Teams can be created for many reasons so as a precursor to considering team building issues the course starts with a review of the use and purpose of teams and the concerns people have when a new team is formed or a new member is introduced into an established team.

In the real world team building is often a question of assembling available, but competent, individuals without much thought to their composition or attitude . Many inter-personnel problems subsequently arise through having an inadequate mix of team types and the whole collaborative process can often collapse into recrimination. The objectives of the group then become secondary to the games, politics and point scoring deemed essential to protect individual positions. Consequently efforts at team building fall into chaos.

Much effort is expended on the issue of what makes for " high powered team working " but it can be difficult to attain as teams remain unsure of what they have to do to effect such status. We will initially approach this team building subject from the viewpoint of identifying poor team qualities and then use this information as the basis for subsequent team appraisal throughout the team building learning event.

team building necessitates us working in a way that involves a degree of letting our individuality go so that we can relate to the concerns, needs and expectations that team members have within their operating environment. The student of watching teams in action will recognise various patterns of behaviour which are not all conducive to the effective team working! Therefore this team building course contains some observations on symptoms and indicators on the difficulties of team working and considers how they may best be eliminated. Criteria for group competence is offered as a benchmark. Inevitably participants will become involved in team conflict the key is to use such conflict in discussions as a positive driving creative force.

Having a consensus approach to team building is important in maintaining a positive team spirit. However before a group can achieve consensus the views of different members must be heard, given fair consideration and be critically evaluated. Course participants will learn to encourage fellow team members to express and listen to different ideas and perspectives, They will recognise they are not the only ones to have clear views and that progress can only be made if the team functions with objectivity.

By creating a consensus environment, in which even introverts can be more expressive, an organisation will move toward the liberation of creative thinking . To help develop this culture consensus definitions, rules, guidelines, observations and problems on reaching and maintaining consensus are covered.

will be residential, see action centred learning - for team building and other processes

Through undertaking an empowered mission teams will be confronted with various problems necessitating good time , resource management and communication skills , etc.

The residential team building experience gained will enable the team to reflect on roles, tasks, processes, behaviours etc against the effective team quality criteria established earlier in the course.

This team building course gives consideration to whether the truly high powered team can examine its own values , systems and methods to create an even more productive working environment .

To help promote organisational effectiveness the team building course will examine twelve cultural issues. These deal mainly with processes and procedures, rather than structural change, and therefore do not include more fundamental corporate diagnostics and change programmes.