Team Building

In this activity, participants must rely on their partners to navigate an obstacle course successfully. This activity is designed to help improve listening skills while also building trust between participants.

In this activity, team members trade pieces of playing cards to put together complete cards. This activity is useful for showing team members others’ perspectives, building communication and negotiation skills, and helping individuals to develop empathy.

This activity brings a team together to explore the importance of giving and receiving feedback and support in order to achieve successful outcomes.

When we communicate with others, we cannot know if they have heard us as intended unless they tell us what they have heard. Communication strategies like closed-loop communication can ensure the message was transferred as intended.

Telephone is an easy way to experience the differences between one-way (open-loop) and two-way (closed-loop) communication.

A well-rounded, unified team is built by having a variety of team members with different strengths. Consider a sports team, like in basketball or football. What could happen if one basketball player kept the ball to themselves all the time? Or if the quarterback tried to run the ball every play instead of passing it?

This activity highlights the diverse roles that individuals play within a team and recognizes that a variety of roles is needed to create a successful and efficient team.