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While team-building exercises might have been mocked in sitcoms like The Office, they have been shown to be highly effective at bringing people together and encouraging cooperation at work.

It’s important to note that events shouldn’t be the only part of efforts to build up your team. First and foremost, it’s crucial to have a culture that encourages bonding among employees.

That being said, team-building events should absolutely be part of your efforts. These should be fun events that help employees see one another in a new, positive light and form deeper connections.

At the end of the day, team-building efforts are supposed to add value to the business. Through both planned events and a supportive culture, employees should become better at communication, organizing, problem-solving and resolving conflict. To be effective, team-bonding efforts must foster genuine connections, honest discussions and productive collaborations.

If you still aren’t convinced about the value of team-building exercises, here is an in-depth breakdown of the solid benefits they provide.

Employee networking

Sometimes, business solutions or process improvements can come about simply by getting two people in the same company to know each other a little better. Even if networking that happens through team-building exercises doesn’t produce a groundbreaking revelation, it can still make it easier for people to reach across organizational boundaries to solve problems.

Better organizational knowledge

Team-building events that involve employees working together helps people recognize each person’s individual strengths, weaknesses, skill set and knowledge base. This collective level of knowledge can help employees to better leverage organizational talents and compensate for any shortcomings.

Friendly competition

While you don’t want to inspire unhealthy, cut-throat competition, a bit of healthy on-the-job competition among your staff can boost productivity while strengthening interpersonal bonds.

Make work fun again

When a sports team wins, they celebrate and relish their victory. Team building brings that sense of fun back to the workplace, and it can inspire employees to continue the good feelings around the office. In this way, team-bonding events can motivate staff members to bring their game to the next level in trying to chase that next celebration.

More creativity and innovation

People have a tendency to be more imaginative when they have a certain level of comfort around others. Essentially, people need a safe space where there truly are “no bad ideas.”

Successful team-building exercises bring people closer together, leading to an encouraging environment where the creative process can flourish.

Better communication

This benefit should be the most obvious: When people have fun together, they usually find it easier to communicate with each other in the future. Better communication alone should be enough for you to consider using team-building exercises. Even if this is the only benefit you reap, its value can be immense.

At Action Group Staffing, we help companies achieve their organizational goals through staffing solutions and managed services. Please contact us today to find out how we can assist your company.


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