Team Building Activity2 245

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BREAKING THE ICE BETWEEN TEAMS

Objective

This exercise makes it easy for leaders of other teams to come together as a

group

For the purpose of updating one another on recent developments in their own

work groups.

The exchange is a way to break the ice in a team-building session without

requiring people to expose themselves beyond their individual comfort level.

Preparation

You will need one of the Team starter Worksheet for each participant. Each

participant will need a pen or pencil for completing the worksheet.

Procedures

Introduce the exercise by pointing out that the press of business sometimes

makes it difficult to keep up with one another and that at the beginning of

this session it is important to know what everyones expectations are.

Inform the participants that their goal will be to update one another when

necessary on recent developments in their respective work situations.

Give everyone a copy of the Worksheet and instruct them to take about fiveminutes to complete it. Ask them to work quietly and to remain quiet until

everyone has finished.

When all have finished ask each participant to read his/her responses aloud.

After each person finishes, ask the rest of the group members to summarize

what were said by that person.


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5. Ask the group members what themes they heard. Then ask whether or not

there are things that surfaced during this disclosure that will need the

attention of the group during this team-building session.

Closure

Make a transition statement that will lead into the next activity. For example:

now that weve heard what is going on with each of the group members, lets

turn our attention to how this team-building session can help is to support one

another during the rest of this session and in the future.

Time Required30 minutes

LocationSeated place


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Team Starter Work Sheet

Directions

In this space below, take five minutes to make notes on how things are going

for you and your own group at the present time and what is on the horizon.

How things Are

Right Now

Good News Bad News What Is

Unclear

My Work

Group

My Own

Group

What I think will happen in the future:

What I hope wont happen in the future:


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POSITVE STROKES

Objective

To have participants go home with positive affirmations.

Primarily designed for workshop sessions (25 or fewer participants).

Procedures

Two or three things during the session, each person fills out a card about the

other participants, completing sentences such as:

THE THINGS I LIKE BEST ABOUT (name) ARE,

THE BIGGEST IMPROVEMENT I SAW IN (name) IS

At the end of the day, the folded cards are passed out and read loud and then

given to the named person. He/she then goes home with 15 to 25 positive

affirmations.

Approximate Time Required15 minutes



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I WISH, I WISH.

Objective

To learn how to work together to overcome problems.

Procedure

When doing personal interviews with employees, ask if they had a wish list

and if they could change anything about their job, what would it be? (RESULT:

Honest answers.)

Discussion Questions

What do you like best about your job?

If you were king/queen for a day, what would you change in the organization

(your job, your office, etc.)?

What could we do to make your job better?

What would your boss make as his/her wish?

Approximate Time Required20-30 minutes for interviews.

Location

Seated place


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A COAT OF ARMS

Objective

To give participant the opportunity to describe qualities bout themselves and

to learn more about other attendees.

Procedure

Reproduce the coat of arms as illustrated below on the diagram, or ask

participants to draw a similar sketch.

In space 1:

Draw something that characterizes a recent peak performance.

In space 2:

Sketch out something about yourself that very few people know.

In space 3:

A symbol of how you like to spend your spare time. For space 4, fill in

something you really are very good at. In space 5, write or draw something

that epitomizes you personal motto.

After each person finishes, form triads

(Preferably with attendees who dont know each other), and try to identify

what the others coat of arms signify.

Ask or several participants to describe their coats of arms to the group.

Approximate Time Required15-20 minutes



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TRUST ME

Objective

To demonstrate importance of teamwork for support, leadership, and

cooperation.

Procedure

Divide group into teams of four.

Participation should volunteer.

One person in each group is blindfolded, another is the leader who will instruct

the blindfolded person to go from point A to point B in the room or adjacent

area.

The other two persons assist the leader and make certain the blindfolded

person doesnt bump into anything.

When they walk (two-three minutes) is completed, switch roles and repeat the

exercise using a different route.

Repeat as time allows.


How did you feel when blindfolded? (uncertain, frightened, dump, etc.)

Did you trust your leader? Why or why not?

