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Physical experiences are more bonding
It's much harder to achieve the same level of bonding when you're not physically together.
Research shows that teams who experience mutual hardships strengthen connections, such as struggling through bad weather together.
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During the pandemic and the switch to working from home, companies need ways to keep their teams focused and maintain a sense of togetherness.
But in most cases, virtual team building feels more agonising than the real thing. It is also inherently flawed.
Effective team building contains two things:
- A change of scenery, which makes the activity seem like a break from the normal day.
- A demonstration that your employer really cares about your wellbeing.
Virtual team-building fails...
One school of thought is that the entire concept of team building is flawed, not just that of virtual team building.
Participating in team-building exercises won't usually help. The political and complex nature of the workplace means that people will return to their no...
The challenge with online team-building is to simulate the physical experiences of a team-building day trip.
Although online activities fall short, they can work as long as businesses feel like they're fulfilling their goals and the events feel really enjoyable.
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Managers can be more successful by focusing on:
- Compelling direction: Team members need to be engaged and energized, with explicit goals.
- Strong structure: The team needs the right number and mix of members, great processes, and positive dyn...
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With growing pains, software entropy kicked in and product developers had to manage several cross-cutting concerns along with their feature work and timelines.
We need to solve problems holistically to handle multiple tea...
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- Since shifting into a more virtual work situation our workday has been proven to be lengthed by more than an hour and meetings extended for a full 10 minutes longer.
- As we feed into these longer working hours it causes us to have higher chances for cognitive overhead. We may not be...
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