# Team Building Skills for Managers > Building Your Team Training by Bodhih, customised to your team and delivered in person or live virtual. - Source: https://bodhih.com/building-your-team/ - Publisher: Bodhih Training (Bengaluru, India; since 2008) - Last updated: 2026-10-15 - Contact: solutions@bodhih.com · +91 99000 11601 --- Building your team: How to Put together the perfect team ## At a glance - **Duration:** Recommended: 1 day in person (09:30–17:30) for team leaders or an intact team, or 2 × 3.5-hour live virtual sessions, plus a 90-day team charter follow-up - **Who it’s for:** Managers, team leads and senior leaders at every level - **Format:** In person · Live virtual · Blended - **Where:** India & 7 regions worldwide - **Track record:** Since 2008 · 2,000+ companies Team building skills training for managers is a program that shows team leaders how to turn a group into a working team. It covers verbal and non-verbal communication, working styles, handling disagreements and drafting a team charter. Bodhih runs it as a 1-day workshop or two 3.5-hour virtual sessions, with a 90-day follow-up. - Delivered in person at your location or as live virtual sessions - Designed with the ADDIE model and evaluated for behaviour change - Offered by Bodhih since 2008 to 2,000+ organisations across 7 regions **Where and how:** team building skills for managers training as an in-person workshop in [Bengaluru](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-bangalore/), [Mumbai](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-mumbai/), [Delhi NCR](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-new-delhi/), [Gurugram](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-gurugram/), [Hyderabad](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-hyderabad/), [Chennai](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-chennai/), [Pune](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-pune/), [Kolkata](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-kolkata/), [Ahmedabad](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-ahmedabad/) and [Jaipur](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-jaipur/); as a live online course; or delivered overseas in [Dubai](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-dubai/), [Singapore](https://bodhih.com/corporate-training-in-singapore/) and across the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Last reviewed 15 Oct 2026 by [Siddharthan VGJ](https://bodhih.com/siddharthan-vgj/), Founder · Bodhih Training, Bengaluru Building your team, [Team building](https://bodhih.com/team-building/) Building your team is a powerful tool in developing strengths, addresses weaknesses, and creating a work environment with ownership, positivity and results-focussed. ## What is the premise for Bodhih’s workshop around “How to Build a Successful Team?” A team building workshop can be an entertaining diversion where people get to know everyone across departments, a fun learning experience where team members learn how one function is dependent on another to achieve organizational success. The actual test of these team building workshops is after team members return to office. The purpose of this training gets fulfilled only when people drive home the concepts learnt in the workshop and start applying the same at workplace. [**Team Building skills training**](https://bodhih.com/leadership-skills-training/) can be a powerful tool in developing strengths, addressing weaknesses and creating a work environment where people work as a team taking full ownership of their roles having organizational goal accomplishment as an ultimate objective. ## What are the common conflicts and behavioural observations that show up when team building activities are absent? There are many kinds of common conflicts and rifts when team building activities are absent in an organization like – certain formation of groups that creates divisions within the team, Team members do not know one another, People shift focus to individual targets from team or organizational targets and lose flexibility and coordination, Poor communication causes slow progress and shock, People are not aware or do not realize the benefits of working as a team, Resistance to change which blocks effective performance and quality, Loss of confidence and enthusiasm within individuals and groups. ## Bodhih’s workshop on building great teams targets various aspects of team working together, and practices of building your team in business. Team building is a continuous process which strengthens when the team spirit enters the mindset of every employee. It can happen when team cohesiveness becomes a part of organizational culture. At Bodhih, Team building Programs talk about understanding the concept (and details) of the Team building paradigm itself. ## What does Bodhih’s program on Team Building cover? Team building includes the role that communication plays in creating effective teams, the four stages of team blending, the various stages of self that engages in team dynamics, and the various kinds of [conflict resolution](https://bodhih.com/conflict-management/) techniques and negotiation styles. **Starting off with facilitator led presentation, Bodhih’s Team building program** tackles the module on the role of communication that creates effective teams. Through group discussions, the learners get an overview of both verbal and non-verbal techniques and specifically on why non-verbal techniques matter. Through individual activity and insightful analysis (of non-verbal cues – repetition, contradiction, substitution, complementing, accenting) the participants appreciate that it is important to become more sensitive not only to [body language](https://bodhih.com/power-of-body-language/) and non-verbal cues of others, but also to your own. ## Putting together a team is a lot like putting together jigsaw puzzles – and this is done well with verbal and non-verbal communication techniques The session through role plays, further delves deeper into the other aspects of nonverbal communication – like facial expressions, body movements, postures, gestures and eye-contact, touch, space and voice. The essential takeaway is that non-verbal communication is something that cannot be faked but is important to drive towards authenticity. Bodhih’s facilitators are seasoned professionals who create linkages between skills picked up in the workshops and then to apply them in participant’s current roles. This is done through specific illustrations and analogies and is true for the next session at the Team building process training –Blending In. ## How to build a successful team is a systematic process of observing team energies right from when a team is formed. This