Did you trust your co-workers? Why or why not?

What did you need when you are blindfolded? (Support, assurance, advice, etc)

How about our new employees?

Approximate Time Required20-30 minutes.

LocationOut side place


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WHAT DO I (WE) WANT IN LIFE?

Objective

To provide opportunity for individual goal clarification and goal setting.

To provide a team-building opportunity, through the sharing of key personal

values.

To provide teams with a task to work on as a vehicle for assessing and

improving their process skills.

Procedure

Provide all participants with a copy of the What Are My Values? form, and

ask them to complete it individually, this may then serve as the fist step in

personal goal clarification/goal setting.

Form participants into small groups (e.g., five persons).

Ask them to share their individual rankings and arrive at a group consensus of

the ranking that the typical Egyptian person would provide.

When they are completed, share the key with them (for column 3) and let

them compute a measure of the similarity/dissimilarity to other


What are the possible reasons for the differences in rankings observed?

What are the implications of your own rankings observed?

Approximate Time Required20-30 min.

Location

Seated place


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BRAINSTORMING REVISITED

Objective

To clear the cobwebs in-groups work and acclimate participants to a creative

process.

Procedure

Although brainstorming has been since Alex Osbornes introduction of this

technique in the 1950s, it seems now to be regaining popularity after many

years of dormancy.

Since many participants have never been exposed to this novel approach to

problem solving, review and describe the four rules of brainstorming

No critical judgment is allowed. Quantity, not quality, is desired. The wilderthe better! Hitch-hiking(combination and improvement) are sought

To get participants in a creative mode, it is suggested that a warm-up

exercise be used. For example, small groups of 3-4 are formed and

participants are asked to think of different uses for a paper-clip.

Announce they have just 60 seconds, and have someone jot down the number

of ideas their group suggests.

(Dont write out the actual ideas.) Following this exercise,

address the real-world problem to attack.

Approximate Time Required12-15 minutes.



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MAKING WORK LIKE PLAY

Objective

To demonstrate the value, and ease of using knowledge in one area to assist in

solving problems in another domain.

To demonstrate the need to break outs of traditional ways of viewing

something (e.g.work) so as to more constructively and objectively approach a

task.

Procedures

Lead a brief discussion of play vs. work. What are different connotations

of each? For example, what does it mean to play the piano for a 9-year old

vs. a concert pianist? Or playing tennis for a weekend tennis player vs. a

touring professional tennis player?

What are the major characteristics of play that make it so motivating to its

participants? (Items generated can be listed on a transparency or flip char.

They will likely match the list provided fairly closely).

Form small discussion group of 3-5 persons each. Assign each group a

different set (e.g., a small number) of the statements on the following page to

work on. Tell them that their task is to indicate how work can be made more

like the elements of play shown there. (For example, nightshift crew andday shift crews can compete for prizes; or winning performers can be named

Employees of the month.)


What are the major implications of this exercise for managers?

What prevents managers from making work more like play? Are these forces

real, or imagined?

What would be likely (positive and negative) results of making work more likeplay? Could others in the organization accept such creative behaviors?


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Materials NeededNone, unless you wish to use the list provided hereunder

Approximate Required Time30-60 min.

COMPARING PLAY AND WORK


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FEATURES OF PLAY

1. Alternatives are available

2.New games can be played on

different days

3.Contact with equals, friends,

peers

4.Flexibility of choosing

teammates.

5. Flexible duration of play

6. Flexible time of when to play

7. Opportunity to be/expressoneself.

8.Opportunity to use ones

talent.

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Skillful play brings applause,

praise and recognition from

spectators.

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Healthy competition, rivalry

and challenge exist.

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Opportunity for social

interaction.

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Opportunity for on-going

teams to develop.

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Mechanism for scoring ones

performance are available

(feedback)

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Rules assure basic fairness

and justice

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Playing involves experience of

achievement, thrill of winning,

handling losing with graceetc.

APPLICATIONS TO WORK

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Lets know each other better


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Objective:

This team building module concentrates on getting the participants to get to

know the other members of the group.

