Team building is a collective term for various types of activities used to enhance social relations and define roles within teams, often involving collaborative tasks. Team building involves a wide range of activities, designed for improving team performance. Its aim is to bring out the best in a team to ensure self development, positive communication, leadership skills and the ability to work closely together as a team to problem solve.Team Building Improves productivity. Improving productivity is one of the most common goals of team building activities. It also Increase motivation, Increased collaboration, Encourage creativity, Positive reinforcement, Improved communication.
Team members must communicate with one another in ways that promote bonding and their ability to understand one another. Effective communication builds trust, message clarity and loyalty. Ambiguous, poorly structured communication erodes trust and motivation. In this technological age, team members must develop appropriate communication skills for the many communication platforms businesses use today. The participatory management style prevalent in the U.S. workforce today requires teams to communicate frequently with a variety of, often culturally diverse, associates.