Comments on: Team Building https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html Everything to make HR better Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:54:35 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Anonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-209937 Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:54:35 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-209937 Team building sucks no matter how you cut it. I don’t want to “bond” with my co-workers, there is no need for that, just act professionally and like an adult and we’ll get along just fine. Doing something unrelated to work will not make me feel any closer to anyone. The task becomes something to be endured, like a bad cold while refraining from telling the planner to get a life. Seriously, who started this crap. None of the activities ever appeal to everyone and it puts pressure on people to act like they want to be there, just more stress to deal with. Yeah, just what everyone needs more off.

]]> By: shawonr https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-203967 Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:48:20 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-203967 Hey Great Article about team building activities especially for kids.. Thanks for this info… Keep updating….

]]> By: Guy Farmer https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3962 Tue, 25 Jan 2011 23:09:56 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3962 Great post Evil HR Lady. I've found team building most helpful when it moves beyond bonding activities to actually building deeper connections between people. Effective team building helps employees build empathy, communication, leadership and collaboration skills which help create better functioning and more enjoyable workplaces.

]]> By: truford https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3961 Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:06:32 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3961 What if an employee–for personal reasons he or she does not want (and shouldn't be required) to share–doesn't want to participate in a "team building" exercise? My sister's boss has decided that his employees should do a little "team building" by going to one of these places where people shoot at each other with laser guns. (It's a kid thing, I think. I've never heard of it before.) My sister is totally freaked out over it because several years ago–before she went to work for this company–she and her husband were carjacked at gunpoint, and her husband was killed. She has PTSD over it, but it's not as bad as it used to be. She just doesn't want anything to do with guns of any kind, even toys. And she doesn't want to tell the boss or HR, because she's afraid they'll think she has mental problems and she'll lose her job–and she can't afford to lose the salary or benefits. Frankly, I'm wondering what her boss must have been thinking when he picked this particular exercise. It sounds more violent and aggressive than anything else–not something to make people bond with each other. Shouldn't employees have the right to just say NO to something that's downright stupid and inappropriate? And I agree that non-exempt employees shouldn't have to do these exercises at all. Build teamwork at the office on a REAL work project and get something DONE! Quit wasting time on these obnoxious little games.

]]> By: Corporate Event Speaker https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3959 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:18:49 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3959 Team building activity could happen on or off site… It would actually depends on the participants. It will not interfere with the work if it was planned very well…

All the best!

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3957 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:58:07 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3957 EHRL, this is my first time visiting your blog, and I have already bookmarked it for future reference. Love it!

Regarding team-building exercises, I was skeptical of these “kumbaya” exercises too…until I was “forced” to participate in one for my MBA degree. It was actually an entire class that included a weekend retreat. I took the class to get the requirement out of the way and ended up truly learning about myself and how to interact with people better. By the end of the quarter, the team had bonded and years later, oceans apart, we still keep in touch.

I agree that it may not be everyone’s cup of tea, and I certainly wouldn’t want to be forced to do this type of thing off-hours, it was a positive experience for me and I still reflect back on it. If it is thought out and done right, it can be a positive experience. I found it has helped me, and I’d hate for these activities to be unfairly thrown into the “all bad” category.

]]> By: Steven J Barker https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3956 Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:19:44 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3956 I agree. Teams don’t just happen and you can’t force it. Team is about developing an environment and an understanding.

@ I. Barry Goldberg :
“Usually I am right with you, but this time you may have tossed the baby out with the bathwater. Teams do not become teams by accident. It requires some conscious decisions and a lot of housekeeing.

The problem with most team building is that it does not connect back to the work of the team. Exercises such as the ones you describe are trivial when they do not provide some practical use for the team.”

]]> By: The Relationship Guy https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3955 Sun, 31 May 2009 06:47:02 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3955 Dear Evil HR Lady,

I hear you loud and clear about wasting time on team building activities. I’ve found that what really works is for companies to invest in team building that goes beyond the standard “catch me falling” type of things to the core issues that really cause people to drive each other crazy.

Companies that invest the time and resources benefit from employees that work better together and get more done more happily.

Regards,

Guy

]]> By: Anonymous https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3954 Mon, 18 May 2009 13:39:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3954 As a person who has a job that requires 70 hour work weeks and beeper call, the LAST thing in the world I want to do is spend some soi-disant free time with the people I work with. If it can’t be done during work hours, because we’re taking care of patients, then I’m not interested, and I’m happy to not catch you when you fall backwards.

]]> By: jmm43 https://www.evilhrlady.org/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3953 Sun, 17 May 2009 02:28:00 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/2009/05/team-building.html#comment-3953 Any additional time that I am required to be somewhere by my employer is time that I loathe. I gain nothing but anger from being required to do something outside of work hours. I don’t have enough time to myself as it is, without being forced to build a team.

Just my opinion.

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