Teambuilding is an important factor in any environment. Its focus is to bring out the best in a team and to encourage self development, positive communication, leadership skills and the ability to work closely together as a team to problem solve.

Some reasons an organization may benefit from team building include:Four people holding puzzle pieces which interlock

  • To re-establish NORMS
  • To develop a code of ethics
  • To  facilitate professional communication within the department
  • Following a change of leadership
  • As a part of a continuous improvement philosophy

Team building is typically done in two parts: team assessment and team interaction.

Team assessment can be used to identify gaps between the desired state and the current state, and to design a gap-closure strategy. Team development can be the greater term containing this assessment and improvement actions, or as a component of organizational development.

Tools for team assessment include

  • Everything DiSC Workplace Profile and DiSC Comparison Report
  • One-on-one interviews
  • Team interviews
  • Self evaluations
  • Performance reviews

DISC training helps people improve performance, deal more effectively with conflict, and value differences by understanding why an individual behaves they way they do.

Team interaction involves "soft" interpersonal skills including communication, negotiation, leadership, and motivation - in contrast to technical skills directly involved with the job at hand.

Some sample team interactions include:

  • Reviewing the reports from the DiSC assessment
  • DiSC Understanding other Styles activities
  • Building more effective relationships workshops
  • The 5 (five) dysfunctions of a team workshops
  • The 5 (five) modes of handling conflict workshop

Teambuilding with Henderson Consulting & EAP Services focuses on the benefits to the employees, which included feeling more committed to the company, increased confidence to contribute, looking forward to coming to work and having increased self-esteem; and the benefits to the employer, which included greater employee loyalty, lower turnover, higher productivity and an overall better reputation for the employer.

Gene’ Henderson is an experienced teambuilding facilitator. Historically she has helped to increase trust on a fundamental and emotional level and to help the team members to be more comfortable being vulnerable with each other about their weaknesses, mistakes, fears and behaviors. Past teambuilding has resulted in reduced defensiveness, improved ability to see others more accurately, and enhanced ability to appreciate others’ differences.