Corporate Teams Need Training Just Like Sports Teams
By Jon R Taylor
Have you ever watched your favorite football team practice before their games? You do not realize what great shape they are in until you watch some of the things they can do. For example, running up and down the bleachers and doing it like a flash of lightning. This is part of the training they must do and continue to do so they will be in the best shape they can be for their games.
Not only must they be in great physical shape but they must have the mental attitude as well. The state of mind they are in when it comes game day can have a lot to do with how well they play. Since so many people are beginning to realize this, more than just football players and coaches are putting into practice the right mind set to get in for a win. The game is like many things in life that have to be thought out, planned and prepared for mentally and physically.
Have you ever been told that you can do anything you set your mind to? That is basically true. If you decide that corporate team building is going to be the best thing that has happened to your company, then you will work to make it so. This is similar to the same way athletes look at their careers. By doing what they have to do to make themselves successful, they have put themselves back in the game. This can be done by corporate businesses as well.
In the same manner that a football team must have players that communicate to each other in order to be able to play the game, the corporate world must communicate with each other in order to have a winning team themselves. If the team members are not on the same page, the company will suffer, just as if the football players are not communicating with each other, they will not win the game. Every person on the team, whether it is a football team or a company has the ability to affect the outcome of things.
Whether it is realized or not the similarities between corporate team building and football team building are very alike. They both undergo management changes that will affect them when it comes to the way they perform. They both are taught to make a hasty summation of a situation so it can be remedied immediately. The decision makers have the ability to affect the whole team regardless of whether it is a football team or a corporate team.
The corporate team building that is used today is much different than the techniques that were used in the past. The training camps can be compared to the training meetings that corporate team building uses. The coach is your CEO or manager. The meetings you have are going to be likened to the meetings football players have before a big game. The whole concept is very alike and when you make your company a success it is like winning the big game.
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This definition is part of a series that covers the topic of Corporate Training. The Official Guide to Corporate Training is Barbara Giamanco. Talent Builders CEO Barbara Giamanco capped a corporate career at Microsoft, where she led and trained sales teams and coached executives, before establishing Talent Builders, Inc. in 2002. She has more than 25 years of experience in selling to enterprise, mid-market and retail accounts in a variety of industries. During her career, her accounts have included American Express Worldwide, Motorola, Best Buy, Circuit City, Anheuser-Busch, Target, and Honeywell.
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