Team building exercises and games are supposed not only to be for fun but also to make everyone educative. These activities will help the entire team to learn more about one another, how each person can handle work, thinks and solves problems. If handled well, the activities make it possible for you to have a vibrant team that will be productive in the office. They will boost the morale of the employees and make them be more focused while receiving appreciation.
To encourage your team to be able to learn about one another without any complaints, here is a guide on some of the activities and exercise that you can engage in.
Game Of Possibilities:
This is a game which will take about 5 to 6 minutes to play. It can be played by one or several small groups. You can use any random objects to play it. The rules are that it should take 6 minutes maximum to play. You will have to give an object to one person in each of the small groups. One at any given time, one person has to go in front of the group and demonstrate how the object can be used. The rest of the group members should be in a position to guess what the player in front is trying to demonstrate. The demonstrator should not speak, and the demonstrations need to be wacky original ideas. The objective of the activity is to inspire individual innovation and creativity.
Purpose Mingle:
his activity will take less than 2 minutes and can involve any number of participants. There is no need for any tool. It is great if you are looking for an indoor team activity which will not take much of your time. Before you start a meeting, have each attendee walk around and with someone else what they hope to share in the meeting with as many people as they can. You can decide to offer a price for the person who shares with more people and another gift for the person who will be able to successfully contribute what they shared. At the end of the day, this particular activity contributes towards improving meeting productivity and encourages the attendees to think about how they are going to be productive rather than what they are going to achieve from the meeting.
Loser/Winner:
It is an activity which will take between 5 to 6 minutes and played by two or more people. There is no need for any tool. The first person shares something negative which happened in their life with person two. This could be work related or personal memory which should be true. The first person then again discusses the same thing but dwells only on the positive side of it. Person two helps in exploring the positivity in the negative experience. Afterward, the roles should be switched. The objective of the activity is to discover how to change negative situations into learning experiences together.
