Team communication and collaboration are very important elements in order to have a successful unit that can achieve its goals effectively. One way we can improve our collaboration and team communication is by having a meal together. Research, from Kevin Kniffin of Cornell University, shows that since eating is such a normal behavior, groups that have meals together regularly tend to be more cohesive teams. During Kevin’s research he found that firefighters who ate together claim they “feel like a family, and [having meals together] creates a focus when members aren’t out on the job”. These elements help the teams that had meals together preform twice as well as teams that don’t; this is why I propose we should have at least one group meal
