How Teamwork Activities Help to Build a Strong Team Spirit

1. Celebrate company’s achievements together

Every single person in your company has a different role and takes care of different tasks. They deal with different problems and work with different people. Lot’s of “different,” huh? That’s why it’s so important to remind your employees that you’re one team and you have the same goals.

That’s why every time you achieve one of your goals, you should make sure that every single person knows that it wouldn’t happen without them.

2. Make opportunities to spend time together

If you want to have a healthy team, team members have to like each other. And the more time they spend together, the more they like working together, it's not a secret.

It’s much easier to communicate openly or suggest solutions when you know the other person won’t judge you, right?

And the thing is that you don’t have to fund expensive dinners or fancy events to make the magic happen. You can encourage people to meet in pub, you can go bowling or have fun on laser tag. It’s not expensive, but it definitely is team-bonding!

3. Don’t “shush” people

I used to work in companies where it was not allowed to talk. Seriously. My managers thought that people are 100% productive only when they work in 100% silence. So my colleagues and I worked in depressing quietness, waiting impatiently for a break, to let the steam out.

I’m not saying that your workplace should be as loud as a children playground, but the enforced silence can be unmotivating and disengaging.

Another thing is that when people know they are allowed to speak up loud, they are less afraid to say what’s on their minds. It might turn out that someone from support has a great marketing idea. It might also happen that a person from one team stops by to praise a colleague for the latest project!

You should encourage your employees to speak up whenever they think that it might bring value to the rest. But even when people share their personal experiences or even jokes, you should think twice before you ask them to be quiet!

4. Encourage to share same passions

Do you know what your employees love? What are their passions? If not, you should definitely pay attention to what they love to do after work. It might turn out that they love the same things and you could do them together!

For example, if you ask me what’s the most common passion in my company, I’d say sports. We love hiking, bicycling and kayaking, but if you ask me what’s the company’s sport of choice, I’d say: jogging.

The team spirit is strong with these ones!

5. Let people be themselves

Accepting people, the way they are is in my opinion one of the most important things in a healthy workplace. A great team is a colorful combination of shapes and sizes; therefore, you should never encourage your employees to behave the way that’s not natural for them.

I know that this one might be difficult in companies where dress code and as called “professional behaviour” is a must, but I am sure that it is possible to let it go a bit to make people feel more comfortable.

Acceptance leads to honesty, and laughter builds community!

Team building is a never-ending mission

Team building is a great challenge.

It’s difficult to hire right people for the job, with the right mindset at the same time. It’s also difficult to build a healthy, friendly environment as it’s time-consuming, and expensive sometimes.

But if you think about the reasons why you should never give up in your efforts to build an awesome company culture, you will see that’s worth it.

Team spirit translates into motivation, engagement and productivity. People who like their company’s culture are more creative and open minded, more confident and communicate better!

And the greatest thing about team spirit is that although every company can face problems, with a little bit of effort and dedication you can turn a group of unmotivated zombies into a bunch of dedicated employees.

All you have to do is to remember about one magic word: “together”.