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which means each and every team
building event includes a dedicated
message and a purpose.
However, after several years work-
ing for VietMark with the hope of giving
customers the best services, Anh has
learnt that many employers, especially
Vietnamese ones, are not fully aware
of this effective means of developing
human resources.
Many of Anh’s customers as well as
service providers think team building
just comprises activities to help partici-
pants relax together. As a result, after
a team building trip, participants learn
very little.
He estimates an average of 80 per
cent of team builders are providing
team bonding, which focuses on physi-
cal, fun games only. However, relaxa-
tion is just the tip of the iceberg.
During each program, indoor and
outdoor activities can be chosen de-
pending on many types of team building
aims. These include increasing skills and
abilities, transforming groups into teams,
enhancing the solidarity of teams, con-
solidation of the company’s culture, the
communication of new leaders and em-
ployees, checking employees’ attitude
through hypothetical situations, prepar-
ing for a new campaign, and enhancing
people’s awareness of themselves.
Consequently, to design an effec-
tive team building program, the or-
ganisers have to work carefully to find
a suitable message and appropriate
games. “For each customer, VietMark
usually works for 1-4 months on sur-
veys to learn their problems and design
feasible schemes to address them,” ex-
plains Anh.
“Understanding is always important
to build an effective program. There-
fore, when there is an order, our crew
works with both employers and em-
ployees to give them the best solu-
tions,” he adds.
Their way of working has brought
VietMark has many clients, including
both international and domestic enter-
prises. The business is now proud to
work with prestigious companies, such
as Abbott, Akzo Nobel, Ariston, BOSCH,
Canon, FPT, Holcim, Honda, Mitsubi-
shi, HSBC, Jotun, Lotte, Mobifone, Nike,
Nestlé, Nokia, Masan Group, Samsung,
MSD, Techcombank, Vinamilk and
many more.
Anh and many other representa-
tives of professional team building or-
ganisers share the hope that companies
will gain more understanding of team
building so that they are open to one
of the most effective solutions to their
human resource problems.
VietMark’s many team building activities include
mountain biking challenges, daring river
crossings and group problem solving tasks
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