Looking for forging team spirit? Try these simple team building activities
Any organization, irrespective of scale and brand, needs one
essential component: Teamwork.
While it takes effort to form a formidable team; it is
equally difficult to keep the team spirit going. Many times ridiculously simple team
building activities can lead to good results.
A prominent media company in Delhi was facing issues despite
having a brilliant team. That’s when the Head of Sales, decided to do some team building activities in Delhi. The catch was however not
letting out the underlying objective of these team-building activities. One
morning, all the team members in Delhi got an email about a weekend trip to a
resort.
The team building activities started
with division into sub-teams mainly comprising of individuals who had issues
with each other. The carrot was the announcement by the CEO that the winning
team would get a special incentive.
Mystery Box: In
the first activity each team was given a set of clues and they had to crack
them to locate the Mystery box, hidden somewhere in the resort. This had the
team members communicate and discuss fervently.
Motorcycle Relay: The next activity was a motorcycle relay
race, where during every change the team members had to change to a new set of
tires. Again, team members had to work in tandem to keep track of routes,
ensure a speedy change of tires in minimum time.
Assemble a Building: Each team was given a set of building
blocks. All the blocks had to be perfect in order to assemble the entire unit.
Even if one of the teams failed, the building could not be assembled.
After these team-building exercises in Delhi, the team got a ground
understanding of team spirit. In due course, the company got to see the effect
in its market share.
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