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Collection of Individual Teambuilding Exercises
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Provide
your team or group with the type of facilitated event
YOU would enjoy!
Our goal is to be the very best in the world at providing workshop activities. We provide professional materials, instruction and facilitative support to ensure you are completely comfortable running our activities with your groups.
The events,
games and exercises listed below have been run with over 50,000
participants in hundreds of organizations, from CEO's
of Fortune 50 companies to middle management to elementary
students. They are proven in design and completely professional
in appearance.
The team building
activity comes in an easy-to-use storage bag and includes the following:
- Comprehensive
information on purpose of the game, how to set it up
and the safety measures necessary during the course of the team activity.
- Suggestions
for a great debrief of the activity including some possible questions that you could ask the team.
- Professional
materials necessary to conduct the activity.
It includes everything you need to provide a good quality, well thought out and meaningful learning opportunity.
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are all the events we offer in alphabetical order.
Team
Building Exercises
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Alphabet
Soup
This event is designed to stimulate dialogue about how team members work
together to be more efficient and effective.
A glimpse
of Alphabet Soup
The groups get multiple
attempts to touch a sequence of letter and numbers as fast as they can.
There is an overall time limit and the group can spend their time continuing
to try to do it faster by practice, or spend their time strategizing with
fewer attempts.
The activity is extremely
fun, is moderately active and is a great conversation stimulator for the
debrief.
Ideal For:
Problem solving, pure fun, communication.
Read more about Alphabet Soup...
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Bull
Ring
Communication, Processes and loads of fun and interaction!
A glimpse into Bull Ring:
Moving
a ball from one spot to another using a ring and some rope is the object
of Bull Ring. Although initially appearing quite easy, we have provided
instructions and materials to help increase the difficulty on a whim.
Typically,
we run each group through several times with increasing difficulty and
continually changing the rules during each run, simulating the effect
of the constant changing business environment and the need to continually
adapt to change.
‘Bull Ring’ is an icebreaker that is 100% fun and heightens communication within teams. Group synergy is at the core of this
game and it provides the foundation for participants to learn to work
together and to act as a team.
This
is best outside, but can be run very well indoors with some room.
This
is a fun activity that your group will not forget and relates easily
back to work.
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Chain of Command
Team challenges and tough choices - Discover the setbacks of communication gaps the fun way!
If you want your group to start interacting and enjoying themselves from the word go, then Chain of Command is your best bet.
Chain of Command is a game that fosters problem-solving skills but is an ideal icebreaker. Chain of Command enphasizes facing challenges as a team through trust and co-operation.
A glimpse into Chain of Command
The game has a line-up pattern without the ability to turn around to communicate and therefore the name Chain of Command. The facilitator indicates a strict deadline. This will simulate a fair amount of “real life” office stress among the participants. Using the many variations to Chain of Command, you can help participants discover the pitfalls of gaps in communication and to appreciate the nuances of different communication styles.
This is a game that has a lot of fun in store for the facilitator too. You can create even more challenges and raise the bar in fun quotient, by making the going extremely tough for capable teams. But at the same time you can play benevolent, by simplifying the task for a troubled team that may be stuck and not having any fun at all!
Ideal For: Icebreaker, problem solving, trust, pure fun, communication.
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China Syndrome, $99.95
This event is often considered impossible in the beginning. To solve it,
the participants will need critical thinking, excellent coaching and communication
skills, shared leadership and perseverance.
This is a challenging
activity that works well with organizations that have cross-functional
rolls that support one common product or service. It addresses the issues
of alternate leadership and support roles that help accomplish the larger
task.
A glimpse into
China Syndrome:
The group must prevent
a 'China Syndrome' from occurring by pouring the contents of one bucket into
another using only the materials provided and staying outside a large
circle. Any person using the materials must be blindfolded. Given a short
timeline, this event can challenge ANY group.
Ideal For:
Coaching, problem solving, critical thinking, communication.
Read more about China Syndrome...
