Gamification to Develop Teams

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By providing feedback and recognition, gamification can motivate team members, encourage engagement and boost productivity. By emphasizing collaboration over competition, games can also help teams become better at communicating, solving problems and meeting goals together.

Is having a highly skilled, motivated, and growth-driven team just a pipedream for businesses these days? Given that only one in eight workers are psychologically committed to their jobs, finding and developing teams that will make sustained, positive contributions to their organization is a huge obstacle.

Creating a positive and engaged workforce can directly impact a company’s bottom line. According to the Harvard Business Review, happy employees are 31 percent more productive, produce work that is 19 percent more accurate, and generate 37 percent more sales. With numbers like these, it suggests thatthe single greatest advantage in the modern economy is a happy, engaged workforce.

Since employee satisfaction is directly related to worker retention and productivity, businesses are turning toward internal initiatives to motivate and develop their teams. Harnessing the power of gamification to incorporate game-like elements into non-game contexts is one way companies are boosting engagement and fostering team growth.

Communication

Retaining skilled employees is …

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