Corporate leaders understand that every once in a while, we need to take a break and let our teams have a little fun together. We know that these activities refresh and inspire coworkers to work together. However, there are a number of surprising reasons that team...
Paper Plate Team Building Exercise
Paper Plate Team Building Exercise: The following is a fun team building icebreaker or team exercise to get a group of people to problem solve and work together. Set up 64 numbered paper plates in the following pattern on the floor. (You can use more or fewer numbered...
How to Organize a Team Building Activity
Whether you are a manager, executive, or small business owner, you want to have a cohesive team. But what exactly is team building, and how do you organize a team building activity. The answers two those two questions are not as simple as you might think, though. Team...
Experiential Learning is Team Building
People don't learn by hearing. They learn by doing. Experiential Learning is the process where participants learn information, and then they immediately put that information into practice. The best type of experiential learning occurs when the participants are active...
Behavioral Change Team Building
Sometime, when company leaders are looking for a "team building" activity, they are actually looking for a form of behavioral change. Team building, as a term, is confusing, because it can mean anything from a dinner out, to a charity activity, to real training and...
In Between Meetings, Try Fun Team Outings
We often have our clients ask us about what to do in between annual meetings and retreats to reinforce that team culture that they have created. We are big believers in fun, team outings. The good news is that these are fairly easy to organize, somewhat inexpensive,...
Instructions for Build-A-Bike ® Team Building Activity
Since we created the Build-A-Bike ® team building activity in 2005, we have received thousands of requests to post the instructions for Build-A-Bike ® team building activity online. We've always been a little hesitant to post the instructions because we have spent...
Five Ways to Add Fun and Energy to Your Meeting or Convention
Are you staring another boring convention in the face? Below are five ways to add fun and energy to your meeting or annual convention. Have you been drafted to organize your next team meeting or convention? As the event organizer, you have both a fantastic opportunity...
A Few Team Building Ideas that Cost Nothing (Or Very Little)
Thousands of people come to our website every day looking for new team building ideas. In fact, the term team building has a number of different definitions. This term means a lot of different things to different people. Companies often have our instructors help them...