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Don’t
Touch Me, $39.95
Warning: this
event can lead to major paradigm shift. Don’t Touch Me
will challenge the team to think outside the box and challenge the actual
and implied rules.
This is a great application for both incremental process improvement and massive improvement. Both are necessary as well as asking 'dumb' questions.
Creativity, communication
and problem solving and all areas this team building activity will cover
in great discussion in the debrief.
Do not let the low
cost of this exercise fool you, this is a POWERFUL exercise and is one
of our facilitator favorites.
Ideal For:
Problem solving, critical thinking, communication, perfect for use before
a brainstorming session!
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Get
It Together, $74.95
The purpose of this exercise is to practice clear communication and develop
keys to trust during challenging and confusing times.
This
event will remind people in each position what the other role feels like
and lend insights to improving relations between the two.
A
glimpse into Get It Together
After
pairing up, one blindfolded person goes into a large circle to retrieve
certain items, with only their partners instructions as guidance. The
catch here is the partner must stay on the outside of the circle. Still
seems fairly simple until all the pairs are in the middle at the same
time.
This
activity is a step beyond our Trust Walk team building exercise and helps
participants experience the need for trust, the need for planning and
the difficulties of communicating while being both coach and coachee.
Most
importantly, this is fun!
Ideal
For: Coaching, trust, communication.
Read more about Get It Together.
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Group
Juggling
Communication, Processes and
loads of fun and interaction!
If inter-departmental communication
and processes are your office bugbear, then opt for ‘Group Juggling’ and
you will soon witness all round improvements back at the work place.
‘Group Juggling’
is an icebreaker that is 100% fun and heightens communication within teams.
Group synergy is at the core of this
game and it provides the foundation for participants to learn to work
together and to act as a team.
A glimpse into Group
Juggling:
The
Group Juggling kit has several objects that participants pass around.
The game is meant
to cue office situations where juggling too many projects or tasks can
lead to goof ups.
A
rubber chicken included in each kit will fascinate the participants since
it is a difficult object to throw around. It should remain hidden till
the last and usually elicits a surprise reaction among participants. When
the chicken (new object/ alias “new project”) finally gets thrown around,
the group will react in unexpected ways and really start having a good
time with lots of amusement and shared laughter all around.
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Knot
A Team, $39.95
The purpose of this
exercise is to bring group members closer together.
Physically they will
be close together, and the reality of their interdependence is played
out in this game.
Touch creates a setting
for cohesiveness and teamwork, and begins breaking down the invisible
walls we have around us. The tools it will take to unravel the knot are
the same tools needed to overcome challenges the company or team will
face.
Ideal For:
Decision making, problem solving, pure fun, communication.
Read more about Knot A Team.
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Knot
or NOT a Knot
Does the group Stand Together or Stand Apart?
That is the crux of this activity and makes for a great
metaphor. Throughout the short activity, individuals will have to make
a decision about the length of rope in front of them. Does the pile of
rope have a knot, or not?
As the group progresses through a series of these decisions
and short activities, they learn that listening to instructions, as well
as standing together as a group, is key to their success.
This becomes a fantastic metaphor for the group moving
forward and has become a unifying theme for groups that become teams.
Ideal For:
Decision making, problem solving, pure fun, communication.
$34.95
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Learning Maze, $129.95
A step into the unknown and a fascinating
peek into group processes !
Do you have wonderful
thinkers but do they buckle under pressure in unforeseen business situations?
Do mistakes get swept under the carpet and forgotten? Does your group
shy away from risks?
We have all heard
the adage “learning through our mistakes”. Teams can now experience it
through Learning Maze. Facing unforeseen situations is common in organization but it is important for a team to learn, grow and
move ahead from the experience. If you want your team to discover how,
then try out Learning Maze.
A glimpse into Learning Maze:
Teams
usually have a very good time as they balance their way through the stones.
As the name suggests the game literally involves stepping through an array
of stones in solving a problem.
