Great teamwork not only boost the morales of team mates involved but also portray a professional image for the team. If you are looking for team building ideas to forge a closer bond amongst your peers or colleagues then this post is for you.
Here are 11 team building ideas that you can consider for your next team building event:
1. Outdoor Adventure Camp
There is a thing about how camps help to bond people together. Remember the good old days when you are in school and there are summer camps and all and you forge close ties and friendships? Overcoming obstacles together during an outdoor adventure camp and supporting each other’s growth all plays a part in the team building efforts.
2. Bowling Event
Usually before a bowling event, teams will meet up to have trainings together. Having trainings together and subsequently attending the bowling event together helps foster a bond amongst the team.
3. Potluck Gathering
With potluck gathering, each individual will bring some food to the party and this can be a fun activity to do as the team discusses recipes and generally having fun with each other.
4. Dragon Boat
Dragon boat can be an intense sport for some but nonetheless great team work can be forged with this sport as each person’s efforts count when rowing! Even for the drummer who leads the team. It involves not only physical but mental training as all of you prepares for friendly competitions or simply just enjoying this sport together.
5. Planning An Event Together
It is always the process that brings people closer together as you see each person’s working style and for an event to be successful, the team needs to be aiming at the same goal.
6. Amazing Race
This is a fun team building idea to execute when you want to bond various small teams as each are striving to be the first team to complete the race!
7. Road Trips
Going on a road trip with your team can be an enjoyable experience as you will soon identify who are the entertainers whom will entertaine the pack during the drive, and who are the planners whom will be busy sharing their plans when they arrived at their destination. And because you are cooped within a small space, you have to speak up and learn about each other.
8. Staycation
Staycation or travelling overseas together as a team are similar to the team building idea of going for a road trip because what happens is that people are brought out of their comfort zone to live with another person. And great teams can be forged this way.
9. Team Sports
Wouldn’t you agree that team sports naturally bond people together? It could be basketball, volleyball, captain’s ball, sailing or the like, it is not only a physical game, it is very much a mental game too and how everybody support each other when they are in the game.
10. Learning Something New Together
Learning something new together can be a wonderful team building idea as all of you are expose to something new and your help each other to learn the ropes.
11. Barbecue Outing At The Park
Barbecue is always a good idea for great company, good food and when you have it at the park, you can throw in some activities to further enhance the team building objective that you are aiming to achieve.
These are some team building ideas that you can consider but this list is certainly not exhaustive. The key to successful team building activities or programs is to achieve a balance of fun and having people worked together at the same time. The duration of the activity is a factor too, people needs time to warm up and be comfortable with each others’ company.I wish you all the best in organizing your next team building activity!
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