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what kind of team building young people like
Separate the team building from the meeting, instead of talking about work through team building, try not to take up rest time.
The most important thing is that the team building itself is interesting and meaningful, so that employees have a sense of gain.
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Internet company employee Ye Yunqi used to work in a "big factory" in Hangzhou. The department organized a team building, which was a pool villa party. He still thinks that it is good to this day. "The afternoon is a pool game, and the winner has generous prizes; In the evening, it was BBQ, watching movies, and werewolf killings; the next morning, I woke up leisurely, had free activities, and returned to the city after brunch."
Of course, he has also had the experience of looking back. "When working in another company, the team building was meeting in the conference room. The takeaway brought a cake and a dozen people shared it. The company mainly used team building to hold meetings and talk PPT. One day, my head is dizzy..."
There is a question on the Q&A community Zhihu, "Why do young people hate team building", which directly connects "young people" and "team building" in a negative way.
And some of the answers below make many people think "this is not my company": 300 or 400 people used the weekend to drive two hours with a bus to go to a hot spring resort, but it was midsummer and the hot springs were not open. In the afternoon, I played games like climbing high, jumping high, and falling back. It was said to improve team cohesion, but I always felt that the resort was not professional enough and the safety problem was worrying; and there was not enough food for dinner, and I didn’t have enough food...
Team building sounds like a happy event outside of work. How did it fall into this field?
In the eyes of the boss and employees, the ideal and reality of team building
Lai Banfen is a human resource management teacher at Hangzhou Business School of Zhejiang Gongshang University. She has done some classification for group building: large group building is usually done every six months, mainly for work inventory, annual meetings and all-round relaxation. They often choose scenic spots near the city. (Hotel), as a short-distance trip, meetings and games are combined; small groups are built more frequently, such as gatherings, partying, skating, and secret rooms... The main purpose is to enhance the relationship, such as the entry of new employees, so that everyone can communicate and familiarize themselves with each other.
However, with regard to the ideals and reality of team building, bosses and employees may have different ideas.
Lai Banfen said: "The leader hopes that after the team building is over, everyone will increase morale and unite in an unprecedented way; and the employees hope that team building is best a benefit. Let me rest and rest. Leaders must not think too much..."
Ye Yunqi said: "The boss thinks that this will promote the company's internal unity and increase productivity, but it may actually speed up the actions of the planned resigning employees and activate the resignation of some employees."
Lu Ning, the vice president of human resources at a technology company, often answers workplace questions online under the pseudonym "Little Red Tractor".
"Boss tends to have a strong sense of purpose. I hope that everyone can think of team building not only as a one-time play, but as a way of'acting', such as climbing a mountain. It is best to exercise team awareness and competitiveness." Lu Ning said, "And What the employees think is that we are all set off and we are as nervous as the office. Is it work or team building?"
Faced with such contradictions, Lu Ning believes that a team building should first be liked by employees. If employees are disgusted, they will not have any positive meaning. "The form should be based on play, and true intentions cannot be reflected. So deliberately. The most basic purpose of team building is to build the team's feelings, but emotional accounts need to be accumulated bit by bit, and there is no way to flood it."
Xia Rongrong is an answerer of workplace psychological questions on Zhihu, with nearly 250,000 followers.
Looking back on the "history" of team building, Xia Rongrong introduced that the initial team building refers to outreach training, which is a very professional and expensive activity that requires specialized coaches.
Gradually, many companies nowadays turn team building into an activity that is not very expensive, not very professional, and not very strenuous. For example, it completely becomes a physical game, or even entertainment such as eating, playing cards and playing board games, which are called team building. .
In her opinion, the most common complaints made by employees about team building are "They clearly want me to work, but they still want me to feel that it is a welfare." Therefore, frankness is the most important thing.
"Team building must first make people feel relaxed. Don't change to work overtime in another place; if the boss really needs employees to work overtime, you might as well be frank and let employees have psychological expectations. At most, they think, oh, this company is really hard."
"There is a type of team building that requires employees to pay for themselves. The AA system is even more difficult to understand. The employees are definitely dissatisfied. It is estimated that the team will be destroyed after the team is built." Xia Rongrong said.
Newcomers prefer team building?
The establishment of the company group is one of the centralized "slots", and some bosses feel very wronged, "I obviously spent a lot of money and a lot of heart, and did not let the employees work, why are they still dissatisfied?" Xia Rong Rong said that this may be because team building does not make employees feel better. The problem often lies with the team building coach, and the game designed does not allow people to feel the team spirit.
