mercredi 23 novembre 2016

With A Focus On Team Building Lake Geneva WI Companies Foster Employee Loyalty

By Martha Long


In modern enterprises the focus is on creating smaller groups of people that work towards a common goal. In many companies these groups enjoy a high level of autonomy. While they achieve the results that they should be achieving, they are allowed to make some decisions and to largely regulate their own working lives. Sometimes, however, groups struggle to work together and an intervention becomes necessary. By arranging excursions for team building Lake Geneva WI companies encourage their employee groups to grow professionally and personally.

Their are a number of reasons why it has become so popular to send groups of co workers on excursions. These excursions allow them to get to know each other better, but many also focus on learning new skills, on improving productivity and on finding creative solutions to problems experienced by the group. Other popular themes include conflict management, communication and negotiation techniques.

There are many role players in the team build industry. Event organizers are often hired to coordinate the exercise and to use entertainers, activity managers, venues, caterers, lecturers and other professionals as needed. Such exercises can be very expensive. It has become a large industry. Many venues, for example, have abandoned their traditional target markets and instead started to focus on the corporate market.

When hiring a facilitator great care should be taken. Their are many professionals that deliver excellent results, but there are also many that think that this type of excursion merely involves the arrangement of a venue, catering and some activities to keep the group happy and occupied. Professional facilitators should be able to provide valid references and they must be able to show that they actually achieve results.

Before potential facilitators can be asked to submit proposals and quotations they should be thoroughly briefed. The client should clearly stipulate the purpose of the excursion and the objectives they hope to achieve in the process. Facilitators also need detailed information regarding the work performed by the team and their demographic make up. A proposed program can only be developed with this information at hand.

When considering different proposals, cost should not be the most important consideration. Facilitators should present their development programs and clearly indicate exactly how they intend to guide the group towards the achievement of the set objectives. It is no good if the group enjoys themselves but no growth took place. Where possible the client should be given a range of options regarding the activities and possible venues.

Once an exercise is concluded feedback should be given by both the participants and the facilitator. The feedback should be treated as confidential and it should focus on what it is that was achieved rather than on small and relatively unimportant issues such as complaints about the menu, for example. This feedback is often very useful in planning further development opportunities for the group.

The business environment has become extremely competitive and successful companies must be ready to embrace change. They cannot succeed if they employ groups of people that do not work creatively, that experience conflict or that do not fully support the mission and vision of the employer. Team build exercises can help foster such teams.




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