How to Build Team Collaboration in the Workplace

Team building exercises are a great way to bring your team together and make them a more cohesive and effective unit. Whether you have a team that works remotely and rarely sees each other, a newly-merged team, or just a group of individuals trying to increase their team collaboration skills, team building can help break down barriers that may not be possible in a normal office setting.

Culinary team building is highly effective for achieving these goals. In the kitchen, people are naturally more comfortable, inspired, and creative – especially compared to some of the more “contrived” team building settings. At Team Building with Taste, we are always amazed by the insights our participants share during our “around-the-horn” team building “debrief.” They almost always have something incisive and compelling to say about their teammates and the experience.

Solving Problems through Team Collaboration

Here are just a few things people have recognized about themselves and their teams during our culinary team building exercises:

“For the first few minutes in the kitchen, we stared at this recipe dumbfounded. None of us knew what to do or where to start. Then, we took the time to talk about it and find out what each of us was good at, and what we liked to do. Before long, we jumped right in and started working as a team. And we ended up winning!” ­– Sales Executive about Team Building with Taste, Auto Financing

“For the last hour, we communicated with each other directly and in a straightforward way. We had to in order to get the meal cooked on time. Why can’t we do that at work too? Let’s stop beating around the bush, we’d be more effective!” ­– Senior HR Exec, Fast Food Industry

“It was reassuring to me, and to my co-workers, to see that I can effectively manage a project. I pulled the resources together, got the advice I needed and delivered it on time and to the right standards. Even if it was only making cornbread!”

Toward Healthy Corporate Cultures

Through the right kind of team building, your company team will be forced to move outside of their normal work roles and allowed to play to each other’s strengths and weaknesses. Teams get to interact in unique ways, helping them create new and innovative problem-solving methods that they can implement in the office daily.

Receptionist to CEO: “Jim, I need that onion chopped in a small dice and I need it now!”
CEO to Admin [with a smile]: “Yes Ma’am.”

“Jane, I’ve worked next to you for the last five years. Until today in this kitchen, you’ve never asked me for help with a single thing. That felt great, and I want you to know that I am happy to help you back at the office with anything, anytime.” – Call Center Supervisor

“Normally, Glenda is shy and quiet in the office. Tonight, when I suggested an additional ingredient, she turned to me, glared and screamed ‘NO.’” I loved that!

Team outings and team building exercises outside of work can help strengthen friendships and closeness throughout the entire team. This helps create a warm and welcoming work environment and culture where people feel comfortable to solve problems together and to communicate more openly. With more open communication and understanding of one another, the workplace becomes a more efficient, productive, and enjoyable environment.

Enhance Team Collaboration with Team Building with Taste

Looking for a fun, new way to bring your team together? Foster collaboration and trust with our professional group of business and culinary experts at Team Building with Taste. We bring people together for a culinary team building experience unlike any other.

To learn more, contact us online or check out some of our team-building packages.