Team Bonding – Hocus Pocus

“Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.”-Stephen Covey

Team bonding glues many individuals strung by tasks to be delivered, in a project. It is a step beyond the team building exercise, where the roles have been defined, rules have been set and tasks have been designated. This phase is beyond forming and norming the team. We consider this phase as it imprints success resulting from collective efforts of the performers. We have repeatedly read, seen and experienced its success. Here we share two real-time business cases which teach us the invaluable lesson through their myriad ways. The names have been changed, to maintain the business confidentiality.
Case A- Shooting stars
Here we present a business unit ABC, composed of many stars, each responsible for a quantified end result. All the members had a considerable track record, to have earned a role, in the dream team. The individual performances ranks high and the initial report runs strong. The situation takes a turn when the performances spikes, without the collaborative effort. The team differs majorly with each other. The dissonance fuels better performance and a cut-throat competition. The project ends with great results and a bunch of highly disjointed individuals, who trajectiles into different directions. The learning gained from the absence of this team-bonding is, this process is not limited, to bond for the business result, but inculcating relationships, to gel the magic for a longer duration of time.
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