Teambuilding activities are meant to help a team get to know each other better, bond, work on solving problems together, as well as have an enjoyable time. These activities do not only foster meaningful communication and help in problem-solving, but they are meant to help your team recharge and boost their morale, too.
While teambuilding activities do have a lot of benefits, it’s not uncommon to hear employees complain about them every time you bring them up. A happy team is a productive team. It has been shown that team members who trust each other and are less stressed perform much better. That is why you need fun workplace activities that help employees learn and laugh at the same time. Here is a list of great fun teambuilding activities for your team.
Creative Introductions
If your team is new and the people still don’t know each other, this is a great teambuilding activity to break the ice and help them get to know each other a little better while having fun. Gather your team and give everyone a piece of paper and a pen. Ask them to think about which cartoon character they would be if they could, write it on the piece of paper, and then hold it in front of their forehead. All the employees should reveal their characters at the same time.
The activity can be adjusted to your team, of course, so it doesn’t have to be cartoon characters. You can think of celebrities or animals, or whatever you want really.
Office Trivia
Wrike lists this as one of the best teambuilding activities for your office. The activity is super fun and will help employees strengthen their relationships. To plan the activity, you need to come up with about 20 specific questions to test your employees’ knowledge. The questions should be relevant to your workplace and your employees, such as “How many doors are there in the office?”
Egg Drop
The egg drop is a classic among teambuilding activities and is guaranteed to make your team laugh while also encouraging them to collaborate on solving the problem. Here’s how it works: the goal is to create an egg carrier that will protect and keep an uncooked egg whole when dropped to the floor. You can separate employees into teams who will then use materials such as straws, balloons, plastic, tape, etc. to create egg carriers. The team whose egg survives the fall wins. This activity will take up about an hour or an hour and a half. If you are not so good at planning and organising activities such as these, you can even hire an event planner to do it for you!
Blind Drawing
If you are looking for a fun activity for your team, look no further than this one. For this activity, two individuals are required to sit back to back. One of them receives a picture of an object and that person must describe that object without using certain words. For example, if it is a picture of a hat, the person must describe the object without using the word “hat”. The person must be creative and describe the item using non-related words.
The other person receives a pen and paper and must draw the item based on the description they hear. This activity encourages communication and listening and it is a great way to see how well two people collaborate in the team. It’s also fun to participate in or observe.
Treasure Chest
This activity enhances communication, thinking, and problem-solving all at once. How to plan the activity? Easy. Ask all team members to grab a piece of paper and write down something they want to achieve in life. When everyone has done it, take all the pieces of paper and put them in a container, a hat, or whatever serves the purpose. Next, you should pull out the pieces one by one. The team can then brainstorm and discuss different ways how a person might achieve a specific thing they want in life.
Island Analogy
WorkStyle list this activity as one of the best ones for outside-the-box thinking. You should go around and ask each team member what the one thing they would take with them on a deserted island is and then have them explain why. Team members can then discuss what each person says and get to know each other better. This activity can show you who is creative in your team and able to think outside the box.
In order to have a successful business, it is crucial to have a cohesive team that works well together. To achieve that, you need to invest time, money, and energy to build trust within your team. Teambuilding activities are an excellent way to do that. They will help you learn more about your employees and their work style, and increase cohesiveness and effectiveness.