Team building brings your group together in ways that teach them to communicate better, build on leadership skills, develop collaborative attitudes, encourage support for others and tap into creative thinking. Choosing an event activity for your gang just got easier with some of the newest, most popular trends in team building.
• Outdoor adventures. Ziplining and ropes courses are still great activities, but the next time you want your team to learn to work together, why not try boat building? Utilizing a cardboard box and detailed blue prints, teams race to create a person-powered boat that is actually sea-worthy. Then, wrap up the theme with a boating event on a charter cruise.
• Treasure hunt. Whether outdoors in a park or indoors at a mall, a treasure hunt is still a popular way to get your team to work together while engaging outside help from the general public.
• Give back. There are a multitude of non-profit organizations that could benefit from your team’s time and energies - food packaging for charities, collecting and bundling school supplies for underprivileged kids, Habitat for Humanity, and more. Ask your team for suggestions on what they’d like to do.
• It’s all a game. Promote critical thinking skills among your crew with team building games such as Worst Case Scenario in which the group must collaboratively and creatively problem solve a fictional problem, such as getting lost in a forest.
Remember to let your goal determine your activity, while making sure that the activity is inclusive and suited to everyone’s abilities.