On completion of this module participants should have developed their

communication and interpersonal skills and know a reasonable amount about

their new team members.

Procedure

Participants begin by pairing up and asking their partner questions about

themselves: How old? Where from? What hobbies, interests, etc.?

Then you switch name badges with your partner and adopt his or her persona

(effectively become your partner) and remembering all they have told you.

Then, find a new partner, show the badge name and point to whom it belongs

and say as much as you can remember about that person.

Reverse roles and then exchange badges.

Repeat this process until each participant has talked to at least 5 other

people.

Finally select some participants to introduce and then have them talk about

one or more of the people they had talked to Debrief period.

Approximate Time Required

5-60 min.



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Ropes

Objective

This team building module is an icebreaker and designed to get the

participants to look at how they work as a team.

On completion of this module participants should have an increased feeling of

self-awareness and have greater knowledge of what it means to work as a

team.

Procedure

The procedure is as follows: The participants are divided into small groups.

The objective is to get all members through the rope in as short a time as

possible

The rules are

1. Each member has to go under the rope and go across to the other side of

the rope as it is being spun.2. Someone has to cross with every spin. If the group misses a spin all those

who have already crossed have to return to the beginning.

3. On crossing you cannot touch the rope or all those already crossed have to

return to the start.

4. Repeat until all have crossed, take a note of the time taken.

Approximate Time Required45-60 min

LocationOut side place.


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Our Motto

Objective

This team building module has been developed to instill a sense of belonging,

identity and comradeship in the teams.

On completion of this module participants should have an increased feeling of

self-awareness and have greater knowledge of what it means to work as a

team.

Procedure

Try to stick in the same groups, and pick team leaders, those who have

naturally come to the front through the other game processes.

The appointed leaders are to get their individual members to draw a figure of

a being or symbol to represent the group identity.

On the paper provided, team members must record their identities and theirvalues in terms of teamwork within the group. (They must initial after each

item they write. Everyone must write at least once).

After this is completed the group must compose a cheer for their group which

they will demonstrate as a team.

To instill the need for the team to display enthusiasm, life and action in their

"cheer", they must practice the cheer until they have it right then display it

to the other groups.

There will be a debriefing session after wards to discuss the teamwork etc.

Approximate Time Required30 - 45 min.

LocationSeated place / out side place


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Counting on each other

Objective

This team building module is designed to develop the participants trust in one

another.

Upon completion of this module participants should have an increased

knowledge of what it means to work as a team.

Procedure

There are two teams of equal numbers.

The first group has the use of their eyes, and the second groups are

blindfolded.

The aim of the module is for the sighted to lead the blind through a pre-set

obstacle course over different terrain, etc.

There is no verbal communication and so the blind have to trust those guidingthem.

Once this has been completed the groups switch and the guides become the

blind.

The blind are given additional tasks to perform at intervals along the course

that will demand they display trust in their guides.

A debriefing is held afterwards to reflect on the module.

Approximate Time Required2 Hours



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Fall of Trust

Objective

This team building module involves trust, firstly in just your partner and then

progressing to a group situation.

Procedure

This is the typical "Fall and Ill catch you exercise and is only performedunder controlled safety conditions, where participants will not be hurt, but

still find themselves placing a certain amount of trust in their colleagues.

The method uses one fallers and two catchers. The fallers trusting the

catchers to catch him. The group rotates until everyone has had a falling

experience both backwards and forwards and to the side.

The catching techniques are carefully explained and demonstrated to

participants by the instructors at the beginning of the module. A debriefing isheld afterwards to reflect on the module.

Approximate Time Required1 Hour

LocationOut side


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Safety NetObjective

This team building module involves trust, this time in a group situation.

Procedure

The group forms two lines facing each other and then crosses and interlocks

their arms creating a safety net.

This when carried out properly will form a secure platform for the fallers whowill lie on the safety net and be bounced from one end of the line to the

other.

Once all participants have had a turn, the perceived risk is increased by having

each person in turn fall from a raised platform onto the safety net.

