The 'crunch'. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Published 14 December Published 14 June Published 16 June Related Topics. Make a routine of it and give employees something fun to look forward to each month. When spring rolls around and everyone is itching to enjoy the beautiful weather, take your team building activities outside.
The minefield is an entertaining option. Find an open space like a nearby lawn or parking lot, carve out a rectangular area to act as the field of play, and scatter small toys or other objects throughout.
Then, mark a designated start and end point. One by one, team members will blindfold themselves and have the rest of the team verbally direct them through the field without stepping on one of the toys. The lessons are pretty clear: The teammates shouting instructions have to learn to communicate clearly, while the blindfolded teammate has to be an attentive listener.
If our previous games were all about building up the team machine, these ones are about keeping it well-oiled. The performing stage is the perfect time to work on perfecting skills and increasing efficiency. Test how far your communication skills have come and how the group dynamic has solidified. Give employees a change of scenery and kick off a building contest in the break room.
Task each team in this game with building the tallest tower they can with a set of provided items, such as popsicle sticks and marshmallows. The teams have a set amount of time to build the highest tower they can. The catch? It has to be able to stand on its own for at least six seconds. First, tell each employee to grab an item from their desk and meet you in a conference room.
Once everyone arrives, reveal that they need to create a sales pitch for the item they brought. Then, enjoy as everyone does their best to sell their finicky stapler or half empty box of thumbtacks to the group.
Sales and persuasion skills are useful for any employee, so make sure to involve people from all roles. What items in the office would be useful for someone stranded on a deserted island? Everyone will have to get creative as they think of new uses for everyday objects.
A fishing line made from paperclips, anyone? It sounds silly, but the game teaches a valuable lesson: You need to work with the resources you have , and not complain about the ones you wish you had. The virtual slideshow helps the team reflect back on a recently completed milestone — it could be a particularly hectic shift, a difficult project, or a big event.
Bring the team together and pass around an imaginary clicker. The goal is to draw out lessons learned and figure out how the team can apply them in the future. They can actually be pretty fun. By solving puzzles and riddles together, coworkers build a stronger bond and start feeling more comfortable around each other. In murder mystery games, one of the dinner guests is secretly playing a murderer, while the other attendees must determine who among them is the criminal.
The dinner party then follows the instructions on your chosen murder mystery scenario, passing out name tags, maps, suspect dossier files, and more. This fully immersive team building game improves critical thinking skills, boosts teamwork, and is simply very fun. In this improvisational team building game also called PowerPoint roulette or Battledecks , each person presents a slideshow to an audience without knowing the contents of the slides.
Based on the slides, the players give presentations to a live audience — their coworkers. To see which presentation wins, have the audience applaud for each presenter once all the presentations are done. The name that has the loudest cheer is proclaimed the winner. This team building activity tests presentation and improvisation skills, and will easily get people laughing. You probably played charades as a kid or in parties, but this old-school game can also be used in a workplace setting for enjoyable team building.
How to play: Before beginning the game, pick several categories like Movies, Bands, Cartoon Characters and so on. Write them on separate envelopes. Think of about items or words for each category and write them down on a small piece of paper, then put them in the particular envelope. Separate people into two teams. Each team will take a turn and send out a representative to act out the items in the category of his or her picking.
The actor cannot speak or draw any words, while the others in the group try to guess the item. If the group guesses the name of the item, they get a point for each right answer. The team with the highest score wins. This team building game can help build team camaraderie through lots of acting. If you think video games are just about fun, think again. Create your own small collection of video games focusing on the ones that require coordination between players — like Halo, Rock Band, or Just Dance for an added physical activity bonus.
The next step would be trying to introduce a video gaming break once a week or organizing a video gaming tournament after work hours. Engaging and stimulating, video games are proven to boost business morale and improve productivity even in adults. This fun drawing-based game will make a great addition to the next board gaming night at the office.
Googly Eyes is similar to Pictionary and requires you to draw, but comes with a silly twist — you have to wear goggles. How to play: Players are required to get to the finish first by winning the drawing challenges. Each player wears goggles that blur their vision while guessing what their teammate is drawing.
This game is easy to learn, yet it will bring your team lots of laughs. A simple, yet meaningful team building game that will set the tone for the event and build consensus on shared values. In this activity, teams list what matters to them on a whiteboard. Each participant tells the group what makes this event or seminar meaningful or pleasant.
