January 2000 | Facilitation Skills
                    
                    
                        The five basic techniques to that enable building rapport among team members are:
  •  Common courtesy
  •  Personal connections
  •  Team language
  •  Body and facial language
  •  Acknowledging
                    
                     
                
                    
                    
                    
                        January 2000 | Facilitation Skills
                    
                    
                        Efforts to establish a bond of confidence and mutual respect among team members can be undone by an ill-chosen word or careless mistake. Rapport breakers to be aware of include:
  •  Rudeness
  •  Inappropriate tone of voice
  •  Inaccuracy
  •  Demanding language
  •  Technical jargon.