Vilnius Gediminas Technical University

Faculty of Business Management

Team Building
 Content

1. What is team building?

2. Why team building is important?
3. Team building opportunities.
4. What is important for effective teamwork?
 What is Team Building?

Team building is the process of encouraging members of a

group to work well together. It is the process of turning a
group of individual employees into a cohesive team, a group
of people organized to work together interdependently and
cooperatively to meet the needs of their customers by
accomplishing their goals.
Team building consist of these parts:
1. Setting goals

2. Role clarification

3. Problem solving

4. Interpersonal-relations
Setting goals is important because team members need
to have clear objective what they want to achieve. That
makes team members more motivated. It is also
important to measure progress against goals.
Role clarification makes team members more aware of
their own roles and roles of other group members. It
helps to understand that every member is important
because of unique role and specific duties. Role
clarification also reduce the number of conflicts in the
group.
Problem solving includes identifying major problems within
the team and working together to find solutions. Problems
can be discussed in meetings or group sessions.
Interpersonal relations means communication, giving and
receiving support. It is important to develop mutual trust
and open communication between team members. It can
be developed through open discussions and activities
such as games and exercises.
 Why team building is important?

Communication and better teamwork is the top reason why

people choose team building. Everybody wants a friendly work
environment where people are comfortable and happy to work
with everyone. Team building activities actually work to
accomplish improved communication.
 Why team building is important?

Innovation and creativity: People tend to have a larger

imagination when they are around people they are
comfortable with. Successful team building events not only
bring people closer together but they also lead to more
creative workplace ideas.
 Why team building is important?

Celebration, team spirit and fun: After any sports team wins a
major championship they celebrate and have fun. This
motivates them to want to win even more. This example shows
that the celebration and fun that come with every team building
event can motivate employees to bring their job to the next
level.
 Why team building is important?

Competition has been shown to increase productivity.

Employees can be encouraged to compete in exercises,
games or brainstorming sessions.
 Why team building is important?

Boosting team performance: team building activities also

improve workplace projects that involve teamwork. After
completing team building activities together, employees better
understand each others strengths, weaknesses and interests.
This understanding helps them work even better together.
 Why team building is important?

Networking and socializing: socializing and making friends

in the workplace is one of the best ways to increase
productivity in the office. A good idea is to organize fun
activities that team members can do together.
 Team Building opportunities

1. Meetings and group sessions

2. Group brainstorming
3. Activities and fun events, which team members do together.
4. Games
 What is important for effective teamwork?

1.Common goals with challenging targets: every team

member should know what is the goal of a team.
2.Involvement of all team members: every team member
should be involved in discussions and work. Everybody
should have their duties, tasks and share their ideas with
other group members.
 What is important for effective teamwork?

3. Open communication: group members should express their

opinions freely and feel that their suggestions will be taken
seriously.
4. Leadership: most high performing teams have leaders. The
leader must be skilled in delegating work to others, coaching
them to achieve tasks and providing constructive feedback on
how the task went.
 What is important for effective teamwork?

5. Conflict resolution: disagreements are natural and in fact

debate and discussion should be encouraged. Consequently,
there should be rules on how disagreements should be
tackled.
6. Measuring progress: Team members need to be able to see
how they are doing against the objectives set at the beginning
of the project.
 List of references

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_building
2. http://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/team-building
3. https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-team-building-1918270
4. https://www.teambonding.com/reasons-for-team-building/