Effective Team Building EcoSeagate's company description states that it is about “identifying and overcoming barriers and excelling as an individual and team member. Be ready to learn through activities and speakers about achievement and excellence. Prepare to experience our corporate values ​​and Seagate expertise in new and unexpected contexts, and prepare to see how our goals can be achieved by challenging ourselves, adapting to new circumstances, and contributing to an aligned and focused team." (Larson, 2008 ) EcoSeagate employs four types of team building with varying degrees of success to achieve this noble goal: goal setting, role definition, interpersonal processes, and problem solving (McShane & Von Glinow, 2008 p. 304) The first type of team building addressed by EcoSeagate is goal setting where the team clarifies performance goals, increases the team's motivation to achieve these goals, and establishes a mechanism for feedback on a team's performance (McShane & Von Glinow, 2008 p .304) Four months before the start of EcoSeagate, teams are chosen so they can discuss preparations for the event, including supplies, equipment, physical training and nutrition. (Larson, 2008) The common goal at the beginning is to prepare the supplies and equipment that will be needed to be successful in the next competition and make sure everyone is well trained for the physical activity to come. They will also have to decide together when they will arrive in Queenstown before the competition to get to know each other on a more personal level. (Larson, 2008) To support...... middle of paper ...... ek with all the tasks at once, the team's successes had boosted their confidence enough to allow them to persevere despite injuries and fear because they trusted that they had someone to support them. Overall EcoSeagate was designed to ensure that groups were small enough, to know each other well enough, to achieve set goals and to finish the race together even if it meant they didn't get in first. (Larson, 2008) References Larson, K. (2008, March 4). Make up for lost time. Message published in EcoSeagate 2008, archived at http://ecoseagate.blogspot.comMcShane, S. L., & Von Glinow, M. (2008). Organizational behavior: Emerging realities for the workplace revolution (4th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin.