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If you are looking forĀ Team Building ActivitiesĀ that will result in the development of a high performing team and donāt know where to start what do you do? Well, you might ask Google and like so many of lifeās other questions, Google has the answer and it surprised even them as explained in a recent HRM CanadaĀ
After two years of research and hundreds of interviews, Google discovered that of the multitude ofĀ Team Building ActivitiesĀ out there, no single one provided the magic bullet they were looking for to put together the best team possible. Many HR professionals spend a lot of time and energy developing Team Building Activities that would group individuals with complementary skills together to maximize that teamās effectiveness.
It turns out that this kind of thinking is all wrong and many HR professionals and managers are starting to learn that the best kind of Team Building Activities focuses more on the human side of things. Relationship building, fostering trust and collaboration and establishing a culture where people care about each other and the work they do makes for a much better recipe for success than simply looking at the experience and background folks bring to the table.
This revelation was great for us at Summit to hearā¦our team building activities focus on creating experiences where people can get to know each other better so that relationships can grow, teams can flourish and participants can have some of those āahaā moments that can be catalysts towards high performance.
This discovery was something that Summit PresidentĀ Scott KressĀ talks about in his keynote andĀ book, both entitled āLearning in Thin Air.ā Scott has climbed mountains all over the world and has been largely successful. There was one expedition however where the team didnāt make it to the Summit despite all of them possessing excellent credentials. The reason? Little collaboration, lack of trust and not sharing a common goal. That experience did provide a great learning experience for him though and as a result, future climbs featured some team building activities with his crew that ultimately laid the foundation that would result in standing atop the worldās highest peak ā Mount Everest.
So, if youāre still looking for that perfect team building activity, take Googleās advice and focus on things like how your team interacts, how work is structured and how your people view their contributions to the organization. Just like Googleās analysts, the results might surprise you!

















