Building relations - trainer

1. Introduction to building relations

1.2. Networking and teambuilding

At workplaces it is necessary to work in teams and build network. Working together is necessary to reach goals and helps working productively.  Networking and teambuilding are core issues in building relation and depend on contribution from each member. Many issues are important to build good networks and teams. 

Introduction to the topic of "team building" → Watch the video of an activity dealing with "team building" "relations" and "cooperation".

Aims of networking and teambuilding are:

• obtain trust and have confidence 
  
• overcome fear of rejection
  
• be friendly and make a connection
  
• know principles from goal settings to evaluation in teamwork 
  

Trust and have confidence 

To cooperate indicate to have trust and confidence to all co-workers in team. Trustful attitudes encourage co-workers to give their best, to contribute to common goals and work processes.

Activity:

Let learners discuss: how they can show trust and confidence to co-workers? Describe attitudes, use of language and communication style.

Overcome fear and rejection:

Teamwork means to contribute to common goals. It depends on ideas and viewpoints from each participant, to be shared with co-workers. To experience rejection and contrary viewpoints are normal for all, and must not stop contribution from participants. Get over it.

Activity:

Let learners create a team and discuss a theme related to work. Formulate pro- and contra arguments and test learners skills in handling rejection and contrary argumentation. 

Be friendly and make a connection

This may seem self-evident, but a friendly word or smile can make someone's day. Try to find something in common: all of us want to have close connections with our co-workers.

Activity:

Let learners play a role game by using friendly and not-friendly attitudes towards co-workers in a concrete situation. 

Know principles from goal settings to evaluation in teamwork

Teamwork often require some principles for effective processes. Each participants must know the goal of the work and communication rules as for instance for turn-taking. 

Activity:

Let learners organize a meeting to practice communication rules.