Leadership Today - Practical Tips For Leaders
Business:Management
Summary
It turns out many people don’t like compulsory team building activities at work. So how do we build relationships and connections in a way that people do appreciate?
Transcript
Welcome to episode 185 of the Leadership Today podcast where each week we bring research to life in your leadership. This week we explore how to build team connections without resorting to compulsory fun.
Many leaders are noticing a reduction in inter-connection between their people. This could be due to a range of factors, including an increase in remote working, busy-ness or just inattention to relationships as an important part of team effectiveness. People are therefore exploring ways of building these connections. A tempting option is to book a hopefully fun team building activity. However research suggests that people can resent team building activities, particularly when they aren’t voluntary. Even when people are okay with being involved, often the activities chosen don’t allow much opportunity for discussion and bonding.
Research suggests that intentional efforts at building relationships and connections are usually more beneficial than generic team building activities. Here are some of the suggestions I’m sharing with clients who are wanting to build team cohesion:
Give these approaches a go with your team and have a great week.
Reference
Petr Matous, Julien Pollack, Jane Helm. Collecting experimental network data from interventions on critical links in workplace networks. Social Networks, 2021; 66: 72
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