Xia Rongrong said that there is nothing wrong with the physical team building such as mountain climbing and hiking. As long as you explain to the employees in advance, you will have the psychological expectation of "enduring hardship". With professional guidance, you will feel rewarded. Good form.
"Remember the military training at the beginning of the freshman year? The teacher told us that it would be very hard. Indeed, the military training was very tiring, but after the end, we all felt that this memory was particularly precious and missed the instructor very much."
In the interview, it was found that newcomers are often more interested in team building, and the changes in time, interest, and needs have gradually made the "old people" lose interest in team building.
The post-90s Ye Yunqi has been working for 6 years, changing from a "newcomer" to an "old man".
“It’s usually stressful to go to work, and I just want to rest at home on a day off. I don’t seem to have such a strong interest in climbing or expanding under the scorching sun. After a few years of work, I gradually feel that in most cases, colleagues are colleagues. I’m not friends, so I don’t want to spend too much time socializing."
Xia Rongrong analyzed that the original purpose of team building was to let each employee integrate into the team and identify with the corporate culture. Therefore, for the newcomer, he himself is positive-actively hoping that he can integrate into a new environment and a new team.
And when this goal is completed, the greatest motivation to participate in team building disappears.
If the form of team building lacks new ideas, he will naturally find it uninteresting.
Lu Ning feels that newcomers in the workplace have less work pressure and more leisure time, and they are generally very active about going out to play.
For the "elderly", the first is that the work responsibilities are heavier, and the team building may have to work overtime to catch up with the project; the second is that when the salary reaches a certain level, the demand for leisure time will exceed the pursuit of work income.
Moreover, there are still families, the elderly, and children who need to take care of them. Evenings and weekends are not free, so many people ask for leave for group building.
What kind of team building is popular?
In any case, team building still needs to be done, so what kind of team building is considered a good team building?
"I like to separate the team building from the meeting instead of talking about work through team building, and try not to take up the rest time. If the team building itself is meaningful, even if the funds are insufficient, just eat a buffet and leave after eating. Yes," Ye Yunqi said.
Lu Ning's company will conduct research in advance before organizing the team building, but he frankly said that it is "not in-depth" because it is indeed difficult to adjust.
Therefore, the general approach is to "focus on play, focus on investment, and build on play", try to select some innovative projects, make two or three sets of plans for employees to choose, and after voting, the minority obeys the majority.
In his observation, "Although most employees are not so active, their participation is OK."
Analyze the reasons. First, the form of team building activities is interesting, and the second is mainly on working days. Even if you go to other places, the return journey will take up to Saturday and the time is short.
Lu Ning believes that, first of all, not occupying employees’ rest time and not allowing employees to bear expenses are the most basic principles; second, do not show too strong purpose, such as a game that can be seen at a glance that it is a game of training will or a sense of collaboration. It will make people feel educated and easily repelled; in the end, the form of team building must have a sense of freshness, so that everyone can experience the content that they have never experienced before, and gain something from immersion and pleasure.
Lu Ning’s company often organizes some relaxing dinners, most of which are company orders. At the same time, employees are encouraged to bring their own and make their own housekeeping dishes. “It’s not mandatory, but we hope to establish a humane connection. We will not output slogans in team building. Or reason, I hope everyone can feel a harmonious atmosphere."
Judging from the preferences of young people at the moment, I’d like to suggest that the team building’s most resistance to employees is taking rest time. Therefore, if the company can use Friday afternoon without affecting the business, it will allow employees to produce "2.5 days". The psychology of "weekend" may be able to increase the enthusiasm for participating in team building to a certain extent.
In addition, many team-building teams now prefer outdoor physical games, which need to do what they can. In companies with high work pressure, you can solicit more opinions and make more feasible plans.
The boss of the company where Xia Rongrong works is well-versed in human nature. He always puts team building on Friday afternoon, which makes the employees happy, and this does not actually cost the company too much.
"Friday afternoon, people's hearts are a little free. Our team building form is also relatively simple and relaxed, such as packing a house, eating and playing cards, and when the end is about to end, talk about the company's performance and other issues. At this time, there is no resistance. Emotions. Because from a psychological point of view, people tend to be quiet at dusk and at night, easy to accept and think, and end after speaking."
A psychologist said that in fact, whether young people like team building, the key lies in whether they like his unit and the interpersonal relationship with the unit. This is actually more important.
China Youth Daily·China Youth Daily reporter Jiang Xiaobin Source: China Youth Daily