Dear Friends,
I am developing content on the topic of team building. I need to incorporate a game that clearly brings out the difference between a team and a group. A team works towards a common goal, keeping their individual goals aside, whereas members in a group do not give much importance to the unified goal and work towards individual goals.
Please, can anyone suggest a game on this?
Regards,
Prerana
From India, Mumbai
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11I am developing content on the topic of team building. I need to incorporate a game that clearly brings out the difference between a team and a group. A team works towards a common goal, keeping their individual goals aside, whereas members in a group do not give much importance to the unified goal and work towards individual goals.
Please, can anyone suggest a game on this?
Regards,
Prerana
From India, Mumbai
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Hi Prerana,
I think Magic Carpet is one exercise you can use. It's fun, effective, and a really enjoyable game.
Requirements:
- A carpet/blanket
- A watch
You just need a small carpet. If 4 people can stand on the carpet freely, then add another one or two so that they have very little space. Since this is a timed game, it will make the task more difficult.
Now, tell them the carpet "flies" once they turn it upside down. During the process of turning the carpet, no one must step out of the carpet, and they must turn the carpet in 1 minute.
Try this out; it's a timed, teamwork game. I have tried this in my sessions and successfully conveyed my point as soon as I finished the game.
Your task would be to keep an eye on people who step out. If anyone, even puts his/her toe out, ask the whole team to stop the game.
Start your session with what they have done and what they could have done.
Let me know what you think of it and if you use this game in your session, let me know how it worked.
Regards,
Bhavana
From India, Hyderabad
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I think Magic Carpet is one exercise you can use. It's fun, effective, and a really enjoyable game.
Requirements:
- A carpet/blanket
- A watch
You just need a small carpet. If 4 people can stand on the carpet freely, then add another one or two so that they have very little space. Since this is a timed game, it will make the task more difficult.
Now, tell them the carpet "flies" once they turn it upside down. During the process of turning the carpet, no one must step out of the carpet, and they must turn the carpet in 1 minute.
Try this out; it's a timed, teamwork game. I have tried this in my sessions and successfully conveyed my point as soon as I finished the game.
Your task would be to keep an eye on people who step out. If anyone, even puts his/her toe out, ask the whole team to stop the game.
Start your session with what they have done and what they could have done.
Let me know what you think of it and if you use this game in your session, let me know how it worked.
Regards,
Bhavana
From India, Hyderabad
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Learning from any training game is in the way you debrief after the activity. If you debrief effectively, it should bring out all aspects of team working. Learning has to come as a realization, not instructional, and therefore will be subtle unless participants are children. In this case, some cues may be: how did they feel? What were they worried about? Are worries common? Were they thinking about not being an individual defaulter causing loss to the team? What was there in their mind all through? Was there cooperation amongst people? What was the level of cooperation? Did anyone feel uncomfortable in terms of personal space, etc.? Play based on the response you get from the group.
I also agree that you may find many other games (better) which are not common and drive this message much more effectively.
From India, Bangalore
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I also agree that you may find many other games (better) which are not common and drive this message much more effectively.
From India, Bangalore
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Hi Prerana, why don't you get a "team" to plan a party or other event together and ask them to make a list of what they would like to happen at that party or event and what has to be done to accomplish the task. Once they have their tasks listed, make them into a "group" and allocate a single task to each one separately, with the aim of drilling down into what their individual task would require them to do.
Brief them that they can be outrageous - why not have a party at an exclusive restaurant, or launch a hypothetical new website and invite some guests. After all, it's hypothetical, and I think you will find that in the excitement of a party, the "team" can plan anything, but when it comes time to take on a single responsibility, they'll slow down.
Then bunch them together again to help each other with their tasks, and they have become an organized group!
From Australia, Sydney
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Brief them that they can be outrageous - why not have a party at an exclusive restaurant, or launch a hypothetical new website and invite some guests. After all, it's hypothetical, and I think you will find that in the excitement of a party, the "team" can plan anything, but when it comes time to take on a single responsibility, they'll slow down.
Then bunch them together again to help each other with their tasks, and they have become an organized group!
From Australia, Sydney
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