Teamwork: Encourage group cohesion

By Raúl Gorrín.-    Teamwork is more enjoyable, more productive but also requires learning to live with others. Tolerances, acceptance, knowing listening, good communication, are important for harmony and a good environment work. Solidarity, co-operation, fellowship, motivation and cohesion are required among the members of the working groups, so that common objectives can be successfully achieved.

     Group cohesion is one of the most valuable elements to achieve success in teamwork, since it has to do with the ability of people to maintain close connections with the rest of the group. Some practices can contribute to increase group cohesion and are often used by business coaching with a view to increasing the adherence and efficiency of work teams.

     Take a look of some activities to do at work.

1)      "I guide, I trust": the group is divided in pairs which one of the members will be blindfolded and the other, will be in charge of guiding it, either when performing an activity or when he is walking, move from one place to another. This practice builds trust.

2)      Tied feet: which couples will join through the feet. The left foot of one will join with a bow to the right foot of the other. Then, they can operate in two ways to do the exercise, one by turning an instruction to form a row or to make a walk. The other way, is to leave it in the hands of every couple to agree to perform an activity.

3)      Another exercise is that every participant places a blank sheet on the back where others will write adjectives or phrases that describe that person.  It will expose their skills and virtues. Then, everyone will read what others think of them.

4)      Bingo: consists of filling in cartons in which are exposed virtues, skills, questions related to context and equipment. At the beginning of the game, the spaces will be filled with the names of the participants. Who first fills the card sings "bingo" and exposes the results. This is a dynamic that helps group members get to know each other in a deep and better way.

     The important thing about these practices is to carried out, to promote interaction, integration, knowledge and cohesion among the people who conform the team work.

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