Hi Friends,
I am working in software Develpment company having a strength of 12 colleagues.
They all are very co-operative, but somewhere that team building spirit is lacking. I have gone through some PPT's already available with CiteHR, believe me they are very usefull.
Still i need some more light on, if the strength is less & how do i give a presentation on Team Building to my colleagues.
They all have to understand including my seniors & Bosses that team building is essential in a Software DEvelopment company.
We can have some small indoor games.
Please do let me know, if you could give me some points.
Thanks
Sapana
From India, Pune
15I am working in software Develpment company having a strength of 12 colleagues.
They all are very co-operative, but somewhere that team building spirit is lacking. I have gone through some PPT's already available with CiteHR, believe me they are very usefull.
Still i need some more light on, if the strength is less & how do i give a presentation on Team Building to my colleagues.
They all have to understand including my seniors & Bosses that team building is essential in a Software DEvelopment company.
We can have some small indoor games.
Please do let me know, if you could give me some points.
Thanks
Sapana
From India, Pune
Hello Sapana, What is your role in the company and why are you taking this on if your senior management is not interested? Team spirit starts from the top and not from the HR department. Games on their own will have little to no lasting effect.
Creating a team spirit includes the following:
-senior managers and supervisors talking continuously about the company goals
-clarifying for each employee how they contribute to achieving the company goals
-providing timely and honest feedback to the team and each employee
-celebrating team achievements
-setting up rewards for team accomplishments and not just individual accomplishments
-providing the needed skills training and resources to accomplish team goals
-giving the team and team members the appropriate authority
What we find is that “team building” sessions with little attention paid to the above factors are just a waste of time and effort and will lead to further disillusionment by employees. You can find out more about team success factors at http://www.businessperform.com/html/...nd_change.html
Vicki Heath
Human Resources Software and Resources
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
Creating a team spirit includes the following:
-senior managers and supervisors talking continuously about the company goals
-clarifying for each employee how they contribute to achieving the company goals
-providing timely and honest feedback to the team and each employee
-celebrating team achievements
-setting up rewards for team accomplishments and not just individual accomplishments
-providing the needed skills training and resources to accomplish team goals
-giving the team and team members the appropriate authority
What we find is that “team building” sessions with little attention paid to the above factors are just a waste of time and effort and will lead to further disillusionment by employees. You can find out more about team success factors at http://www.businessperform.com/html/...nd_change.html
Vicki Heath
Human Resources Software and Resources
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
Hi Vicki,
Thankyou for you suggestions.
I am working as a HR Manager in this company. But i feel that my colleagues does not trust & believe each other.
My seniors are not interested meaning, they feel that these people will understand and learn things by their self, whereas i say that we should make a person understand if he/she is going wrong.
Please suggest me with some stories which will boost up the individuals for Team Building.
Regards
Sapana Kale
From India, Pune
Thankyou for you suggestions.
I am working as a HR Manager in this company. But i feel that my colleagues does not trust & believe each other.
My seniors are not interested meaning, they feel that these people will understand and learn things by their self, whereas i say that we should make a person understand if he/she is going wrong.
Please suggest me with some stories which will boost up the individuals for Team Building.
Regards
Sapana Kale
From India, Pune
Thanks Sapana. When you talk about trust, you are talking about an aspect of interpersonal relationships that is deep-seated and formed over a long period of time. Trust is fundamental to a good working relationship and is not really amenable to a “story” or even a “workshop”. Building trust is dependent on:
-transparency (knowing the person’s actions and true intentions)
-honesty (self-disclosure of beliefs and feelings)
-integrity (acting in the interests of the wider social group)
I suggest you sit down with the CEO of your company and get him/her to first acknowledge that there is a problem, agree to perform a diagnosis to find out the causes of the distrust and to set aside resources to develop an action plan and to fix the problem. You may find that there is more than one cause and that you will need a multi-point solution. I hasten to add that without the support and commitment from your CEO, your efforts are unlikely to get very far.
I’m happy to talk about specific instances of distrust in your organization if you would like to share these. Doing this may give you more insight into your problem and the questions you need to ask in your diagnosis. You may also find helpful the answer I gave to another post on a related topic at #89481
Vicki Heath
Human Resources Software and Resources
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
-transparency (knowing the person’s actions and true intentions)
-honesty (self-disclosure of beliefs and feelings)
-integrity (acting in the interests of the wider social group)
I suggest you sit down with the CEO of your company and get him/her to first acknowledge that there is a problem, agree to perform a diagnosis to find out the causes of the distrust and to set aside resources to develop an action plan and to fix the problem. You may find that there is more than one cause and that you will need a multi-point solution. I hasten to add that without the support and commitment from your CEO, your efforts are unlikely to get very far.
I’m happy to talk about specific instances of distrust in your organization if you would like to share these. Doing this may give you more insight into your problem and the questions you need to ask in your diagnosis. You may also find helpful the answer I gave to another post on a related topic at #89481
Vicki Heath
Human Resources Software and Resources
http://www.businessperform.com
From Australia, Melbourne
Hi Vicki,
Thank you for your response :)
As you said let me have a conversation with my seniors about this and let me have some feedback from them also.
But i have to do some kind os presentation to have a team spirit amongst my colleagues.
For which i will pick up dome presentations on the same from our citeHR.
Will definitely keep you posted about my move.
Thanks & Regards
Sapana Kale
From India, Pune
Thank you for your response :)
As you said let me have a conversation with my seniors about this and let me have some feedback from them also.
But i have to do some kind os presentation to have a team spirit amongst my colleagues.
For which i will pick up dome presentations on the same from our citeHR.
Will definitely keep you posted about my move.
Thanks & Regards
Sapana Kale
From India, Pune
Dear sapna ,
Definetely as a Hr of the company you can take up Team building initiatives on your own keeping in mind the objective that needs to be addressed . There are certainly programs and Modules that can help in addressing few of the stated objectives, though it would be even better if people at the senior level/ leadership levels are also engaged .
Working in a Corporate training & leadership development sector we come across many such clients and maximum times the Team building enquiry comes from the Hr head only ! so i would say prepare a module based on the Kolb's experiential learning cycle and go ahead with the initiative.
If you want you can contact me at :meetamishra.2@gmail for any further details,would be happy to share the plan with you .
Best
Meeta Mishra
From India, Faridabad
Definetely as a Hr of the company you can take up Team building initiatives on your own keeping in mind the objective that needs to be addressed . There are certainly programs and Modules that can help in addressing few of the stated objectives, though it would be even better if people at the senior level/ leadership levels are also engaged .
Working in a Corporate training & leadership development sector we come across many such clients and maximum times the Team building enquiry comes from the Hr head only ! so i would say prepare a module based on the Kolb's experiential learning cycle and go ahead with the initiative.
If you want you can contact me at :meetamishra.2@gmail for any further details,would be happy to share the plan with you .
Best
Meeta Mishra
From India, Faridabad
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