Just returned from the beautiful beach of Bali, where we are staying since last one week for our official meetings. Till now, I was more than happy enjoying the Sunrise on the Beach, everyday morning..
But today, the agenda said - Team Building Session, post lunch. We were instructed to meet at the beach at 2pm. ok..
But once we walked to the beach, we realized, what it means to be at the Beach at 2pm.. till you are in shade.. you enjoy the breeze but the moment you step out in the sun.. it hurts, it's even difficult to open the eyes..
Somehow, it seems to be a Bad Idea, to do some kind of activity at the Beach in the afternoon session.. We started by choosing the teams and then the instructer started with some stretching exercises and we went through 4-5 games..
The mind, seems to be, not devoted to the task during the first game but as we progressed it seems mind just forgot the scorching sun and the natural instinct, to Compete and Win, took over and we all enjoyed till the very end..
Observations > A few were ready to jump in to take decisions, make strategies.. others were supporting with new ideas for better performance.. a few were doing the hard tasks required to be done by tough guys.. others participating in other tasks as integrators with whatever help they can do.. So, it seems, everyone was playing their part as per their strength, to add some kind of Value, to remain ahead and to push the team towards the Winning Post. This all was going on, even when we did not knew many of the team members properly and no one was giving instructions to individual members.. wow great.. that's really is working as a Team.
I think, such team building events are good exercises to bring the best out of individual members. These should not be taken lightly and in fact should be closely watched by the management and even HR, to understand the capabilities of the individuals and then delegate related/similar official tasks to every individual. We can easily find New Leaders, people who are good in making strategies, hard and soft nuts.. This can easily drive to the Best possible Resource Management within an organization. Such exercises also throw up, unexpected results, showing up faces of individuals, who can not gel in a team and are not good team players. HR should be able to mark such individuals and put in some correctional programs, so that everyone plays/works as a Team and Build a Stronger Organization..
..I enjoyed this thoroughly and my advice to all .. please always try to be the part of such exercises or organize such things regularly for your teams and enjoy the Game.
