Another celebrity version of reality show Big Brother, here in the UK, has finished. Phew, I’m glad that’s over. I always wonder how I would fair being locked up in a house for a month with complete strangers who would eventually get on my nerves.
I guess it’s no different to working with your colleagues, who are at the end of the day complete strangers and usually when you work in an office together you have to find a way to get on.
They say you spend more time with your work colleagues then you do with your family, that is if you work in an office and not from home of course.
But very few companies invest in getting strangers who are thrown together to perform well together.
I was part of a team building exercise, doing some freelancing. All I had to do was facilitate some in-door team building games.
Within seconds I would witness how participants would forget about all their inhibitions and start accusing colleagues for not playing the game correctly. When the going gets tough we return to type and think of our own survival.
Whether it’s Big Brother or working in teams, we can all be a little more considerate of working with and interacting with others who are not family.
Happy interacting!