session uses class exercises, videos and facilitator presentations to detail out the elements that make up the four stages of team blending in. Participants reflect on their past experiences and relate to the concept sharing of Forming – Storming – Norming – Performing. These four stages have distinct aspects of team members’ feeling, behaviours and the overall impact on team tasks and accomplishments. Through group discussions, the class arrives at various realizations that helps them visualise a team blending journey. Group activity is used for these realizations to be reinforced in the participant’s minds for future application. ## At Bodhih, Team building skills program is a popular session that is part of a larger Leadership skills training suite. The session draws richly from research done on management studies that focusses on Team building techniques and also cultural studies that talks about practices that helps and hinders team building spirit. ## Building great teams is a matter of understanding how human behaviours work or oppose in a given context. The heart of the Team building method lies in the insightful session that highlights the communication styles of various team members and the various balances that we experience across people: how direct or reserved they are, how openly they show emotion, and how readily they adapt. The module throws open the many problems that team formations often encounter – low trust, avoiding healthy disagreement, weak [accountability](https://bodhih.com/accountability-at-work-training/) and losing focus on results. Group discussions and activities, and debrief facilitated by the trainer, helps the group reflect, ideate and collate the combat strategies for the dysfunctional behaviour patterns. ## How would you gain from Team building techniques workshop at Bodhih? Bodhih customizes its Building team program along the ADDIE model. Workshop experiences are analysed, designed, developed and delivered that are solution focused and include a range of blended training pedagogy such as role plays, group exercises, self-assessment tools, management games, individual activities, videos, case studies, facilitation, discussions and more. In addition to the ADDIE model, the “how to build a successful team” skill sessions takes advantage of the experiential adult-learning process of concrete experience – reflective observation – abstract conceptualization – active experimentation. **The edge in Bodhih’s Team building workshops comes from** researched industry learnings, current best practices and academic insights. The workshop takeaways ensure that learnings are grasped and applied at all levels within a company and its individuals. The long term benefits are to institutionalise Team building skills by embedding appropriate communication techniques including non-verbal behaviours and a deeper application of the strategies that make up the four team blending-in stages. ## What is Bodhih’s promise on Team working together workshops? Managers across industries and functions and executive level participants who have attended Bodhih’s sessions on Team building talk of the changed individual and team behaviours, namely, how team members have embraced the power of superior [communication skills](https://bodhih.com/communication-skills-training/) through active listening, demonstrating understanding of conflict resolution through social behaviour and finally be able to visualise the success in cross functional teams. ## Sample training plan: 1-day hands-on design This one-day design is for managers who want a team that owns results, not a group of people with separate targets. Participants read non-verbal signals in a silent build, place their own team on a four-stage development map, work out how different working styles clash and combine, and rebuild trust, healthy conflict and accountability through hands-on challenges. The capstone is a cross-functional build under pressure. Everyone leaves with a draft team charter to co-create with their own team on Monday. 80% hands-on practice · 6.8 contact hours · Cohort: 12–30 participants · In person · Live virtual ### Day 1: From group to team Participants can read team signals, diagnose their team's stage, adapt to different styles, surface friction and draft a team charter. 1. 09:30–10:00 · Silent jigsaw (Energiser) 2. 10:00–10:45 · What your body says first (Skill drill) 3. 11:00–11:30 · Where is my team? (Concept burst) 4. 11:30–13:00 · Styles in the same boat (Group challenge) 5. 13:45–14:30 · The elephant in the team (Case clinic) 6. 14:30–15:15 · Disagree well (Role-play) 7. 15:30–16:30 · The cross-functional bridge (Simulation) 8. 16:30–17:30 · Draft team charter (Action planning) Recommended: 1 day in person (09:30–17:30) for team leaders or an intact team, or 2 × 3.5-hour live virtual sessions, plus a 90-day team charter follow-up. A sample design: every Bodhih program is customised after a short needs analysis. ### How long is Building Your Team training? The recommended design is one day in person, from 09:30 to 17:30, or two live virtual sessions of three and a half hours. Leaders then co-create a team charter with their own team within two weeks. A two-day version adds conflict, negotiation and an outdoor challenge. ### What activities are included in Building Your Team training? Participants complete a silent jigsaw with pieces spread across tables, film and review their own non-verbal signals, plan an event in mixed working-style teams, facilitate disagreements in trios and build a cross-functional paper bridge with hidden conflicts. They finish by drafting a team charter. ## Frequently asked questions ### What is team building skills for managers? ### Who is the Building Your Team Training program for? Managers, team leads and senior leaders at every level. Bodhih tailors the examples, case studies and depth to your industry, culture and team level. ### How long is the Building Your Team Training program? Bodhih recommends 1 day in person (09:30–17:30) for team leaders or an intact team, or 2 × 3.5-hour live virtual sessions, plus a 90-day team charter follow-up. The length can be shortened or extended after a needs analysis. ### Can Building Your Team Training be delivered online? Yes. Building Your Team Training can run in person at your location, as live virtual sessions for distributed or hybrid teams, or as a blended journey that adds self-paced learning on Bodhih.org between sessions. ### How is the impact of Building Your Team Training measured? Success measures for Building Your Team Training are agreed with you before design, as part of the ADDIE model. Bodhih can add pre- and post-program assessments on AssessAll and manager check-ins to track behaviour change.