No, you're not too cool for team-building
If you're looking at this thinking "Ugh. Team-building events are so embarrassing and useless", well, friend, you're actually wrong. Yes, there might be some embarrassing activities at a company offsite or event of this kind—but they're certainly not useless!Team-building is all about building trust, camaraderie, and making people live your company culture. It's about stepping outside of your comfort zone to immerse yourself in a common vision. It's about creating a sense of belonging, understanding that there are others in the same boat as you, and developing pride in being part of a great team. This is even more important today when remote workers can work in a company for months before ever coming into the office or meeting a colleague face-to-face.6. Jigsaw puzzle or Lego game
Break employees off into smaller teams. Decide whether you want each team to put together a jigsaw puzzle or build something cool out of legos. The first team to present you with the final, finished product wins! This is an interesting method to get people to think outside the box, work with their hands, and find out what each other's strengths are. Encourage people to try things out like being the person who guides the rest of the team towards the finished product.7. Case study competition
If you'd like to steer your team-building into a more corporate direction, a case study competition could be the way to go. Break people off into small teams and give them a business-related challenge to solve. Make it something fun and not likely to happen soon—for example, your company has decided to branch out and start tourist trips to space. Give each team a different task—one can build a marketing plan, another a financial plan, another can convince your board that this is a good idea. This really allows employees to brainstorm and use skills or knowledge they might not necessarily apply to their daily work. Remember to give them a whiteboard, post-it notes, and anything they may need to get their thoughts out.8. Build the sturdiest table
Put people together into small groups. Give them a few flimsy materials like straws or spaghetti, and challenge them to build the strongest table. You might have seen them doing this on popular shows like New Girl. That's because this is an activity guaranteed to bring people together through a fun and challenging task. It's also interesting because it makes them see things from different angles. It gets the creative juices flowing!Set up a virtual game show
Choose a fun game show that everyone knows and loves, like Family Feud. Run a survey within your company before the game starts with topics like "things you might find at a house party", or "things you shouldn't do on a Zoom call", or "best ABBA songs", for example. Collect the 5 most popular answers in each category, and the person who guesses the most popular answers wins! If this is too difficult to organize or you're pressed for time, you can always use facilitator apps like Kahoot! to help you set up an awesome virtual game show.Did you find this article useful?
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