The
planning processes that each of the teams go through in dealing with the
challenge can be fascinating for the facilitator. You will also gauge
the manner in which your teams deal with their mistakes and will be able
to identify the individuals who discover these mistakes within each team.
Ideal
For: Coaching, communication, group processes.
Read more about Learning Maze...
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Let
Go My Ego, $69.95
Spiraling conflict and a gathering
storm within the team but finally a strategic solution!
High pressure, stress, conflict and
divergent views that reflect the real life work place are simulated in
this well thought out and remarkable mind-bender game.
Every team member
is an important spoke in the wheel of an organization and wields a significant
influence on the group process. In this game, team members will find themselves pitted against
each others views. They must work through frustrations and differences
of opinion to solve this strategically challenging exercise.
A glimpse into Let Go My Ego:
Participants
will be asked to pick a partner and form two parallel lines with the partners
facing each other. A bar is placed along the index fingers of the team.
The team has to co-ordinate the movement of the bar based on the instructions
provided. A solution for this exercise is almost impossible!
While Let Go My Ego
is a 'team'- based activity, it also emphasizes the accountability of
each individual and their responsibility to communicate well.
Ideal for: communication,
problem solving
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Perfect Square, $69.95
The Perfect Square is an easy event that can be very powerful. A blindfolded
event represents many of the 'filters' we view the world through. With
blindfolds on, communication can be difficult.
Interdependence is
clear in this activity and group consensus can be difficult to reach,
but very important.
A glimpse into
Perfect Square:
Putting the group
in a circle, they all reach forward to grab a rope that is laid down in
front of them. After putting on their blindfolds, the group must form
a perfect square. Once the group feels they have formed the perfect square,
they take off the blindfolds to see how close they are. Seemingly easy,
this activity is challenging.
Ideal For:
Problem solving, trust, critical thinking, pure fun, communication.
Read more about Perfect Square...
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River
Crossing
 River
Crossing requires clear communication as well as the passing of
critical information from person to person. This event will show what
happens when there are gaps in communication and the resulting
frustration will be a source of long dialogue.
The goal of the exercise
is to have the entire team involved, demonstrate the power of teamwork
and show the interdependence teams have.
You may use many variations
of this activity to achieve different outcomes, depending upon what is
desired.
This is best outside,
but can be run very well indoors with some room.
This is a fun activity
that your group will not forget and relates easily back to work.
Ideal
For: Coaching, Communication, Problem Solving
$99.95
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Search
& Rescue, $99.95
Will your group put all your eggs in one basket or take smaller
risks?!
The goal here is to
have the entire team involved, demonstrate the power of teamwork and show
the interdependence teams have. Each perosn is needed to accomplish the
goal and with a tight timeline, easily simulates projects at work.
A glimpse into
Search & Rescue:
The group must make
fast decisions about how many people to save from various places within
a circle in a short amount of time. Remaining outside the circle, the
group must guide a plane onto landing platforms inside the circle. The
more difficult landing platforms have more people on them so the group
must decide quickly whether to try for one large platform or several smaller,
but easier platforms.
Ideal For:
Coaching, problem solving, critical thinking, communication.
Read more about Search & Rescue...
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Supply
Chain
The
purpose of this exercise is to physically demonstrate the metaphor that
every member of a team is an important “link in the chain.”
This
event is also a good way to examine individual team member’s sense
of value and accountability to their team.
A
glimpse into Supply Chain:
Giving
each participant a 'link' in the chain, the group must pass marbles from
point A to point B through each participant's' link' without touching
the marbles. The distance between A and B can be either far, which allows
the game to be run equally well inside or out.
Ideal
For: Problem solving, critical thinking, communication.
$69.95
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Team
Shackles, $79.95
Overcome challenges by ‘unlocking’ the
compartments in the mind!
If people in your organization tend
to work in isolation or in ‘compartments’, if information sharing or seeking
a co-worker’s counsel is non-existent, then you need Team Shackles. Team
Shackles can bring about a paradigm shift in attitudes toward fellow workers.
