Hi All,
We were asked to come up with a teambuilding program for our Finance Department. Any suggestions for activities which we could probably include in the training?
I need new and fresh ideas. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sokee
From Philippines, Imus
We were asked to come up with a teambuilding program for our Finance Department. Any suggestions for activities which we could probably include in the training?
I need new and fresh ideas. Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sokee
From Philippines, Imus
Hi Sokee,
Would recommend this program- Take up the Challenge"
Objective
For people to contribute their individual talents and skills to the group.
Group Size
10 or more (more is better!)
Materials
Paper
Pens or pencils
Description
Divide the group into teams of five to fifteen members each (the bigger the teams the better). Give each group paper and pen or pencil and give them five minutes to come up with five challenges for the other groups to attempt to successfully accomplish.
The group creating the challenge must be able to demonstrate that they can do it before another team is challenged. The challenges may be physical (build a pyramid, one person can carry five people, everyone stands on his/her head, etc.) Or the challenge may be anything else (our group has the most birthdays in one month, our group can sing any TV theme song you name, etc.). The challenge must not be obviously impossible for the other groups to accomplish (our group has the person with the longest hair).
Once the challenges are written down, each group gives out one challenge at a time and demonstrates it, then the other groups get a chance to try to accomplish this task in a given amount of time. you may give points to teams who can "take the challenge" successfully.
Discussion Prompts
1. Was it easy for your group to find things that everyone could successfully do? Why or why not?
2. Did you have to rely on the talents of the group members?
3. Did any team feel like it was hard to find talents within your group? If so, why?
4. How much do you rely on the talents of others or of yourself when you are in a group?
5. Do you always let your talents be known? Why or why not?
Cheers,
Rajat
From India, Pune
101Would recommend this program- Take up the Challenge"
Objective
For people to contribute their individual talents and skills to the group.
Group Size
10 or more (more is better!)
Materials
Paper
Pens or pencils
Description
Divide the group into teams of five to fifteen members each (the bigger the teams the better). Give each group paper and pen or pencil and give them five minutes to come up with five challenges for the other groups to attempt to successfully accomplish.
The group creating the challenge must be able to demonstrate that they can do it before another team is challenged. The challenges may be physical (build a pyramid, one person can carry five people, everyone stands on his/her head, etc.) Or the challenge may be anything else (our group has the most birthdays in one month, our group can sing any TV theme song you name, etc.). The challenge must not be obviously impossible for the other groups to accomplish (our group has the person with the longest hair).
Once the challenges are written down, each group gives out one challenge at a time and demonstrates it, then the other groups get a chance to try to accomplish this task in a given amount of time. you may give points to teams who can "take the challenge" successfully.
Discussion Prompts
1. Was it easy for your group to find things that everyone could successfully do? Why or why not?
2. Did you have to rely on the talents of the group members?
3. Did any team feel like it was hard to find talents within your group? If so, why?
4. How much do you rely on the talents of others or of yourself when you are in a group?
5. Do you always let your talents be known? Why or why not?
Cheers,
Rajat
From India, Pune
Hello Rajat,
That was a very good exercise.
Lately I have experienced that mere presentations about the importance of team and team work neither allure the employees nor motivate them. Its exactly like they are forcefully stacked with the data and as soon as they are out of the training they throw that burden off!!
I would appreciate if you can post some more games which would really make every team member to understand and realize the importance of their team-mates.
If you can guide with your experience it would help me to bond my people as a team.
Regards,
Mayuri
From India,
That was a very good exercise.
Lately I have experienced that mere presentations about the importance of team and team work neither allure the employees nor motivate them. Its exactly like they are forcefully stacked with the data and as soon as they are out of the training they throw that burden off!!
I would appreciate if you can post some more games which would really make every team member to understand and realize the importance of their team-mates.
If you can guide with your experience it would help me to bond my people as a team.
Regards,
Mayuri
From India,
Hi Mayuri, Radhika & Sokee,
Am glad you all liked this program which is one of my favourite ones..
Mayuri:- Refer to your query
You have a point..in my opinion & experience such presentations do help in reinforcing the importance of team work over the period of time as sometimes these presentations leave an indelible impressions in the minds of the participants and unconsciously makes them realize the importance of team work.
