When it comes to team building ideas the next 3 tips are essential ingredients. It is imperative that you include the 3 tips to ensure a highly successful team and team building program.

1. Keep It FUN - This is the Golden Rule!

Having fun in the workplace is known to have a remarkable impact on;

• Retaining information

• Building personal relationships

• Health and wellbeing

• Creating a sense of connectedness and engagement

• Improving morale and optimism

• Increasing productivity

By ensuring that there is a high degree of fun contained within the team building idea you are guaranteeing that any theoretical learning is anchored in an emotional response. The more powerful an emotional response the more likely we are to remember and be influenced by that learning experience.

2. Management Involvement - If you're a Manager Get Involved!

One of the biggest complaints that staff have about their workplace is their relationship with their boss. It is important for Managers to realize that if you are running a team building program - You are a part of the team!

Now this doesn't mean you need to take over - it just means that you need to participate as everyone else is. This means listen, contribute, share, explore, show your silly side, fear, strengths and weaknesses. Show it all. Allow your team and staff to see you and work along side you. Provide staff the opportunity to share their thoughts, ideas and goals. The best team building you can ever do is 'walk next to your staff'. The reason that many staff feel disconnected to their manager is that the manager has either never 'walked the path' that their staff are walking now or if they have it's been so long that Managers have forgotten what it is like.

3. Keep It Regular - Team Building Ideas More Than Once A Year!

There are too many businesses and managers who think that if they do one team building session that they can tick it off the 'to do list'.

Team building is about increasing and maintaining the 'team fitness'. If you are training to run a marathon, you don't go for a single run and think 'I've done enough!' NO. You train regularly.

So with your team building ideas) provide a mix of opportunities for staff to build team connections, discuss their performance and grow. Have a mix of planning days, fun team activities, training sessions, social events and creative projects. As a guide you can;

• Run a 5 minute fun activity at the start of team meetings

• Have a 6 monthly planning day

• Have quarterly fun social events

• Have quarterly team building sessions

Ensure that you have a variety of team building programs that go for different lengths, have different objectives and appeal to different personality types.