Workshop Two: The Art of…Team-Building
Key objective
To inspire any group (or leaders of teams) in the understanding of the behaviours and mindset that can enhance organisational culture.
Overview
This session is led by one facilitator and a musician.
This is a team-building training session that focuses on group dynamics and understanding the nature of relationships, power and communication within teams.
Its goal is to use creative exercises alongside the challenge of creating of a piece of music together, to give a real experience of the impact we make as individuals and the contribution we can make as a team.
It focuses on the nature of organisational culture and how teams can work together towards a common goal whilst retaining individual identity.
Focus
• Getting the basics in place with fundamentals of understanding our role and function and how it sits with others.
• Supporting individual confidence and goal-setting alongside group understanding.
• Encouraging new understanding and a new vocabulary in group dynamics and encouraging a culture of team as well as individual thinking.
• This also acts as a great bonding session.
Outcome
Improved individual and team confidence.
Workshop structure
• Introduction of objectives
Interactive exercises focusing on team ethos
• Music drumming and Samba session with Somesh DeSwardt.
• Group discussion around workplace actions and application
Why use samba drumming?
• It’s fun, energising and exciting
• It draws on years of tradition where it has been used to help build community bonds
• It is non hierarchical and breaks down barriers
• It engages different senses in the learning process
• It demonstrates and practices non verbal communication and active listening
• It has a clear goal
• It creates common experience and bonds within a team - the group has a shared experience of a learning process and attaining a goal – the group shares responsibility for the process and for reaching the goal
• It demonstrates how in teams the whole is greater than sum of parts
• It is cooperative rather than competitive
• It is totally realistic in terms of its goal and processes, yet still provides a challenging learning experience
Who can do it?
Everyone!
No prior skill or musical knowledge is needed and no special skill is needed to play the instruments. Although many people claim to have no musical or rhythmic ability, there is no such thing as a person with no rhythm!