Are Team Building Activities Really That Important?
Yes! Now, you could easily say “Oh, of course these guys are going to say yes to that question, team building is their business”; we don’t deny it! But, if you look at the facts, team building activities really do help the overall performance of your office, your staff’s stress levels and in the end, your bottom line! Team building activities present opportunities for your staff to get to know each other beyond their role at work and to begin to build meaningful relationships that will follow them all back to the office after the activities are long over. These relationships are the foundation of successful interactions and seamless production at the office. When people can work well together this helps to reduce their levels of work stress and thereby improve the general functioning and productivity of your office. Team building activities also provide staff an opportunity to have fun, while practicing things like communication skills, leadership skills, decision making and even posit