It is important to have a team building event that has achievable goals because planning these events requires large investments of both time and money. The employees should be able to benefit from the event in a specific way. It is therefore important to establish a system that can be integrated in the workplace as well as a follow up process long before going on a team building event. The outcomes of the event should be able to last beyond the last exercise.

Most people expect team building events to build trust among the employees and this is not supposed to be the case. Instead these events should be a platform for employees to get to know each other better and not necessarily trust one another. It is because of this that team building events should be planned well in order to make an impact on the employees. Most events lead employees to be cynical about their organization and in order to avoid this company rewards should not be based on individual efforts but rather on the team's efforts in order to have a real impact.

Cynical employees tend to waste a lot of time complaining about the time as well as energy they invested in the planning of the event and this will affect their productivity. It is also necessary to follow up any team building event with meaningful activities in the workplace because this tends to motivate as well as improve employee morale. Team building events that do not have follow up work place events might be viewed by some employees as a waste of time and energy. To be able to plan a successful event one has to come with a team to do the planning which should start well before the beginning of the sessions.

Team building events should also be incorporated into the overall company structure which will build the "team" concept on a regular basis to be able to yield good results. The employees should already be operating in an environment that is team oriented that can be characterized by philosophies such as shared vision, shared mission or shared purpose. Companies that have been successful in the past and also the present are known to show commitment to the unity of a team building as well as trust and positive morale in the workplace on a daily basis. This commitment is what makes the planning of a team building event to become a success.

It is also important for the organizations not to classify work due to their priorities as some employees might be left to think they really do not matter. A well planned event will give employees a strong sense of direction, a powerful feeling of belonging with as well as workable plans and solutions to customer problems. A poorly planned event is however likely not going to deliver the expected results and may also bring about low morale, disillusionment as well as negative motivation. It is important that the hard work put in by employees is for the right tasks and goals to be able to have a successful team building event.