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TEAM BUILDING? |
To begin, we need to start with the definition of a team.
“A team is an interdependent group of people with a common goal.”
In other words, it is a group of people who need each other to accomplish the goal. They can’t do it alone, they are interdependent.
Therefore, the central purpose of team building is to create or increase a commitment to the goals of the team and to clear away any barriers that might be impeding the team from achieving its goals. It’s a process…a way of getting there. Team building focuses on an intact team, unlike team training that may include people from many different teams.
The outcome of team building is usually a plan to increase the effectiveness of the team as a whole. The plan may ...
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