Establish a Cohesive Team

Personality-Based Team Building Techniques

One way to learn more about coworkers is to start with a personality test. Learning that some employees are more introverted than others may lead managers to assign them specific creative tasks, while extroverted employees may benefit more from tasks that involve engaging with people and presenting new ideas. 

Each personality type has a role to play in an organization. Team building strategies that incorporate each team member’s personality type, with an understanding of how each individual interacts with others, can help businesses better appreciate what everyone has to offer.

Activity-Based Team Building Techniques

In an activity-based approach to team building, team members participate in a series of challenging tasks designed to take them out of their comfort zones. 

While it may seem irrelevant to take teams out of the office, in truth, it can be highly rewarding for teams that need to learn to work together and trust each other. Activity-based approaches can work particularly well with younger employees who may be eager to try their hand at something different.

Skills-Based Team Building Techniques

For managers concerned that activity-based team building may not be developing specific job skills, a skills-based approach may be beneficial. Here, team members participate in workshops to develop important job skills, such as how to negotiate effectively and give helpful feedback. The types of skills honed in a skills-based workshop can immediately be relevant to the job and can be highly useful for boosting team performance.

Problem-Solving-Based Team Building Techniques

The problem-solving-based team building technique is designed to look specifically at internal dynamics and discover problems within the workplace, such as process strategy, poor morale, or a lack of communication.