Successful Team Building: 20 Tips, Tools, and Exercises

Mistakes Team BuildingFacilitators Make(And what to do about them)

Team building does not work when “it’s all about the game.” It does not work when:

  The facilitator says something like “I want to do a fun team building exercise like the one I saw at a conference last year.” Fun is great as long as the exercise helps the team reach its goal of becoming a more effective team.

  The facilitator does not ask the team leader what goals they hope to achieve with team building. It’s important that team building be a purposeful process rather than simply ...