Team-building in the healthcare sector: When a shared song brings people together despite the divisions of everyday life
Doctors, nursing staff, administration, technical staff, cleaning staff – a hospital or clinic is one of the most complex work communities there is. Shift work, high pressure, little time spent together. And yet a sense of ‘togetherness’ is supposed to develop. Values are meant to be lived out, not just displayed on the wall. A cultural shift is supposed to take hold – amongst people who have just finished a 12-hour shift.
Traditional team-building formats often reach their limits here. What’s needed is something that works without prior knowledge, recognises no hierarchy, and yet creates something lasting.
That’s exactly what Team Baba does.
What makes the healthcare sector special – and why music has such a powerful effect here
In the healthcare sector, people work at the limits of their endurance every day. Empathy is a prerequisite for the job. Teamwork is literally vital. And yet there is often a lack of space to celebrate this connection – to experience together what makes a good team.
Music creates this space. It requires no hierarchy. It transcends language barriers and job roles. And it creates something that no mission statement workshop can achieve: a shared outcome that everyone is proud of.
Behind Team Baba is the successful Swiss band Baba Shrimps – Adrian Kübler, Luca Burkhalter and Moritz Vontobel. They have been performing together on stage for over 15 years, with multiple chart entries, the official Olympic song for Switzerland and almost 1,000 concerts worldwide. With Team Baba, they bring this expertise to the corporate world – as a high-quality format for corporate events, team development and strategic processes. And: No prior musical knowledge required. Guaranteed.
Team-building in the healthcare sector – Flexible formats
1. The Song Workshop – A song for your team
The focus is on a collaborative creative process: your team writes its own song in professionally facilitated stages – from the initial idea through lyrics and melody to a professional recording.
The format is modular and can be adapted to everyday hospital life. You choose how far you want to take it:
- Boost: Team Baba comes directly to you with a mini-stage. In a compact half-day session, a team jingle is created – ideal for ward teams, nursing departments or cross-departmental groups. No need to reschedule for an off-site event.
- Studio: The jingle becomes a proper song. Your team experiences a professional recording session in the studio – an unforgettable experience that fosters a sense of togetherness on a whole new level.
- Journey: The song takes to the stage. A live performance in front of colleagues, at a staff event or an anniversary celebration – created together, performed together.
Each person decides for themselves how they want to contribute: in the choir, as a soloist, playing their own instrument, or behind the scenes working on the lyrics and arrangement. The format involves both introverts and extroverts equally – without pressure, without judgement.
Ideal for: team-building days on the ward, cross-departmental development programmes, onboarding new staff, anniversaries and staff events
2. The Audio Transcript – Your event distilled into a song
Are you planning an accompaniment for a nursing conference, a management retreat or an annual event for the entire workforce? The Audio Transcript adds an unexpected dimension to your event.
Team Baba actively engages with the day: they listen in, pick up on key statements and the prevailing mood in incisive interludes – and, at the end, present an exclusive live performance that distils the day’s core messages into a song. Not as a summary. As an experience.
The finished audio transcript can then be used on the intranet, in internal newsletters or at follow-up events – keeping alive what would otherwise be forgotten after two weeks.
Ideal for: annual conferences, management retreats, strategy processes, change projects such as hospital mergers or reorganisations
3. Live performance – Baba Shrimps to round off the event
On request, Baba Shrimps can round off your event with a live concert. Particularly after intensive conferences or emotionally draining periods – which are not uncommon in the healthcare sector – this sends a powerful message: we’re celebrating what we’ve achieved.
Particularly valuable: when a hospital merges or reorganises
Hospital mergers, outsourcing projects, new management structures – in the healthcare sector, change is the norm. This often results in new teams being formed from people who previously worked in different cultures. Building trust takes time. And concrete experiences.
A song created together is exactly that: it highlights what already unites a team – even if the staff themselves are not yet aware of it. It gives a new unit its own voice.
Optional component: Staff survey with gfs-zürich
For healthcare organisations wishing to go deeper, Team Baba, in collaboration with the market research institute gfs-zürich, offers a preliminary staff survey. A short online survey is used to gauge the needs, sentiments and uncertainties of the workforce – evaluated anonymously and professionally.
The insights are incorporated directly into the workshop and ensure that the collaborative song not only sounds right, but truly reflects what matters to the team. Particularly in sensitive transformation processes – such as those frequently encountered in the healthcare sector – this is a valuable tool for honest, constructive feedback.
What your organisation will take away specifically
- Emotional anchoring of values, strategy or a new cultural vision
- Connections between professional groups, departments and hierarchical levels that rarely interact in day-to-day work
- A lasting result: your own, professionally produced song – suitable for internal communication, anniversary videos, recruitment campaigns or employer branding
- A ‘making-of’ video that documents the creative process and allows it to be shared internally
- Strengths-based approach: each person contributes in a way that suits their strengths – this is particularly crucial for a diverse healthcare team
Team-building that reflects the realities of the healthcare sector
Team Baba is not a fruit basket or a boules course. It is a serious, professionally facilitated programme that picks up exactly where others leave off: by working together to create something that lasts.
For hospitals, clinics and healthcare organisations that know their greatest resource is their people – and that these people deserve better than yet another slide-show marathon.
Would you like to book Team Baba for your next staff event or management retreat?
Premium Speakers will support you from the initial idea right through to implementation.
Enquire now with no obligation: +1 (704) 804 1054 or team.baba@premium-speakers.com
About Team Baba: Behind Team Baba is the successful Swiss band Baba Shrimps – Adrian Kübler, Luca Burkhalter and Moritz Vontobel. They have been performing together on stage for over 15 years, with multiple chart hits, the official Olympic song for Switzerland and almost 1,000 concerts worldwide. With Team Baba, they bring this experience to the corporate world.