TEAM BUILDING & COMMUNICATION

Cohesion in an organization occurs when its members can collaborate with respect for each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Understanding the dynamics within a team encourages members to seek the best talents from each individual member and draw those skills into forming one orchestrated performance toward a common cause. The common cause is often memorialized in the organization’s mission statement or core values.

Organization members build confidence and trust amongst one another when they engage in practical and relevant team building activities that reinforce realistic challenges in a safe and non confrontational environment. This course encourages employees to interact with one another in a series of exercises that explores different organizational behaviors and leadership theories to help produce higher levels of performance in services to their customers and promotes higher levels of ethical standards within the organization.

A variety of selective topics are covered in this course depending on the needs of the audience. Such topics of discussion include:

  • Quality of communication within a team

    Discuss strategies for building a more cohesive team through mutual respect and communication

    Identify organizational cultures and behaviors that hinder our ability to maintain a cohesive work environment

    Identifying blind spots of communication

    Define how individual perceptions and perspectives impact the process of team objectives

    The filtering process of information

    Identifying a process a team follows to achieve goals and task

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