Ideas for team building activities can include virtually anything that involves getting your people to interact, cooperate, communicate, and hopefully have some fun at the same time. This is a great way to get staff away from the rules and roles of the office and take a break from the projects and pressures everyone has been dealing with, yet still work on developing transferable skills to take back to work.
Some of the essentials of team building include:
-> emphasizing a team focus on shared goals
-> maintaining individual commitment to these goals
-> identifying problem areas and working together to overcome these
-> developing clear strategies to achieve goals
-> celebrating achievements together
Engaging in team building activities can help improve team members ability to relate to one another, appreciate one anothers strengths, provide stress relief, and renew a shared commitment to working together toward common goals. Activities can provide simple illustrations of how a team is more than the sum of its parts, and how much more we can accomplish by working together.
Although the theme of the activities chosen for your...