Team building doesn't improve work

[Evil Eye]

We may pride ourselves on being a nation of good sports, but most employees think that doing more company team-building events would not help improve how they work.



The survey carried out by Vodafone UK and YouGov suggests workers feel that some organised team-building activities can be a waste of time, and at worst, are toe-curlingly embarrassing.



Workers would much prefer being able to communicate with each other better at work rather than being forced to build rapport with their co-workers by sharing adrenaline experiences or performing 'trust' exercises



The research among more than 1,000 British employees with colleagues uncovered some excruciating examples of awkward and silly team-building activities, including enduring bikini-clad 'bed baths' and massages from colleagues, holding lingerie parties, and eating crickets as part of a 'bush tucker trial' style event.



While the majority of workers surveyed (66 per cent) have been made to do some form of team-building activity, more than half (54 per cent) don't feel that doing more would help them work better with their colleagues.

More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...063890/Team-building-doesnt-improve-work.html





Have you had to do something like this?

Has it improved anything?

 

[Jazzy]

No but I wouldn't mind getting [font=tahoma, helvetica, arial, sans-serif]massages from some of my colleagues!

 

[DrLeftover]

Yes.



Serveral times.



They were, without exception, stupid.



And as far as the massage thing, yeah, they might do that one week (they haven't, but I wouldn't put it past them), and then the next week have another session on how a sexually charged atmosphere was negative and won't be tolerated.