Top 10 Company Team Building Activities

Organizing a team-building event for a small group demands a different approach compared with organizing an event for a large enterprise or corporation. Team-building activities for small groups can be played by a small number of participants with little to no equipment.

Company team building activities

Human knot

  • Human Knot is a great game for encouraging your employees to work together to solve a problem. The game requires good leadership and cooperation to solve the puzzle.
  • To play Human Knot, players must stand in a circle facing inwards. Then, each player must reach out their right hand and join hands with somebody opposite.

Blind retriever

  • To play Blind Retriever, separate the players into teams and have them stand together behind a start line. Then, one member from each team must put on a blindfold while somebody places a random object somewhere in the room.
  • The teams must guide their blindfolded teammate to the random object before the opposition gets there first. The players giving instructions may not pass the start line and can only give commands verbally.

Perfect square

  • Perfect Square encourages employees to either lead or cooperate with their peers, using verbal communication to turn a length of string into a perfect square while blindfolded.
  • To play Perfect Square, blindfold each player and have them form a circle facing inwards, holding the piece of rope in their hands.

Two truths, one lie

  • Two truths, one lie, is a fun game that gives your team the chance to get to know interesting things about their colleagues.
  • To play two truths, One lie, players sit together in a circle on the floor or at a desk. Then, going around the circle players take turns telling three interesting facts about themselves.

Egg drop

  • Once the time limit has elapsed, collect the eggs from each and bring them to the high drop. Then, one at a time, drop the eggs.
  • The winning team is the one whose egg does not break after hitting the floor. If multiple teams have successfully protected their egg, the team to use the fewest straws wins.

Office debates

  • Understanding how to handle disagreements and differences in opinion is fundamental to a functional office environment.
  • The topic can be work-related or something silly, it depends on what you’re hoping to achieve from the activity. One player must argue for the topic while the other must argue against it.

Team lunch

  • An extremely passive and simple team-building exercise, team lunches are easy to pull off and always succeed in building strong interpersonal relationships.
  • Pulling off a team lunch is simple and probably doesn’t require much explanation. Team lunches are a fantastic and cost-effective way of strengthening relationships and boosting team morale.

Spectrum mapping

  • Spectrum Mapping is a great game that can reveal interesting opinions on a range of topics. The game encourages players to express their opinions and consider alternative thought processes.
  • To play Spectrum Mapping, start by identifying some topics for which you would like ideas and insights from your employees. Then, ask your team to write down their thoughts, opinions, and ideas on each of the topics.

Pair up

  • Pair Up is a fun group activity that encourages employees to ask questions to guess the name that’s written on their back.
  • Once you’ve come up with your famous pairs, stick them to the backs of each player. Set a time limit, maybe 20 minutes, then ask the players to start asking questions to each other to identify the name of the person/thing that’s written on their back.

Stop-walk

Stop-Walk is a good game for energising your team at the beginning of a team-building event. The game is a variation of the classic game Simon Says and requires strong listening skills and quick thinking to win.

Conclusion

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