Successful Teams; Co-operate Team Building Excerise
Improve co-operation, communication and understanding within your Sales and Marketing Teams
Co-operate Team Building Excerise
What is Co-operate?
Co-operate is a team building game which consists of 3 separate team building exercises. Each exercise can be used for 4-9 participants, or all 3 team building exercises can be run at the same time, allowing 12-27 people to take part. Each of the activities addresses team communication, cohesion and co-operation.
When it comes to sales and marketing staff working in teams, often the more dominant team members come to the fore and try to stamp their authority on the team effort. The members will claim a legitimate right to be the controlling voice because they have the most informed knowledge of a particular sales situation, marketing project or client or customer. Invariably this means that certain individuals are ignored or shouted down, whilst others take little interest in the team outcome. Such antagonism in the team often results in failure.
Co-operate uses three action-oriented exercises to illustrate the benefits of team work and overcome some of the most common problems in teams.
The Exercises
Participants don’t need to complete a Belbin® report prior to taking part, since each of the team building activities can be used without including Belbin theory. Co-operate comes with a facilitator’s guide which includes observation and feedback forms so that observed behaviours can be noted for discussion, whether on a one-to-one basis, or as part of a team building day.
Many customers find Belbin Co-operate an invaluable tool when sales and marketing teams are first formed; Co-operate highlights individuals’ natural behaviour within a short period of time. The feedback from the exercises will help rapidly ensure that the team members start pulling together to achieve their combined sales or marketing objective.
Three excerises; Cooperate
Team Build calls for self-sacrifice
The team is asked to complete a series of shapes on different boards, exchanging pieces as they go, without being able to see each others’ boards. Ultimately, the exercise can only be completed if they sacrifice short-term, individual goals for the sake of the team’s achievements.
Team Rescue calls for good communication
The team is required to form a strategy to defuse a “bomb” within a short timeframe. They must listen for the input of other team members and decide who will be actively involved in the operation.
Team Write calls for team harmonisation
This exercise is only possible if the team pulls together to work as one. The team must control the writing apparatus supplied to manoeuvre a pen and draw different shapes.
Giving feedback
Each of the activities draws attention to a different aspect of team dynamics, providing plenty of opportunities for observation and feedback. The team building game also includes an overview by Dr Meredith Belbin on the lessons in effective team work to be learned from the exercises, building on a common understanding which can be taken back to the workplace.
Costs and Delivery
Co-operate costs £545 + P&P + VAT. If an order for UK delivery is received before 12pm on a working day, the game can be sent out to arrive the next day via ParcelForce.
