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Does the term “team-building activities” make you think of silly games with colleagues? Maybe. But the truth is team-building exercises are much more than that.
Corporate team-building activities help people learn to work together as a team by fostering communication and collaboration. Team-bonding activities help employees understand each other better. And the shared experience of corporate team-building activities lets employees get to know each other’s strengths and weaknesses.
Team-building activities for work are critical for building a strong team that functions as a well-oiled machine.
Also, team-building activities for work can be fun.
Choose fun team-bonding activities with the right objectives so that your team members enjoy themselves and the organization succeeds in building a team.
Don’t know where to find fun-filled yet useful corporate team-building activities? Well, we’ve got you covered.
Here is a list of exciting team-building activities for work that your employees will enjoy. Some of these activities are indoors while some may require your team to step outdoors.
Based on the objective, team size and time you want to spend, choose the right team-building exercises. And you will see the ice break between team members, boosting communication, cooperation and creativity.
Let’s get started.
Corporate team-building activities that your employees will enjoy:
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Winner/Loser
Number of Participants: Two or more people
Duration: 5-6 minutes
Tools Needed: None
How to play:
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Partner A shares a negative experience in their life with Partner B
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Then Partner A discusses the same experience focusing only on the positive aspects
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Partner B helps explore the bright side of the bad experience
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Next, they switch roles with partner B sharing a negative experience related to work or life.
What do the participants achieve: Participants will discover how to reframe a bad experience in a new light and collectively turn it into a learning experience.
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Purpose Mingle
This is a quick team-building exercise that you can hold indoors.
Number of Participants: Any
Duration: 1 – 2 minutes
Tools Needed: None
How to play:
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Before a meeting, ask team members to share what they hope to contribute to the meeting with employees around.
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You can even offer a prize for the team member who shares ideas with the maximum people. And another for the team member who successfully contributes to the meeting that they shared with the other employees.
What do the participants achieve: This quick team-building exercise will improve employees’ productivity during meetings. It will make them think about how can contribute, rather than just passively listen.
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Scavenger Hunt
Number of Participants: Two or more small groups
Duration: Less than 1 hour
Tools Needed: Pen and Paper
How to play:
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Break the team into groups of two or more.
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Create a list of goofy activities for every group to perform. You can include tasks such as clicking a pic with a stranger or clicking a snap of a random object in the office.
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The group that completes the most tasks in less time wins the prize.
What do the participants achieve: This is one of the fun team-bonding activities that will help break office cliques. Your team will be encouraged to work with colleagues from other teams and departments in these types of corporate team-building activities.
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This is Better Than That
Number of Participants: Any
Duration: 15 – 20 minutes
Tools Needed: Four or more objects
How to play:
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Pick four or more different objects.
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Make groups comprising an even number of participants.
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Describe a scenario where each team has to solve a certain problem using those objects. It could be anything from “You’re saving the world from dinosaurs” to “You’re stranded on a deserted island”.
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Ask each team how they would use the objects to come out of these situations.
What do the participants achieve: This is one of the extremely creative team-bonding activities, which will inspire your team to think creatively while solving a problem.
In addition to these team-building activities for work, the Bruce Tuckman Model will help you establish trust between team members right from the start. How? The Bruce Tuckman Model discusses the four key stages of team formation. Knowing these team formation stages will help you manage your team easily. You can learn about the Bruce Tuckman Model in Harappa’s Managing Teamwork course. Join the course and start learning today!
Explore topics such as Leaders vs Managers, How to Build Trust in a Team, Team Building, Importance of Team Building & Contingency Planning from our Harappa Diaries section and build trust-rich relationships.
