The short-term effect is the high you have from the fun. The long-term effect is the bonding from getting to know people better. Scott Chizzo, chief operating officer of The Hurwitz Group, says team-building can be as elaborate as hiring a professional company to take your workers out into the woods for a week or as simple as a game of beach volleyball or a day spent doing charitable work. It's not helping you get your job done. It doesn't pay direct dividends, but it has an indirect reward.
People work better when they feel better about who they work for and who they work with.
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