Importance of team building in current day work senior staff in the public

service sector

All employees from junior to senior have to be aligned with the corporate culture
of the company, as well as its vision and processes.
With the fast moving environment, employees have to adapt to changes, and the
senior management have to adjust with continuing changes in technology and
how the business world react to it. They are the backbone who need to ensure
the company is operating effectively and must replicate the same to other
operating staff within the corporate hierarchy.
It becomes more significant when it comes to ensure the optimal functioning of a
country, because it impacts the overall population. To guarantee the
effectiveness of these people, team building makes a big difference in the
everyday work.

Team building is very important in the workplace if you wish to get the best out
of your workforce. It breaks down barriers and helps encouraging collaboration
and teamwork. While being a psychological discipline, team building inspires
groups of workers to communicate through a series of planned activities that are
entertaining and motivational at the same time.
These activities can be used to determine an individuals strengths and skills,
such as negotiation and leadership. Being aware of these inner strength gives
individuals a satisfaction in their work and the opportunity to progress to their
full potential. And of course, maintaining a motivated workforce is critical to
achieving the objectives of reform.
Job satisfaction plays an important role within any organization. If an employee
feels worthy and a sense of achievement, he will positively impact on the overall
productivity.
Team building also benefits the team as a whole. People who do not always work
together can discover that they appreciate the interaction with other team
members when they are forced to communicate. For others, they will still have to
overcome their differences in order to fulfil their tasks professionally, since they
are working together for a common goal. When understanding each others
strengths, weaknesses, and interests, it helps the groups to work even better
together, in an effective way.
Seven reasons for team building
1. Communication
Communication is the top reason why people choose team building. Each
member is looking for a friendly work environment, where they will be
comfortable and happy to talk to and work together.

Team building is known to improve communication and in the public service

sector, communication to all staff about their objectives and responsibilities must
be ongoing, consistent and part of all senior management communication to
staff including in everyday situations. Todays public servants are the leaders
who need to be mission-driven and creative problem-solvers. By strengthening
leadership skills at all levels, we can change the culture of government and
enable leaders to empower their employees, measure progress, hold people
accountable and deliver results.
2. Motivation
As mentioned before, motivated employees tends to be more productive. The
more comfortable the employees are to express their ideas and opinions, the
more confident they will become. This will motivate them to take on new
challenges.

3. Develops problem-solving skills

A crisis can happen at any time. Team building activities that require co-workers
to work together to solve problems can improve the ability to think rationally and
strategically. Teams that are able to determine when a problem arises and know
what they can do about it, can then effectively take charge when a real crisis
occurs.

4. Innovation and creativity

Some people develop a large imagination when they are surrounded by people
they are comfortable with. Therefore, team building activities do not only bring
people closer together, but they also lead to more successful and creative
workplace ideas.

5. Its contribution to the company

A successful organisation may be described as a team if teams. The success of
any organisation depends on the success of each team and the teams ability to
co-operate and support each other. The team building activity aim at creating
real and winning teams rather than just working groups.

6. Developing trust
Trust is definitely a fundamental element to business, especially when teamwork
is required on a daily basis to achieve clients objectives. In this case, team
building exercises can help develop trust among employees. If there is no trust, a
team cannot exist; some will see this as a make or break situation as business
cant grow without teamwork. Developing a mutual trust by introducing team

building activities can make your team more dependable on one another and as
a result encourage them to be more productive and efficient.

7. Mitigates conflicts
People have different viewpoints and, under the right set of circumstances, those
differences escalate to conflict. But that does not mean conflict is a bad thing constructive conflict is a component of high-functioning teams. This means that
people change and grow personally from the conflict and builds cohesiveness
among the members of the team.