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Successful Team Building Ideas To Improve Your Company

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

If you are in charge of the best team development activities, then you already know how challenging it is to come up with great team building ideas that everyone will participate in without pressure. The success of these events does depend a great deal on the approach and the ideas used - not that we are wanting to add more pressure to your job! You know from the attitude of others before these events what has happened in the past. If everyone is looking forward to it, then that is good, and just what you are looking for, but if your co-workers are grumbling, and making excuses as to why they cannot attend this event, you know that it has not been well received previously.

So, what successful team building session can you come up with to help your company develop to its full potential? As acknowledged before, this can be a very demanding project, but it is also one that can reap great rewards if done properly. There are companies who specialize in organizing these events, and they have a long list of ideas that can be adjusted to suit your particular business. Of course, you will be charged for this, but leaving it to someone outside the company can be a good move, and reduce a lot of the stress from someone trying to organize it from within. And even though a company may take over for you, there will still be things for you to keep track of, and organize - you will not be out of work!

However, despite the advantages of using outsiders, you can still organize team building events, without a lot of cost, and without having to use many hours of business time planning it. Simple ideas, like having everyone in the company divided into teams so that no department members are on the same team, and then going on a scavenger hunt. This encourages groups of employees that would not normal meet have the time to get to know them a little or a little better.

Now, the scavenger hunt is a good team development activity, because it gets everyone moving, rather than the off-putting idea of everyone sat in a circle having to speak about themselves to the group. However, because of the threat of cheaters, you may have to make a few adjustments to the way you organize this for your company. One business had every team take a photograph of their team at different locations, so every member was in the photo, except the one taking it, of course. This reduces the chances of cheating! variations of the hunt can be used. It can lead to other ideas than having to collect certain items. You could need to find a car dealership, and take your photos there, then maybe a police station, or a pharmacy open 24 hours, or a pizzeria, or… There are plenty of suggestions, and because of digital cameras, which many people will already own, there are few costs involved. You just delete the photos later, or download to your computer, and then print so that you have a record of who was in which team.

There is not much stress involved with this idea of a scavenger hunt. It is an advantage if you know the location you are searching in, but even if you don’t there are ways to find out where you need to go. Communication is important with this activity, and this is what you want for this team building activity, the chance for company members to interact over something that really isn’t important!

Of course there are many other great team development event ideas that are just as much or even more fun for everyone to take part in, but that is for another day.