Team Building 
Effective team building early in a team’s formulation period, followed with focused team development, is crucial to organisational success. SHL recognises the need for organisations today to select and develop teams that operate at peak performance.
Optimising teams for lasting success
Many organisations champion the benefits of ‘teamwork’, but few are able to encourage team development or quantify the impact of teams on business performance. The question of whether exercises like fire walking or rock climbing are effective in team building is hotly debated. But whilst workshops and stand-alone team activities may deliver short-term benefit, they are expensive and difficult to maintain for long-term success.
SHL’s work in this area has shown that companies need practical tools that can be deployed quickly and inexpensively in order to deliver sustainable team impact.
Begin by understanding the individuals in the team
Dynamic teams are composed of people with a variety of personalities, competencies, motivations and skills. Individuals make different contributions to a team, so it is important to assess their strengths and development areas to predict their potential contribution. The most valuable insight into a team’s potential for lasting success lies in understanding how individuals within that team impact the different stages of a work-related project.
Before embarking on costly team building exercises or development workshops, many companies are successfully using low-cost assessment tools to:
- Discover team strengths and weaknesses
- Identify the attributes needed from a new member
- Direct team development to ensure peak performance.
SHL can help you understand individual and collective strengths of your team, contact us to discuss your team building requirements
SHL tools to select effective teams
SHL’s Team Impact Reports help managers, supervisors and HR specialists select, manage and develop the individuals that form the team.
To build a high-performing team, it is vital to have the right ingredients. The Team Impact Report can help you choose the right blend of individuals that will contribute to better team performance; ultimately reducing the time spent managing an ineffective team.
Following completion of individual assessments, the Team Impact Report determines individual strengths and weaknesses in a team context, as well as providing a structured competency-based interview guide to help you further explore their contribution to the team.
Download a sample team impact report to see how valuable and detailed this can be (565 KB)
Team development for ongoing success
Teams today frequently face challenges such as remote working. SHL’s Team Impact Development Reports and Coaching Services foster the growth and effectiveness of teams throughout their lifecycle. The Reports provide organisations with valuable insight and team development techniques in order to:
- Direct team development where it is needed
- Proactively manage delivery or productivity challenges within the team
- Encourage self-sufficient team management and operation
- Increase results through high performing teams.
Nikki Davey, Head of Medicines at Mid Hampshire Primary Care Trust, said:
“The information in the reports was great for stimulating discussion with the team. It also highlighted key areas for the team to focus on. Best of all, it gave people specific, structured action points to take away from the session... It has provided me with a stepping stone to further activities and a catalyst for change within the team.”
Read the full case study about SHL’s team impact work with Mid Hampshire Primary Care Trust
