New Teambuilding Game: Interference
This teambuilding game – called “Interference” – helps a group explore effective communication and planning. This game works best with a minimum of 15 people. Create three equal size groups and position them in the playing area. “Group A” will be the message senders. “Group B” will be the message interferers. “Group C” will be […]
Teambuilding Game: Nine Dots
QUESTION: How do you help a team move to the next level, to shift, to evolve? ANSWER: Help the team think differently. The evolution of a team becomes possible when the team begins thinking differently, thinking in new ways. This teambuilding game called “Nine Dots” is a classic brainteaser used to help people “think outside […]
Teambuilding Game by expert teambuilder Mike Cardus
My friend Mike Cardus is a wonderful person and truly gifted teambuilder who lives in the Buffalo, New York area. I’ve had the great pleasure of getting to know Mike and his work more fully this past year. Mike’s deep understanding of team dynamics gives him the insight needed to design superior programs. His strongest […]
Teambuilding Game: Minefield
The Minefield teambuilding game is easy to setup and lead and is perfect for a group as small as 4 people and as large as 50. You (the facilitator) create a “minefield” (obstacle course) using whatever supplies you have on hand. In the video clip below I setup the playing area using Toobeez pipes and balls. You […]
Teambuilding Game: Magic Carpet
The Magic Carpet teambuilding activity is easy to lead and requires simple and easy to obtain props. Create groups of 6 to 10 people and provide each team with a “Magic Carpet” (a tarp measuring 5 feet x 5 feet). The team stands on top of their tarp and is then asked to “flip” the […]
Teambuilding Game: Reach As High As You Can
Here’s a quick, simple and no prop teamwork exercise that helps you teach a foundational principle of “possibility thinking” or “tapping into our individual or team potential”. Have the group (or individual) stand up and ask them to do the following: “Reach as high as you can.” As the facilitator, you should demonstrate as the […]