Leading High-Performance Teams For Dummies

Chapter 20

Ten Team Activities That Build Trust, Collaboration, and Communication

IN THIS CHAPTER

Exploring practical team-building activities that strengthen team trust, collaboration, and communication

Applying relationship-building strategies that boost connection and performance across colocated, hybrid, and remote teams

Being a leader is hard work. When you accept a leadership role, you’re being held accountable for your team’s success. This often means getting projects done on time, under budget, and with high quality. It’s a lot of responsibility. In addition to that, you’re also answerable for your team’s culture and for ensuring that anyone who reports to you feels like they belong, can succeed, and can communicate openly and honestly. Then, in your spare time (!!), you have your own work to accomplish.

With all that responsibility, it can be very easy to push aside anything that doesn’t have a direct link to work getting done. But focusing only on the work can have cultural implications. Sometimes, activities that seem like fun for fun’s sake can help a team function better when they get back to work. Not everyone who works together is going to become fast friends, but people who enjoy the company of their colleagues are more likely to cooperate, go the extra mile when ...