The game demonstrates how the whole team can benefit if there is willingness
to seek and give help. It will also build confidence within the group
and disprove the notion that some things are impossible.
A glimpse into Team Shackles:
This exercise has a simple setup but
offers a great challenge. Within each team participants are ‘handcuffed’
to each other. The challenge is not only in each pair untangling the Shackles
but in the entire team getting disentangling within a given time limit.
In this game you will notice some stereo-typical
behavior among participants. Although the game requires the entire group
to untangle, pairs that have managed to un-cuff earlier than others will
usually not offer their help to other team members until time is running
out or sometimes not even then. It was not in the 'rules'!
The game attempts to correct this behavior
and develop a more supportive and helpful attitude among participants.
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Tied
In Knots, $79.95
 Cultivate
the twin skills of decision making and consensus building
Decision-making
and consensus building techniques go hand-in-hand. Tied in Knots will
facilitate decision making as a group. The challenge in this game is posed by a series of ropes. The
exercise is designed with 10 levels of difficulty. Not only will the levels
add to the excitement of the challenge but will also help participants
discover their own managerial strengths. In the course of finding
solutions, participants recognize the best techniques that work for them
in-group decision-making. This game will tap
into problem solving skills and the ability to reason, critically assess
and arrive at a solution.
A
glimpse into Tied in Knots:
Participants will be shown a set of
independent ropes that have one rope holding them all together. Without
disturbing the arrangement, the team has to jointly identify the one rope
that is holding the rest together.
As each team moves one step higher
on the difficulty levels, this thought-provoking exercise will help the
participants discover the best decision making techniques that work for
them as a team.
Once a team identifies
a good technique to solve the activity, they will have a lot of fun by
setting for themselves time limits to arrive at a decision. This process
builds the ability for consensus speed within the team. The exercise requires
roughly 60 Minutes to cover the decision-making at various difficulty
levels.
Read more about Tied In Knots...
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Trust
Walk, $99.95
Trust Walk is about leading, following, trusting and communicating.
Many
leadership styles emerge during this event. Whatever the experience, the
Trust Walk is a powerful learning opportunity.
A
glimpse into Trust Walk
After
pairing up, each individual takes turns leading the other person through
obstacles - we provide 100% safe, but very real, mouse traps and rat traps - and overcoming adversity. While a very simplistic activity,
many people find it difficult to trust their partner and find they will
'cheat'.
Because
it is so simple, very few people take the time to strategize or find out
exactly how far 'X' number of steps is for their partner. This create
the scenario for a great lesson in coaching -- we need to communicate
with other people the way THEY hear it best, not the way WE hear it best.
This is an activity every manager should master before going back to work!
With
several variations, you can run this activity with both pairs alone and
then all the pairs together at the same time to create a completely different
level of communication.
We
do not recommend driving a motorized vehicle during this event!
An
advanced version of this game is Get It Together!
Ideal
For: Trust building, communication, coaching.
Read more about Trust Walk!
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Win
Win Win
Collaboration Vs Competition – What should a team’s strategy be?
In
this game participants will discover that competitive spirit works only
up to a point but it is collaboration that actually builds success. As
the game develops, it becomes apparent that working towards a common goal
yields far better results. The activity revolves around a profit maximization
objective. The game offers lessons in collaboration both within teams as
well as across teams.
A
glimpse into Win Win Win:
The activity
consists of 5 rounds. If you like, the 5 teams could be given names that
reflect different departments or functions in your organization. The game
works well for intra-departmental collaboration as well as inter- departmental
collaboration.
The 5
teams are arranged around a large loop and the exercise requires the participants
to collect balls from the central loop as well as from other teams. These
balls represent organization profits and the challenge in the exercise
is to maximize profits.
In a
variation to the game, you can defuse the competition between teams by
combining the profits earned across teams in each round. In such a scenario,
the teams will have several opportunities over the 5 rounds to improve
the overall profits for the organization. This will highlight the benefits
of identifying a common goal and collaborating rather than competing to
achieve the highest possible score/profit.
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