Team building refers to a wide range of activities for improving team performance. The activities can range from simple bonding activities to experiential learning  designed to improve and align team performance.

Team building involves "soft" interpersonal skills including communication, negotiation, leadership, and motivation - in contrast to technical skills directly involved with the job at hand. Depending on the type of team building, the novel tasks can encourage or specifically teach interpersonal team skills to increase team performance.

McKinley Solutions team building activities focus on improving communication, employee engagement, new team members getting to know each other, team alignment (getting everyone "onto the same page", including aligning team goals with organization goals), developing self-directed teams, helping participants to discover more about themselves (strengths and weaknesses), discovering (and taking advantage of) strengths of each individual team member and improving team productivity.

Assessment tools from Human Synergistics, HiringSmart Canada, Thomas International, Meyers Briggs Type Indicators (MBTI) and Benchmark 360 are used as part of the McKinley teambuilding process.

McKinley team building programs are incorporate the principles of experiential learning, the research and writings of Patrick Lencioni (The Five Dysfunctions of a Team) of The Table Group and pedagogically structured team building activities developed by Tom Heck of TeachMeTeamwork.  

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