If your consultant recommends outbound training as a team-building solution, hold on to your purse tightly. You just can’t build a team only through outbound activities. The outbound activities can be part of a bigger plan but can’t be a standalone solution.
There are many dynamics that goes in to building a team. Firstly you have to put the right set of people together. ‘Right set of people’ necessarily do not mean all high performers. It means right mix of people who have complementing behavioral profiles, experience, and learning pace. A right environment that includes a capable manager is very important to nurture and build a team over and above.
Train your managers to identify people's natural inclinations and tap the best out of their team members. Differences are no limitations. It is these difference in people that forms the basis of building a strong team.
Outbound programs are far away from work realities, and most of the times, people see them as entertainment but not take the learning to their work environment.
