team-building

Corporate trust exercises

Team-building refers to activities or efforts designed to improve cooperation and cohesion among members of a group, especially in workplaces: The retreat included team-building exercises.

Often used with slight cynicism, since corporate team-building activities—trust falls, escape rooms, awkward icebreakers—can feel forced or ineffective: Another mandatory team-building workshop.

interpersonal

trust

Confidence in another

bonding · camaraderie · connection · chemistry · empathy · listening · openness · vulnerability · respect · understanding

corporate

workshop

Place for making or learning

offsite · seminar · HR · training · bonding · orientation · kickoff · quarterly · conference · meeting

organizational

culture

Collective social practices

unity · cooperation · coordination · cross-functional · department · integration · restructuring · merger · onboarding · remote

activities

trivia

Unimportant miscellaneous facts

improv · puzzle · relay · challenge · competition · role-play · simulation · kayaking · volunteering · hackathon

Categories
Opposites
collective vs. individual focus

team-buildingsolo work

Creation by one person

one-on-one mentoring · independent work · self-improvement · independent study

cohesion vs. fragmentation

team-buildingfragmentation

Breaking into smaller pieces

factionalism · infighting · division · disbandment · discord

construction vs. destruction

team-buildingdownsizing

Reducing workforce or scale

layoffs · restructuring · workforce reduction · staff cuts

Family

team, building, teams, teamed, teaming, teammate, teammates, teamwork, build

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