From the course: Increasing Collaboration on Your Team

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Build cohesion

Build cohesion

From the course: Increasing Collaboration on Your Team

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Build cohesion

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- To foster collaboration and cohesion it's really valuable to do team building. Team building is the process and interactions through which people learn about each other, both personally and professionally. It's those important moments designed to help members get to know each other on a deeper level. Rather than digging into the assigned task, team building is about intentionally creating experiences that build relationships and more importantly, trust. Trust is vital for later when the work gets harder. People can tussle with the challenges and still maintain psychological safety. Team building is often shortchanged in the rush to jump into the project but investing in it in the front side will more than pay off in the group's development later on. It can take several forms, sometimes unfolding over regular meetings, or at offsite retreats. Here are three easy ways to orchestrate connection. One, help people…

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