Teams Need "Time-Outs"

It's been a whirlwind past few weeks with kids back to school, tuition and CCAs and a very busy work schedule.

So when we had a break this afternoon because my daughter did not have her regular ballet class from 4-6pm, the family decided to have a time-out so we went for a family movie to Iluma in town to catch Pixar's Toy Story 3 and then to a calorie-busting dinner at Empire State Cafe of ribs, coney dog and herb chicken.

I enjoyed this 5 hours outing tremendously. We spent some quality time catching the 3rd installment of a movie trilogy we loved, had a great time bonding over dinner and just chiilin out and hanging out together, without any other agenda, except to relax, have fun - together!

I have been busy doing many team building programs these past weeks, many teams catching the upturn to come together for some R&R, team bonding and team building.

Many have openly said at the end debrief and sharing that "these sessions were long overdue" and that they needed "more of them" to continue this climate of fostering communication and collaboration.

Cost of the training intervention - a few thousand ; cost of the venue and food & beverages - a few hundreds; improved team understanding, communication and collaboration - priceless.

Everyone - individuals, families and of course work teams all need to have regular "time-outs" to recharge and refresh themselves.

If you haven't organised anything these last 6 months for your work teams, I really suggest you do something now and just see the results you can get when you foster high performing teams.

I'll see you at your next teambuilding session!