Team-working skills cannot be acquired through textbooks or theories alone, but are gained through interacting and collaborating with individuals from different backgrounds. In today’s business environment, effective teamwork and collaboration are crucial to a company’s growth and success. In order to help nurture the leadership qualities and soft skills, students from the Global Business Studies and International Business and Chinese Enterprise programmes participated in the two-day Team Effectiveness Workshop held on November 3 and 4, 2018.

During the workshop, there were various team-building activities, including remaking a toy model based on verbal description, constructing a functioning launcher for water balloons, and a blindfolded night walk. From my observations during the activities, it was intriguing to realise how individuals would naturally take up roles depending on where their strengths lie.