Research shows that by working through the differences together at the work, employees can build a more profound sense of mutual respect, trust and cooperation. Experts and researchers agree that regularly conducted team building activities can promote positive outcomes ranging from increased morale to increased profits. For specific context in hospitality industry, studies have examined the ability of teambuilding activities to impact turnover, a continuing problem which has impacted the hospitality industry.
As per research data, engaging and effective team building activities can help increase the rate of retention for hospitality employees. Although, ineffective team building activities can have the opposite effect of making the employees disinvested and alienated from the organization. Effective team building activities have also been proven to improve communication, solidarity and cooperation among team members and managers. In hospitality industry, these variables can foster interdependent, dynamic organizational culture and independent working environment
Encourage organization-wide participation
One of the mistakes which organizations make while forming teambuilding activities is focusing only on staff- level employees. However, in order to promote teambuilding experts suggests that cross-level interaction of employee base is required. Clear interest and support from upper level will support the kind of trust, connection and morale that are the goal of team building activities.
Introduce the lessons learned in workplace
Before, during and after the exercise it is important to discuss the importance and meaning of having such teambuilding activities in the workplace. An open discussion period after the conclusion of the activity can help learn employees what they have learnt, and periodic follow ups can reiterate the learning from the activity.
Getting the most out of team building activities
A major inadequacy of team building activities is the failure to link it to everyday work, concern or challenges which occur in an organization. In order to maximize the return on effort, time and resources that are invested in team building activities, it is important to make tacit connection between real world challenges and the learning exercises.
Merrymaking with a mission
Several notable studies have linked ongoing team building activities with improvement in cooperation, team functioning, communication as well as increased retention. The team building activities should always be aligned to the mission and goals of the organization as it would help the employees to be clear in their daily work routine also.
Develop long-term team building program
Sometimes, a single, stand-alone team building activities can be enough to bring refreshment to the employees. However, the best results are gained through extended teambuilding activities. The incremental build-up of lessons learned through teambuilding over a sustained period is most likely to promote longstanding change in the organization.
Hospitality organizations now-a-days are focusing more on performing such engaging team building activities for their employees which is connected to their work. If there is teamwork any kind of critical situation can be solved out by discussing among the team members. There are many types of team structure such as horizontal, vertical and virtual team structure. Different teams should be engaged in different teambuilding activities as per their work.
