Ways to improve team bonding is no path of difficulty, it rather makes its way through the habits adopted in routine life itself. It only demands cautious conduct on the part of every individual to foster a healthy work environment. Team bonding is the only factor that helps create an atmosphere where there are unified opinions and collaboration amongst the colleagues which makes the whole process of working amicably.
Here are some ways you can inculcate in your routine and cement relations within your team in an almost magical way
Communicate well for better team bonding
Communicate! Communicate! Communicate! Nothing can beat the power possessed by a strong and clarified communication. The effects that a well established communication can do upon your relation within your team are infinite. It helps you re-establish and rejuvenate the bonds amongst the employees which have been previously bogged down due to some reasons and nit just that it allows you the team members to establish new relations and grow strong bonds as well at the same time.
Lack of communication is the cradle where misunderstandings and doubts take birth therefore to eliminate such possibilities communication is one extremely necessary factor. Good Communication involves
Articulating
First of all one must be able to able to express and articulate himself efficiently and correctly. That is the commencing point of a conversation failure to which can lead to the total disruption of the process. Each team member should possess the ability to express himself clearly.
Listening
Speaking would be of no worth if there isn’t an ear on the other end to listen to it. Listening requires patience, therefore every member should bear patience towards the views and opinions of other team members and listen to everything very carefully so that the task to be carried out further isn’t hampered in any manner.
Accessibility
Every member of the team should be accessible to another team member. There shouldn’t be any barriers restricting the communication and neither should there be factors that arise the feeling of hesitation or any other feeling of ill-will which discourages the members to carry out the conversation.
DEFINE THE GOALS AND RESPONSIBILITES FOR TEAM BONDING
That is pretty obvious that every team forms for a purpose, there is always a purpose to be fulfilled or a goal to be accomplished that brings the individuals together and promote them to work towards its accomplishment. Therefore it is necessary to foremost define the goal and be extremely clear about because only then it will be made clear that how well it interests the individuals involved and how much effort they can put in to work out the whole concept of team.
Defining and clarifying goals is instantly followed by the defining and allotment of responsibilities as per the working capacity and strengths of the individuals. It is important for the leader to analyze all these factors well enough and make sure that the fellow members are not having a hard time carrying out their responsibility.
TRANSPARENCY
Every team should follow the open door policy for an easy course of events. Open door policy states that there should no element of secrecy within the individuals working for a common cause, which clearly means that no team members should keep secrets or talk behind each other’s back or even harness any negative feelings toward a fellow team member. Everything should be said out loud and there should be no conspiracies cooking within because that will only act as a termite, working to make the team hollow at the core.
FEEDBACKS
Feedbacks are very necessary to keep a check on the working and the output that is yielding. It is feedbacks only that help you correct your mistake and set your graph to rise thus refraining you from being repetitive in your mistakes. Therefore all the members of the team should periodically hold sessions to review their work and it’s progress which gives everyone the liberty to give their personal feedbacks as well. With everyone’s feedback out on the table, the members get a chance to bond together by respecting each other’s opinions.
INFORMAL MEETINGS
No wonder that coordination and communication at the work space is extremely important but to establish strong bonds some informal meetings are of importance as well. These meetings at regular public place allows the members to bond with each other because away from the workspace they can be their individual selves without having to worry about anything. This helps them share their interest and communicate about their emotions with each other which not only establishes friendly bonds but also reflects it’s effect in the work as well.
The saying never gets old enough – “United we stand, divided we fall.” Nurturing a healthy team culture is sheerly important for the overall growth of the team and also of every individual as well.