Am sure you must have presented the presentation on Race of Rabbit & Tortoise : Updated version. The other one " Not my Problem" which are great presentations on Team Work.
Such presentations need to be complimented with team building games and even OBT(outbound training) also helps immensely especially the rock climbing exercise where all members are connected to each other by rope.
Am posting two games as below:-
Boom!
All participants should sit in a circle. They are instructed to count out loud around the circle. Each person whose number is a multiple of 3 (3-6-9-12, etc.) or a number that ends with 3 (13-23-33, etc.) must say BOOM! instead of the number. The next person continues the normal sequence of numbers.
Example: The first person starts with 1, the next one says 2, and the person who should say 3 says BOOM! instead, and the next person says 4.
Anyone who fails to say BOOM! or who makes a mistake with the number that follows BOOM! is disqualified.
The numbers must be said rapidly (5 seconds maximum); if a participant takes too long to say her/his number, s/he is disqualified.
The last two participants left are the winners.
Note: You can have the participants clap once instead of saying Boom.
Note: To make this energizer more interesting, when a specific number is reached (e.g., 30) have the participants count backwards towards zero. The game can be made more complex by using multiples of bigger numbers, or by combining multiples of three with multiples of five.
Tell A Story
The participants should stand in a circle. The purpose of this activity is to build a story with each participant contributing one sentence that must:
Make sense and at the same time add some fun to the activity,
Build on to the last sentence, and
Be grammatically correct.
For example:
#1: I was walking to breakfast this morning.
#2: A dog came up to me.
#3: I said good morning to the dog.
#4: The dog asked me what I was going to have for breakfast.
The activity continues until all of the participants have contributed.
Cheers,
Rajat
From India, Pune
Am glad you all liked this program which is one of my favourite ones..
Mayuri:- Refer to your query
You have a point..in my opinion & experience such presentations do help in reinforcing the importance of team work over the period of time as sometimes these presentations leave an indelible impressions in the minds of the participants and unconsciously makes them realize the importance of team work.
Am sure you must have presented the presentation on Race of Rabbit & Tortoise : Updated version. The other one " Not my Problem" which are great presentations on Team Work.
Such presentations need to be complimented with team building games and even OBT(outbound training) also helps immensely especially the rock climbing exercise where all members are connected to each other by rope.
Am posting two games as below:-
Boom!
All participants should sit in a circle. They are instructed to count out loud around the circle. Each person whose number is a multiple of 3 (3-6-9-12, etc.) or a number that ends with 3 (13-23-33, etc.) must say BOOM! instead of the number. The next person continues the normal sequence of numbers.
Example: The first person starts with 1, the next one says 2, and the person who should say 3 says BOOM! instead, and the next person says 4.
Anyone who fails to say BOOM! or who makes a mistake with the number that follows BOOM! is disqualified.
The numbers must be said rapidly (5 seconds maximum); if a participant takes too long to say her/his number, s/he is disqualified.
The last two participants left are the winners.
Note: You can have the participants clap once instead of saying Boom.
Note: To make this energizer more interesting, when a specific number is reached (e.g., 30) have the participants count backwards towards zero. The game can be made more complex by using multiples of bigger numbers, or by combining multiples of three with multiples of five.
Tell A Story
The participants should stand in a circle. The purpose of this activity is to build a story with each participant contributing one sentence that must:
Make sense and at the same time add some fun to the activity,
Build on to the last sentence, and
Be grammatically correct.
For example:
#1: I was walking to breakfast this morning.
#2: A dog came up to me.
#3: I said good morning to the dog.
#4: The dog asked me what I was going to have for breakfast.
The activity continues until all of the participants have contributed.
Cheers,
Rajat
From India, Pune
Hi Rajat,
Thanks a ton for such good and exciting games.
I would also like to thank you for sharing your experience regarding the importance of such presentations. I never thought in those lines.
I would definitely benefit out of your experience and the wonderful exercises you have provided.
Regards,
Mayuri.
From India,
Thanks a ton for such good and exciting games.
I would also like to thank you for sharing your experience regarding the importance of such presentations. I never thought in those lines.
I would definitely benefit out of your experience and the wonderful exercises you have provided.
Regards,
Mayuri.
