravel the strengths and areas of improvements of each and every team member. This gives members an opportunity to build upon each other’s strengths. And help each other in working on their areas of improvements.
Such programs also give teams some great insights into their operating dynamics. They help them reflect on important skills that are required to build a strong and effective team. And also work on repairing the not so productive ones! In fact, teams typically leave effective team building trainings with an action plan of what needs to be worked upon for their team to perform better together and how they are going to implement the same.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the benefits that a team bonding training or team building training can provide you and your team! And you know the best part? These are sessions where we guarantee a lot of fun and learning together. So, you now know why organisations conduct them every year and why we love them too!