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How to Choose the Best Team Building Activities, Part 2

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When used the right way, many goals can be accomplished and issues worked on that can move a team from being dysfunctional to highly effective. Step #2: Set Your Goals. After you’ve evaluated your team and determined some of the issues you want to work on, it’s time to set goals for your team building event.

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What Makes Team Building Activities Effective?

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If you’re wondering about what makes team building activities effective versus what does not, here are some helpful suggestions: Effective Team Building Activities are Goal-Oriented. The first step even before choosing these activities (or a company to run them) should be to sit down with your team and set goals for the day.

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Developing a Compelling Vision Statement for Your Team

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Here are some tried-and-true methods for not only defining your vision, but for developing a compelling vision statement for your team that will get them motivated, empower them to work, and engage them and your organization for success. It must drive production and goals. The Vision Statement Must Be Clear. More or less stressed?

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Top 10 Reasons Your Team Building Activities are Ineffective

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Reason 1: You never set any goals. Goals are important for most business activities and team building is no exception. For a team building program to be effective, you must start by setting goals. – What activities match your desired goals? – What do you want the end result to be/look like? Problem solving?

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10 Ways to Help Your Team Be More Thankful

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Set a goal and see how many you can collect! If you don’t want to collect anything to donate, have one of your teammates organize a day to go feed the homeless at a local shelter. Make it a goal to serve together once a month or once a quarter as a group. The same idea could be used for Christmas. Serve the homeless.

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7 Team Building Lessons I Learned from White Water Rafting

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As a team, you work hard, and you have goals that you are going after. What happens in your organization when people don’t carry their weight ? Have you clearly set expectations and goals for everyone? In your organization, do you have a plan to help people who are struggling? Are they just left alone?

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The ABC’s of Effective Teamwork

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There is an ownership about this characteristic that can only be driven by a leader that empowers his team members and with team members that are vested in the success of the organization. More goals. The team that can stay non-toxic will do well and excel where other teams will fail. Risk-takers. Clear roles help as well.

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