Record the notes on the whiteboard with sticky notes. The activity builds mutual trust and establishes group values. Perfect for the start of an event, seminar, or a workshop. Going down the memory lane is a great way to get team members to bond with each other. However, not everyone will recall an event in the same light as others. One team member shares a negative experience from that experience, while the other team member shares the same experience, but focuses on the positive aspects of it.
Then they switch, the latter telling a negative memory, while the former tells a positive one to counteract it. This team building activity reframes experiences, improves morale, and shifts perspectives. This team building activity will let people appreciate their differences, and at the same time find something in common to improve team bonding. How to play: Create a list of odd pairs of objects that go well together — salt and pepper, Sonny and Cher, John Lennon and Yoko Ono, peanut butter and jelly, etc.
Write down the objects on separate pieces of paper. The participants then mingle with the group. When the players have figured out what they are, they have to find the other half of their odd pair.
How to play: The group stands in a straight line side by side. The goal is for the participants to organize themselves in order by their birthday month and day without any talking.
If they do start to talk, they need to start from the beginning. If you want to add an extra challenge to this activity, try blindfolding a couple of participants. Practices problem solving, cooperation and non-verbal communication skills. Have the team stretch their creativity and communication skills by having them plan, script, direct, and perform their very own cinematic masterpiece. How to play: Disclaimer: you will need specific equipment for this team building activity cameras or smartphones with decent inbuilt cameras, tripods, computers with video editing software, TV.
Split the participants into smaller teams — each of them will create their own movie. Each team picks a mystery envelope containing a film genre or theme. The final cut of each movie will need to reflect the genre. Set a deadline for each final cut for the film premiere normally hours after you begin the exercise. Now, the production starts! Each team member should have a specific role — the director, the producer, video editor, actors, etc.
At the end of the activity, all the films are watched, and the best ones receive awards. Popcorn and drinks for the final screening will be a nice touch! How often do we stop to compliment our coworkers on a daily basis?
Probably — not often enough. Improving self-esteem is a team building activity that will boost confidence in your team. How to play: Everyone writes down their name on the top of a piece of paper. They pass the paper to the person on their left. Each person must then write something they admire about the person whose name is on the top of the page. The papers are passed around to the left until each sheet ends up back with the person named on the top.
Number of players: Preferably up to 24 people split into teams of players. How to play: Participants are divided into teams of people. Each team has to come up with an imaginary product and develop a pitch for it. The pitch must include a brand name, slogan, business plan, marketing plan , financial data. Each team then presents their pitch in front of the sharks.
The sharks must ask questions and evaluate the pitches as if they were real businesses. The team that gets the most investment wins. This team building activity promotes unconventional thinking, collaboration, entrepreneurship, and teamwork. Participants sketch their shared work memories and place them on a memory wall to create a welcoming environment and reaffirm a positive work relationship with other employees.
How to play: Each player writes down positive memories of shared experiences and moments on a sheet of paper. They then draw a few of these memories on fresh sheets of paper. The participants tape their memory drawings to the memory wall, while other participants approach the wall to expand on the memories with additional drawings.
How to play: Divide the group of people into pairs and have one person of each pair blindfolded. Make sure to mark the start and finish line. Have the unblindfolded person lead their partner through the obstacle course using verbal guidance only. The next time you decide to hold a staff development session, consider planning a day that is broken up with fun and games.
Everyone will get a chance to unwind, take a break from stress, and get to know one another better. Take a Lesson from the Cake Boss People love to watch culinary artists as they create confectionery masterpieces in the kitchen. This game gives your employees a shot to design the best cake representation for your company. Break up into teams, including management , and provide the supplies.
You will need an impartial judge when all is said and done. Don't forget to give everyone the chance to have their cake and eat it too. Truths and Lies This game — also known as Two Truths, One Lie — is an easy, fun and quick way for team members to get to know one another. Invite everyone to sit in a circle facing the center. Instruct everyone to take a minute or two to come up with two truths and one lie about themselves.
Pick a random slip of paper or just choose someone to reveal the three pieces of information about themselves. Allow the rest of the group to confer and decide what is truth and what is lie.
Then reveal the lie and move on to the next person. Observation This simple game is a great way to refresh and engage a team that is feeling drained or stressed. Divide the group into two equal lines or roughly equal if there are odd numbers and have them face the opposite line.
Choose a team to go first and either give them a minute to study the opposite line or make them turn around right away. Then give the other line a minute or so to change ten things about themselves. When time runs out, instruct the first line to turn around and list the changes that have been made.
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