Thought of the week:

Team-training; Team-Development training, etc. Useful or not?

Well, in certain situation these training events could become useful, but if one looks at reality - companies are sending their people for team training in perpetuum every half year or so, with actually very little to show in form of sustainably improved team behavior - useful would not usually be the first answer that comes to mind. Often this persistent lack of credible teamwork can be traced to two causes: 1) no supportive remuneration structure, 2) lack of trust.
Re. 1) If the remuneration structure is based on performance pay towards personal KPI achievement, people will not work in teams. Even if there is some element of group or team KPI, it will not be credibly transfer to dynamic team structures. Re. 2) Intra-company trust levels are generally a disaster - assessments in organizations across different cultures and countries show prevailing levels of 21-26%. Case closed. - Unless the organization abandons pay for KPI, or 'performance', achievements and increases trust levels, people simply will not work in teams. Once pay rewards collaboration and exchange of knowledge, ideas and innovation, and trust levels top 45% then people will work effective in teams, even without the semi annual team - training events. Concerns or questions? - Talk to us!