Effective team building 'undermined by five issues'

Date: 01/02/2010

Team building conferences are important as it targets a facet of business that is a "more complex challenge" than creating high morale in individual employees, according to a new report.

John Schaefer, the author of The Vocational Shrink - An Analysis of the Ten Levels of Workplace Disillusionment, said there are five major problems that many teams can develop which stop them from being as able and effective as they want to be in hitting company goals.

He said these included the absence of trust, the fear of conflict causing an artificial harmony, the lack of commitment bringing about a level of ambiguity, a large avoidance of accountability and a lack of attention to results, with the final one being caused by individualism and ego issues.

Ultimately leading to self-protectionism, Mr Schaefer underlined how this will lead to productivity falls, adding: "This 'every man for themselves' attitude destroys teams and makes it impossible to optimise goal setting and achieve corporate objectives in a timely manner; if at all."

Last month, Ruth Spellman, chief executive at the Chartered Management Institute (CMI), said that managers are determined to engage their staff as a priority for 2010 and aim to build trust first and foremost.

Posted by Michelle Fry

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