Team Building Activities can be a fantastic way of addressing tough business challenges and boosting team effectiveness and employee engagement.
Team Building Activities are a great tool to bring a new team together. The team building activities are an ideal platform to test teams working skills as part of an assessment as well as an environment to educate management on the best practise for team management practices.
Other benefits that can be derived from a team building session is to improve communication between teams which can be taken back to the workplace and improve communications with customers.
An experimental learning event can prepare a team for a challenging workplace project. It can further boost emotional intelligence and employee engagement, while also address issues relating to poor quality, efficiency and productivity.
Another potential benefit of a team building event can be to re-energise teams during or after a tough period and to remove ‘Silo’ working and develop cross department collaboration. It is a great way to reward teams for a great effort.
Team building events are best when they include a large dose of fun. There are few more powerful enablers of teamwork than laughter. But the laughter needs to be partnered with a sharp focus on encouraging and enabling team members – individually and collectively to raise their standards. And that is achieved by creating and nurturing a safe learning environment where real business problems can be discussed and solved, where personal weaknesses can be strengthened rather than simply accepted or exploited and where group emotional intelligence can be boosted.
It is a well-known fact that we all remember and learn by doing – far more so than by reading or listening. The hands-on approach of our team challenges is designed to make people work together and EXPERIENCE the power of teambuilding in problem solving. Team-building ranges from pure fun to specific in-depth training programs. A company will benefit from using a good quality team-building day in several ways. It is people getting to know each other, it is people spending quality time with each other, people getting a chance to learn about each other. It is people using all their resources wisely… read more about the benefits of team building activities
Team Building Themes
Team building companies usually group their team building activities into various themes. These themes can either relate to the desired outcome of the activities, describe the type of activities or relate to popular television or game shows… read more about team building themes
Team Building Companies in South Africa
TBAE is a completely mobile team building facilitation company in South Africa. They offer interactive team building activities that are adventurous, but safe. One of the best features of their activities are that everybody is able to participate, no matter their fitness level or physical abilities. TBAE’s team building facilitators are all highly skilled, experienced facilitators who are committed to exceeding your expectations and making your next team building event the most memorable ever… find out more about TBAE
The Following Activities Are Ideal for Team Building
Activity OverviewWhile this might be seen as a very simple skill, some leaders have never learned the practical tips for creating agendas that make a meeting more successful.ObjectivesTo demonstrate how to create a useful agenda.To identify the value of creating and using agendas.To practice creating an agenda.
Activity OverviewNegotiation is one of the most utilized skills by leaders. By taking roles in a work scenario, leaders practice this critical trait.ObjectivesTo identify participants’ preferred negotiation techniques.To practice the use of negotiation skills.
Activity OverviewLeaders are always presenting their ideas to others. In this activity, many concepts are offered to enhance public speaking opportunities.ObjectivesTo review proven methods that will edify presentations.To provide an opportunity to use these methods to deliver short presentations.
Overview of ActivityLeaders must be sure to share their successes with others. This module helps leaders practice the skills necessary for self-appraisal.ObjectivesTo identify the pros and cons of self-appraisal.To create a self-appraisal plan.
Activity OverviewThis activity will be especially helpful for new teams in team building, as each team draws or creates a team emblem.ObjectivesTo develop teamwork.To allow participants to reveal their uniqueness.To help instill and encourage leadership.
Activity OverviewThis activity helps every leader chart his or her company’s history and significant milestones.ObjectivesTo encourage participants to take pride in their organizations.To remember the contributions of those who came before us.To identify qualities that will be useful for leadership development.To recognize ways that we are similar to and ways that we differ from one another.
Activity OverviewThis activity is a hands-on approach in exercising diversity in a group setting, so that leaders will gain comfort and experience with the diverse worker population in a real-world work environment.ObjectivesIncrease sympathy for those who are different from us.To provide a chance to increase the understanding of other people’s views.
Activity OverviewThrough practicing body language and tone of voice, participants will learn effective conflict management.ObjectivesTo identify a number of ways of speaking that can be implemented to minimize conflict.Use body language in conflict minimization.To provide a way of practice in handling conflict to develop the ability to communicate clearly and directly.
Activity OverviewThrough an art inspired activity, the participants practice four situational leadership styles. ObjectivesTo practice using the four main leadership styles.To develop an ability to show off one’s leadership style and use different styles.
Activity OverviewAn effective leader has to always network. This activity demonstrates how leaders can practice this skill until they become proficient networkers.ObjectivesTo help leaders understand the significance of continuous networking.To learn and practice networking skills.
Activity OverviewTo demonstrate that ways to be a growing a leader are metaphorically like growing one’s garden. These ways are explored in this hands-on activity and that includes planting some real seeds.ObjectivesTo help leaders note the similarity between their development and growing a garden.To recognize key aspects of leadership that participants need to nurture and develop.
Activity OverviewSolid objects that may remind the leader to seek to achieve balance are recognized in this module.ObjectivesTo examine the significance of symbolic objects and their use as reminders.To discover goals that help us attain balance.To see or reinforce the idea that balance means different things to different people.
