Team Building Activities
Team Building Activities
Team Building Activities
17. Pair up
Write a bunch of pairs on different pieces of paper (e.g., Daniel and Kathryn, Enrique
and Liza, Mario and Luigi, etc.). Tape them to your employees’ backs. Have them walk
around trying to figure out who they are — and find their complementary colleague.
1. Game of Possibilities
Time: 5-6 minutes
Number of Participants: One or multiple small groups
Tools Needed: Any random objects
Rules: This is a great 5-minute team building game. Give an object to one person
in each group. One at a time, someone has to go up in front of the group and
demonstrate a use for that object. The rest of the team must guess what the
player is demonstrating. The demonstrator cannot speak, and demonstrations
must be original, possibly wacky, ideas.
3. Purpose Mingle
Time: 1 - 2 minutes
Number of Participants: Any
Tools Needed: None
Rules: This one is for those of you looking for a great indoor team building game
that won't take up much time. Before a meeting, have each individual walk
around and share what they hope to contribute to the meeting with as many
people as possible. If you want, offer a prize for the person who shares with the
most people, and another for the person who successfully contributes what they
shared.
Objective: Improves meeting productivity and makes attendees think about how
they're going to contribute, rather than just what they hope to get out of the
meeting.
4. Scavenger Hunt
Time: > 1 hour
Number of Participants: Two or more small groups
Tools Needed: Pen and Paper
Rules: Break the group into teams of two or more. Make a list of goofy tasks for
each team to do as a group. Tasks can include taking a selfie with a stranger,
taking a picture of a building or object around the office, etc. Give the list to each
team, along with a deadline by which they must complete all tasks. Whoever
completes the most tasks the quickest, wins! (You can even create your own
point system according to task difficulty if you want!)
Objective: Great team bonding exercise that helps break up office cliques by
encouraging people to work with colleagues from other teams, departments, or
just social circles.
*Fun Fact: At Wrike, we hosted our own scavenger hunt using our tool to track
the tasks. Check out how we used Wrike for fun!
5. Human Knot
Time: 15 - 30 minutes
Number of Participants: 8 - 20 people
Tools Needed: None
Rules: Have everyone stand in a circle facing each other, shoulder to shoulder.
Instruct everyone to put their right hand out and grab a random hand of someone
across from them. Then, tell them to put their left hand out and grab another
random hand from a different person across the circle. Within a set time limit, the
group needs to untangle the knot of arms without releasing their hands. If the
group is too large, make multiple smaller circles and have the separate groups
compete.
Objective: This game for team building relies heavily on good communication and
teamwork. It also results in a lot of great stories for the water cooler chat in the
workplace.
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Objective: This classic team building game is an engaging (and messy) exercise.
It uses teamwork and problem solving to bond team members. The more people
the better, so this makes for an "eggcellent" corporate team building game! Make
sure you have an extra supply of eggs in case some break (ew!) during the
construction process.
Ice Breaker Games
9. The Barter Puzzle
Time: 1 - 2 hours
Number of Participants: Four or more small groups
Tools Needed: Different jigsaw puzzles for each group
Rules: Have everyone break off into small, equal-sized groups. Give each group
a different jigsaw puzzle with the same difficulty level. The goal is to see which
group can complete their jigsaw puzzle the fastest. However! Some pieces will
be mixed around in other group's jigsaw puzzles. It's up to the team to come up
with a way to get those pieces back — either through negotiating, trading,
exchanging team members, etc. Whatever they decide to do, they must decide
as a group.
Objective: This activity will rely heavily on problem solving and leadership skills.
Some team members might stand out and some might stand back, but it's
important to remember that the entire team must come to a consensus before a
decision is made.
Objective: This is a great ice breaker game, especially for new teams. Helps
eliminate snap judgements of colleagues, and gives introverts an equal chance
to share some facts about themselves.
Objective: This exercise inspires team creativity in problem solving. The idea is to
not make the scenarios too easy so it becomes obvious which objects are most
useful.
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