Why Invest Time and Resources into Team Building?

1. ✴Great teams don’t just happen by accident – they are built.
   
   

2. ✴The eventual key to success is not only how hard each individual player works, but how hard they work at working together.
   
   

3. ✴The way we THINK affects how we FEEL; the way we FEEL affects how we PERFORM.
   
   

4. ✴Goal is to become a motivated team who support and appreciate each other; and to create a winning environment where everyone feels connected and supported and trusts that they can count on their teammates to ‘Pay the Price” and do whatever it takes for the team - things that are not always convenient or comfortable.
   
   

5. ✴Goal is to be the best team player you can be and also develop the attitude “to be the best you can be at everything you do”
   
   

6. ✴To build a team with the same vision, recognizing varying complimentary skill sets and committing individual contributions and roles to the team.
   
   

7. ✴Build TRUST, rid your teams of CLIQUES, prevent or get rid of MSU (“Making Stuff Up”)
   

Why is a “Hands on Approach” the best approach?

“Tell Me, And I Will Forget;                Ξ AUDITORY

Show Me, And I May Remember;            Ξ VISUAL

Involve Me, And I Will Understand...”            Ξ KINESTHETIC

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1. Participating in engaging challenging activities, which occur away from the rinks, office, etc, enhances team chemistry, teamwork skills and performance factors.
   

What is Team Building?

1. ✴Teammates are engaged in some Fun, Challenging activities, which require them to work together as a high performance team utilizing a lot of team work and leadership skills in order to accomplish some goals. They have to establish game plans for improved performance and get individual and group commitment to be successful.
   
   

2. ✴Through these experiences they pick up lessons on teamwork and leadership – then debrief and look for transfer and application of lessons learned to preparation, anticipation and performance.
   
   

3. ✴Players will recognize that a team is a small number of people with Complimentary Skills (Roles), who are committed to a common Purpose (Vision), set of Performance Goals and Approach (Game Plan).
   
   

TEAM = ROLES + VISION + GAME PLAN

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2. ✴We want to prepare them to meet and deal with challenges, pressure and frustration with an increased awareness and ability to focus amid distractions.