‘Hum
Honge Kamyaab’—that was the title of the 2-day
workshop conducted by IBS Hyderabad on Team
building and Leadership for Naandi Foundation
field staff on the 19th and 20th of November,
2009. The workshop attended by 60 field workers
focused more on learning through exercises and
games than mere theory.
Games
like ‘Crossing the minefield’, ‘Win as much
as you can’ and ‘Broken Squares’ not only
generated fun and laughter but also brought out
the intricacies and importance of team bonding and
spirit.
Coming
as they did from varied educational and social
backgrounds and working at different levels of
hierarchy, it was important that the participants
understood what the barriers were to effective team
building and why sometimes teams failed to achieve their
goals and targets. After all it is a situation they face
daily.
All
the exercises were customised keeping this factor
in mind. The participants took part in the
proceedings with great enthusiasm and at the end
of the day went back vowing to be better team
members and leaders.
Based
on the success of this ‘hands-on’ workshop at
Hyderabad, Naandi Foundation has requested IBS to
conduct similar workshop for their field teams in
Mumbai.