Team building: What's the point?

Anyone managing a group of people will know how important team coheasion is to success. Whether it's part of a massive corporate or a small business, effective team working can only add value. Top business psychologist Robert Myatt explains some of the dos and don'ts involved in taking part in a successful team building event. Looking at these events from the perspective of a Business Psychologist, team-building can be very powerful way of creating or improving teams, but on the other hand events can be a very expensive, time consuming and potentially embarrassing office jolly. Making a success of team-building comes down to the reasons for running the event, and then, most importantly, making sure that all the activities are directly related to achieving these objectives; even if the event involves falconry or learning the recorder.