Building Stronger Teams

A free guide from the Great-West Life Centre for Mental Health in the Workplace including practical activities in the areas of Team dynamics, Resilience and problem solving, Emotional Intelligence, and Improving communication.

Teams are successful when the competence and confidence of each member is supported. Self-awareness and good communication skills are the hallmarks of effective leaders. The first section of this book, Supporting Effective Team Leaders, can help you develop these skills.

The second section, Building Stronger Teams, provides practical activities for developing your team’s ability to problem solve, be objective and work well together. All of these skills are related to emotional intelligence and resilience.

You can also visit the Team Building Activities site to find a collection of instructional activity guides you can download and use for your own team building processes.