From India,
Hi Rajat: Thanks once again for the games speacially for the "Tell the story", thats something very interesting, Will try to implement it in my next sessions. Regards Radhika
From India, Madras
From India, Madras
Hi Mayuri & Radhika,
Here is a another one which we implemented today; in Today's world we all by and large have self centred and there comes a time for a need to take stock.It was an eye opener for the participants!..
I's Have It !
Objectives: To illustrate how we tend to be more self-centered than we may have thought, and to demonstrate the importance of focusing on the other person.
Procedure:
After a discussion on inter-personal skills or any aspect of
communication, casually mention that many of us forget about focusing on
others and instead become somewhat self-centered, albeit not in a conscious way. With this in mind, ask the participants to find a partner and for the next 2 minutes, they will be allowed to talk about anything in the world they want to discuss. There is, however, one rule - THEY CANNOT USE THE WORD 'I'. They can do anything else they want; they just can't say I. After 2 minutes, call time out & lead the discussion.
Discussion Questions:
How many of you were able to talk for those 2 minutes without
using the pronoun 'I'?
Why do so many of us have difficulty avoiding the use of 'I' in
conversation?
How do you feel when talking to (listening to) someone who starts
every sentence with I?
How can we phrase our communications to better focus on the
other person?
If you did not use the word 'I', what strategies did you use to
avoid it? Could you do those things more often in your work (or
social) environment?
Time: 3-5 minutes
Cheers,
Rajat
From India, Pune
Here is a another one which we implemented today; in Today's world we all by and large have self centred and there comes a time for a need to take stock.It was an eye opener for the participants!..
I's Have It !
Objectives: To illustrate how we tend to be more self-centered than we may have thought, and to demonstrate the importance of focusing on the other person.
Procedure:
After a discussion on inter-personal skills or any aspect of
communication, casually mention that many of us forget about focusing on
others and instead become somewhat self-centered, albeit not in a conscious way. With this in mind, ask the participants to find a partner and for the next 2 minutes, they will be allowed to talk about anything in the world they want to discuss. There is, however, one rule - THEY CANNOT USE THE WORD 'I'. They can do anything else they want; they just can't say I. After 2 minutes, call time out & lead the discussion.
Discussion Questions:
How many of you were able to talk for those 2 minutes without
using the pronoun 'I'?
Why do so many of us have difficulty avoiding the use of 'I' in
conversation?
How do you feel when talking to (listening to) someone who starts
every sentence with I?
How can we phrase our communications to better focus on the
other person?
If you did not use the word 'I', what strategies did you use to
avoid it? Could you do those things more often in your work (or
social) environment?
Time: 3-5 minutes
Cheers,
Rajat
From India, Pune
Hi Rajat:
I think you have a store of training excersises. Once again thanks. Are you a trainer by any chance?
This one is the best one for Software guys, where in everytime i hear from them "I" did this , "I know this"... Let me try this and will get back to you with the feedback.
Regards
Radhika
From India, Madras
I think you have a store of training excersises. Once again thanks. Are you a trainer by any chance?
This one is the best one for Software guys, where in everytime i hear from them "I" did this , "I know this"... Let me try this and will get back to you with the feedback.
Regards
Radhika
From India, Madras
Hi Rajat:
Aheey sorry, i just checked up your profile. You are a born trainer... Quite interesting to know about you.
Its our honour to have been associated with you through this forum
Regards
Radhika
From India, Madras
Aheey sorry, i just checked up your profile. You are a born trainer... Quite interesting to know about you.
Its our honour to have been associated with you through this forum
Regards
Radhika
From India, Madras
Hi Radhika,
Well thanks for your compliments..am not a born trainer as such..have learnt on the job esp on Creativity & Lateral Thinking - a topic which is my passion and an area of interest..
Have you seen Tom Crusie's movie Jerry Maguire..where he comments that in this life you gotta be passionate about what you do and rest all falls in place... :D
Cheers,
Rajat
From India, Pune
Well thanks for your compliments..am not a born trainer as such..have learnt on the job esp on Creativity & Lateral Thinking - a topic which is my passion and an area of interest..
Have you seen Tom Crusie's movie Jerry Maguire..where he comments that in this life you gotta be passionate about what you do and rest all falls in place... :D
Cheers,
Rajat
From India, Pune
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