{"id":4263,"date":"2013-08-12T06:21:28","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T12:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/corevalues.com\/?p=4263"},"modified":"2013-08-12T06:21:28","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T12:21:28","slug":"team-building-activities-re-engage-a-disengaged-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/dev\/2013\/08\/12\/team-building-activities-re-engage-a-disengaged-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Building Activities Re-engage a Disengaged Workforce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Fotolia_3344537_XS.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3131\" alt=\"good employee attitude\" src=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Fotolia_3344537_XS-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/a>Business coaches and consultants with team building expertise have their work cut out for them in today\u2019s corporate culture. 70% of American employees aren&#8217;t working to their full potential and they&#8217;re slowing economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gallup&#8217;s\u00a0State of the American Workplace: 2010-2012 report: out of the 70% disengaged employees &#8211; another 18% are <b><i>actively<\/i><\/b> disengaged. These employees are emotionally disconnected from their companies and actively working against their employers&#8217; interests due to loss of productivity, disruption in team work, engagement in harmful activities such as rumor mongering, excessive absences, and driving customers away. Gallup estimates that actively disengaged employees cost the U.S. $450 billion to $550 billion in lost productivity per year.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b>Instill six research-based principles to build positive team relationships<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>To combat disengagement in organizations and build a strong, engaged workforce, organizations must instill the principles of trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk, and success into their culture. These principles are the hallmark and acronyms of <a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/\">TIGERS Success Series<\/a>. Over the next series of blogs I will be focusing on how to \u201cgain and sustain\u201d harmonious teams through collaborative team work based on these six researched-based principles. We will delve into each principle individually to help external consultants as well as internal trainers build a fully engaged workplace culture.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately for us, a branch of psychology called &#8220;positive psychology&#8221; is also being embraced by several Fortune 500 companies. &#8216;Positive psychology\u2019 recognizes and reinforces individual and organizational strengths and today\u2019s team building exercises compliment this very train of thought. Instead of using psychology to analyze and \u201cfix what\u2019s broken\u201d, positive psychology removes fear and instills a sense of well-being. By combining positive psychology and proven team building tools that provide<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tigersamongus.com\"> improved team relationships<\/a>, consultants and business coaches can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Build employee resilience and remove defense barriers<\/li>\n<li>Encourage creativity and risk taking without fear of repercussion<\/li>\n<li>Teach how to give and receive constructive feedback \u2013 not criticism<\/li>\n<li>Curb incivility in the workplace<\/li>\n<li>Develop a positive, solution-oriented workplace environment<\/li>\n<li>Develop an emotionally intelligent workforce<\/li>\n<li>Boost an employee\u2019s sense of security and safety in the workplace<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Consultant psychologist and Professor Neil Frude states: &#8220;Learning to manage your emotional well-being through positive psychology is like teaching a man to fish&#8211;a skill that will keep you going for a lifetime.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>With the right team building exercises at their disposal, consultants and business coaches can help organizations turn around a culture of discontented employees. Use your team building activities to:<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Create a team culture where \u201cwe\u201d and \u201cus\u201d are the norm<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately many organizations are ingrained with the notion of \u201cI\u201d instead of \u201cwe.\u201d Individual accomplishments are recognized and rewarded especially at the executive suite level. When executives incorporate the word \u201cwe\u201d into their vocabulary, employees at all levels feel included and a part of the organization\u2019s success. Michael A. Olguin, president of Formula PR adds, <i>\u201c<\/i>When counseling clients, use terms like &#8220;we believe&#8230;&#8221; or &#8220;our recommendations include&#8230;. This eliminates an employee&#8217;s fear of standing alone and shows that the entire organization is thinking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>2. Acknowledge success from the CEO level to employee front lines<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The most employee-deflating organizations to work for are those that think great ideas come only from the executive management level. While conversely, the most employee-oriented and progressive organizations encourage input from all levels of the organization. They give credit where credit is due and in turn reap the rewards of high employee morale and low turnover rates. These <a href=\"http:\/\/tigersamongus.com\/\">winning team business cultures<\/a> have mastered collaborative team work within their organization.<\/p>\n<p><b>3. Explore the challenges, strengths, and weaknesses of a workplace team or entire organization<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Team building exercises such as the TIGERS team wheel game provides a non-threatening environment that encourages engagement and problem solving. Individual strengths, skill sets, and natural talents are revealed to benefit the employee and company as a whole. Powerful team building exercises remove the guesswork and help create team buy-in and commitment for a successful teamwork culture within an organization.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/tigers-success-series-about-us\/tigers-team-wheel-game\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4040\" alt=\"Website Team Certification and licensing\" src=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Website-Team-Certification-and-licensing-300x226.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Business coaches and consultants: Expand your team building exercises and join other professionals as a licensed TIGERS facilitator<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I am looking for dynamic business coaches, internal and external trainers, facilitators, educators, and leadership consultants who are searching for proven resources and solutions to take their organization or consulting business to the next level. With opportunities to \u201cbrainstorm\u201d with like-minded thought leaders, utilize the proven TIGERS Team Wheel and an arsenal of team-building resource tools, the \u201croyalty free\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/tigers-success-series-about-us\/tigers-team-wheel-game\/\">TIGERS Facilitation Certification <\/a>is the solution for the right candidates. Use proven, research-based resources and assessment tools that reveal behavioral issues, sources of conflict, skill sets, strengths, and weaknesses within a team or organization. If you are a consultant or trainer and fit this scenario, I would like to hear from you.<\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #993300;\"><b><a href=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bullseye.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3149\" alt=\"bullseye\" src=\"https:\/\/corevalues.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/bullseye-300x269.gif\" width=\"300\" height=\"269\" \/><\/a>About TIGERS Success Series<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>TIGERS Success Series is a team development consultancy\u00a0based on 6 core principles that anchor high performance team dynamics. These principles are trust, interdependence, genuineness, empathy, risk and success. TIGERS offers licensing and certification to team building trainers and consultants interested in expanding their practice to serve organizational leaders from the break room to the boardroom.\u00a0.<b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/corevalues.tigerssuccessseries.com\">Learn more<\/a>.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business coaches and consultants with team building expertise have their work cut out for them in today\u2019s corporate culture. 70% of American employees aren&#8217;t working to their full potential and they&#8217;re slowing economic growth. According to Gallup&#8217;s\u00a0State of the American Workplace: 2010-2012 report: out of the 70% disengaged employees &#8211; another 18% are actively disengaged. 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