Team Building Activities to Foster Healthy Work Relationships

​What is a corporate recipe for success when it comes to building healthy and successful professional (workplace) relationships? A sprinkling of a positive company culture that promotes interaction and connection between coworkers.
 
How do employers promote these connections? Easily through team-building activities and exercises. Team building exercises or activities are games, meetings, experiences and events that are designed to motivate group members to get to know and respect each other - often times on a different level that what they are used to in the office.
 
While often silly or far from “work-related”, team-building exercises are activities that are thoughtfully designed to encourage teamwork. They produce a variety of benefits, including - thoughtful communication between participants (coworkers), motivation to try new approaches to problem solving, creative thinking, and building trust.

The 5 main types of corporate team-building

Ultimately, the activities you choose to focus on depend on your goals. Some experiences are strictly designed to foster relationship building, while others focus more on developing specific skills.
 
There are 5 main types of team-building:

1. Icebreakers
2. Communication
3. Problem-solving
4. Creative Thinking
5. Employee Bonding

 
Icebreakers
Quick games and icebreaker activities are a great way to kick-off a professional gathering. They are often used to motivate employees to participate. Some easy meeting icebreakers are:

• The Human Knot: In this activity a group stands in a circle and grabs the hands of someone across from them. Once everyone is connected they must work together to untangle without letting go of their hands.
• Two truths and a lie: Each group member van share two facts and one lie about themselves. The rest of the group must guess the lie.

Communication
Activities that focus on healthy and thoughtful communication patterns are a great way to develop strong communication skills in a low-risk environment.

• Team Scavenger Hunt: Teams can be on the hunt for a predetermined list of objects or locations to find.

My Big Day Marketing & Events has developed a variety of scavenger hunts for corporate clients – some focusing on the communication part, some focusing on fun.

• Escape Rooms:
  

Escape rooms are the ultimate exercise in healthy communication! Teams must work together to solve clues and complete challenges before their time in the room runs out. Groups that focus on good listening and transparent communication usually find success!

• Take a Cooking Class together: Divide into pairs or teams for some culinary fun! A successful and tasty dish will require open communication!

Problem Solving​
Activities that focus on creative problem solving often lead to better results in the workplace. Escape Rooms could again be used to hone these skills, but here are a few other activities that will help your group find creative solutions to challenges:

• Board Games:  Games that require bartering or trading are great for boosting problem solving and communication skills. Think Settlers of Catan and the like.
• Water Balloon Toss: In this activity, employees are divided into pairs. These pairs must toss a water balloon back and forth, taking a step further back between each toss. Sometimes this can be done with two pairs of employees who catch and throw the balloon using a beach towel.

 
Creative Thinking
Encouraging creativity in play often translates to success in the board room!

• Pictionary: Another party/board game, this one really gets the creativity flowing. Divide into teams. Ask the teams to draw a series of random objects, people, events, or phrases for their teammates to guess. The team with the most correct guesses wins.

 
Employee Bonding
Happy people produce good work! You can encourage relationship building outside of the office with these suggestions:

• Group volunteering experiences: Find a cause that aligns with  your organization and gather your group together to help out.
• Karaoke night: A great and fun out-of-office experience. Who knows - you might have a singing superstar on staff

​My Big Day Marketing and Events has a team of professional planners and facilitators who can help you plan engaging activities for your team. We can develop an itinerary that will help you reach your team-bonding goals, which in turn will help you find success - both in and out of the office!
 
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