A debriefing is held afterwards to reflect on the module.

Approximate Time Required60 min



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Spiders web

Objective

This team-building module is both a physical and intellectual challenge

designed to get teams to work effectively together under time constraints.

Upon completion of this module participants should have a greater knowledge

of what it means to work as a team.

Procedure

Each team has a time limit to get each of its members through an artificial

spiders web. The web is designed in such a way that the assistance of all team

members is needed in order to get each person from point A to point B

without them touching strands of the web.

The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to the

start of the module.

A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed.




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Air CrashObjective

This team building module is purely an intellectual problem solving and team

building exercise.

Upon completion of this module participants should have an increased feeling

of self awareness and have greater knowledge of what it means to work as a

team

Procedure

The team has to envisage themselves as survivors of an air crash in thedesert,

They are advised of a list of items that they were able to retrieve from the

wreckage are now have available to them. They have to decide what to do and

how best to use the items provided.

The point of the exercise is for the group to react to a life-threatening

situation quickly, and as a team, not individuals.

Groups have to identify obstacles and adverse consequences of each of their

possible decisions.

They must also decide and record how. If at all, they would use the items

available to them.

Not many teams do the right thing. However teams always do better at this

problem than and individual would.

In the debrief for this module the team reactions are analyzed and the

correct solutions are provided, for example what to do, walk out or stay put?




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Dont wake the Giant

Objective

This team building module is both physical and intellectual challenges designed

to get teams to work effectively together.


of what it means to work as a team

Procedure

Each team has to lift off the ring from the Giants finger without touching and

waking the Giant up.

The ring then must be replaced to its original position, again without waking

the Giant.





LocationOutside place


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Spacecraft

Objective


to get teams to work effectively together under time constraints.



Procedure

The team is on a spacecraft and they must retrieve a water container floatingin space and return it to the craft.

Each team must be in permanent contact with the space craft in some way or

they will float away into space.

After every five minutes the water container will float further away from the

spacecraft.

The rules detailing what can and cannot be done are explained prior to thestart of the module.

A debriefing is held on completion and the learning points are discussed.




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The barrel

Objective


to get teams to work effectively together under time constraints.



Procedure

Each team has a time limit to retrieve an open barrel of rocket fuel from the

center of a pit and bring it to the edge of it.

The team can only use the apparatus provided to complete the activity.

Nothing must touch the floor of the pit except the barrel and the rope.

The barrel must not tip over and spill the rocket fuel.




Approximate Time Required:30 minutes



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The platform

ObjectiveThis team building module is both physical and intellectual challenges designed




Procedure

Each team must work together so that all the team can balance on a small

platform.

No part of any of the teams body must touch the ground once the balance is

achieved.



A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed




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Get the ball

Objective



Procedure

Each team has to work together to retrieve a plastic ball from the bottom of

a fixed tube.

The group can only use apparatus given to them prior to the start of theactivity.

They are not allowed to move the tube or the container of water.







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Objective

This team building module is both a physical and intellectual challenges

designed to get teams to work effectively together.

Procedure

Each team has to work together to complete a low ropes course.

The course involves five different types of challenges.

Two of the group completes the course while the rest of the group act as

safety catchers to them.

The group members then change roles.







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RopesObjective

This team building is both a physically and intellectual challenge designed to

get teams to work effectively together.

Procedure

Two people work as a team to move along two diverging low ropes.

None of the others in the team are allowed to touch the pair completing thetask.

The distances traveled along the ropes are measured.

The rest of the group acts as safety catchers to the pairs.

Partners are changed to find the better combination of pairing.



A debriefing is held on completion and learning points are discussed




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How I felt

Objective

Upon completion of this survey and its results participants should have an

increased understanding of where they fit into the team.

Procedure

Each team member is given a series or forms to fill out on the role how he or

she felt they played in their team throughout the team building elements of

the course.

All the questions are private and are merely for the benefit of each individual.

Once the forms are completed, they add up their score and read translate the

score on the final results table which tells them how they did and which part

of the team they represent.

Approximate Time Required

1 Hour

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