Also known as team building activities, team building games help build effective teams that achieve their goals. They maintain motivation and group spirit within the organization. Here are 3 easy-to-use team-building games.
The perfect square
This team-building game aims to build confidence among team members. It encourages communication and the development of leadership skills. The Perfect Square can be implemented over a period of 15 to 30 minutes and involves 5 to 20 people. It requires as material, a long rope. This is connected at both ends and a banner for each of the participants.
To do this, you must first ask the participants to stand in a circle. Each of them must hold one end of the rope in their hands. Then they will put on their headbands and place the rope on the ground and then move away from the circle a bit. Finally, set a time limit during which they will have to get closer and will try to form a square with the rope while keeping their headband.
To make the game more difficult, it is necessary to require the silence of the players to increase the pressure.
The mix of objectives
Goal Mix is a short game that can be implemented to help improve productivity and build team spirit. This team-building game is done before meetings and its objective is to guide participants to think about how they are going to contribute to the success of the meeting rather than focusing on their expectations.
The game mix of objectives lasts for one or two minutes. It does not require any equipment and does not require a minimum number of participants. To play it, just ask each participant to go around their colleagues and share with as many people as possible what they want to share during the meeting.
To make it exciting, you have to plan a prize for the person who will speak with the most colleagues in the allotted time. Also, at the end of the meeting, you have to do an evaluation to reward the player who has succeeded in doing all of what he wanted to do during the meeting.
The human knot
Highly entertaining, the Human Knot is a team-building game that helps break the ice, improve communication and strengthen team spirit among participants. Efficient and somewhat physical, it can be ideally used during coffee breaks. With 8 to 20 people, it does not require any equipment and takes about 15 to 30 minutes.
To play this game, you must first form several circles of small groups who will have to compete among themselves. Then ask participants to stand shoulder to shoulder in a circle. Then tell them to stretch their right arm out so that they take the hand of the one in front of them. Finally, tell them to stretch their left arm out so that they grab the hand of the one in front of them.
Thus intertwined, the participants will aim to untangle the knot of the arms without letting go of the hands. Set a deadline to make the game exciting. The group that succeeds first is the winner.
