Power up your team!

Trainocate’s curation of team building activities to help your team stay happy, work better together and improve your company culture.

Are you noticing a drop in productivity and drive within your team? This could be your sign to head out and try out some team building. Use these team building activities to foster better work relationships, and as a way to build trust and communication amongst the employees at your organization.

Teamwork makes the dream work!

The goals & objectives of team building.

Why is team building important?

Team building activities might look like fun and games, but they are designed to encourage your employees to harness the power of teamwork.

  • Fosters friendships among team members

  • Improves communication

  • Shines light on hidden talent and strengths

  • Drives cooperation and collaboration

  • Boosts team morale

  • Increase productivity and motivation at work

Discover In-Person Team Building Activities

Blindman Shape

BLINDMAN SHAPE

Build better work relationships. New techniques for results-oriented communication.

The Blindman Shape game develops effective communication and team building skills and helps organizations and teams recognize problems caused with imprecise communication and language. It is a verbal problem-solving experiential learning activity that is used to improve communication & listening skills and is played in a group.

Learning Outcome: Passionate customer focus, communication and sound judgement

Pipeline Transfer

PIPELINE TRANSFER

Intentional, clear and productive communication is a cornerstone of both career and organizational success.

The Pipeline Transfer activity is aimed at evaluating how a team organizes itself to reach optimal performance, through coordinating the transfer of an item with the limited pipeline provided at the start. Participants are then required to arrange the pipeline accordingly to ensure a smooth transfer process. This team building activity fosters good communication skills within the team.  

Learning Outcome: – Group communication – Collaboration, trust, delegation

THE LOST VALLEY OF CHIEF PAWHATEN

The entire foundation of the game is based on the fact that every action of the chiefs must be approved by the BIG CHIEF through treaties agreed by the parties involved. Currency is regulated by the treasury and quality of building items by the Inspection committee. They need to put their villages on the main map in the middle of the room.

Along the way they must trade, build, innovate, have improved technology and at times have WAR.

Learning Outcome: – Leadership within and across the tribes – Getting ready for change and unknown environment – Innovation and Technology improvement – Mergers & acquisitions

MAGIC CARPET

Corporate leaders need effective strategy formulation skills to reach business goals and improve profitability. Learn to plan and execute effective strategies.

Aladdin’s here!

The Magic Carpet activity build strategic planning skills and hone your leadership qualities. Class is split into groups of 10-15 and put on a “Magic carpet”. Their purpose is to overturn the carpet without dropping the tennis ball. A physical and energy sapping exercise but well worth the while!

Learning Outcome: – Strategic planning – Leadership – Task Persistence Mindset

NUMBER PUNCH

Highly effective teams are able to consistently hit their objectives. Learn to cultivate effectiveness, lead with excellence, and transform your team for breakthrough results.

The objective is for participants to punch the number of sequences in the fastest time. At the end of the Team Initiative exercise, participants will be able to identify the opportunities and challenges in applying TEAM Effectiveness.

Fuel great teamwork and unlock your team’s full potential.

Learning Outcomes: – Communication – Responsibility, Accountability and Discipline – Working with structure and processes – Continuous Improvement Mindset – Personal Development

E-MAZE

In the absence of any verbal communications, teams are required to find new ways to share information in order to complete the task. They usually begin in a state of confusion eventually followed by a major learning curve in effective planning and action after thinking out-of-the box. The participants will also discover the value of common objectives, usually after the halfway point.

This activity requires the full participation of all members of the teams as every member must walk along undiscovered paths to bag the win.  

Learning Outcome: – Think out of box – Leadership – Problem Solving – Win-Win together – Strategy communication

PEOPLE TRAIN

Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively can provide tremendous benefits to you, your team, and your company.

The participants will pair up in twos. Either one of the participants will closed the eyes and participants who can see verbally navigate the eye-closed participants to move around in the room. This activity requires clean instruction otherwise the eye-closed participants will accidentally crash with other participants.

Learning Outcome – Communication – Listening Skills – Building Trust

STAR CHALLENGE

Develop your potential through effective leadership skills training in areas like team building, strategic planning, emotional intelligence and more.

The Star Challenge emphasizes operational excellence and the importance of detailed planning within a TEAM environment. Participants are to work together to build a STAR using the resources provided to them.

Learning Outcome – Communication – Leadership – Responsibility and Accountability – Building Trust

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Frequently Asked Questions

Team building is the act of teaching individuals to cooperate and function as a unit and is important because the practice develops relationships and builds trust between coworkers. High trust environments inspire confidence and motivate employees to perform at peak levels. Employees who believe in colleagues and identify as valued team members feel compelled to contribute at high levels, and assume other teammates will behave similarly.

The effects of team building can be powerful and long lasting. These benefits can include stronger connections and deeper respect among teammates, as well as more resilient relationships. Team building inspires adaptability and innovation and provides a sense of safety and belonging that empowers employees to take creative risks.

The process can decrease conflict and employee absenteeism and boost morale and engagement, which may lead to increased loyalty and less employee turnover. Groups that practice team building are more communicative and collaborative and adept at making collective decisions.

Building a strong team requires leadership to provide an environment for teams to grow together. For teams to flourish, management should remain transparent and trusting so that your team stays invested in your organization’s mission and continues to wholeheartedly contribute their time, energy, and talents.

The difference between team building purpose and team building importance is that importance explains why team building matters, while purpose outlines the reasons to do team building. Purpose centers around the specific goals of team building, while importance refers to the significance of the general concept.

Team building purpose provides context behind an organization’s motivations to implement team building.

Companies consist of individual workers laboring together towards a shared goal. If employees fail to coordinate goals and efforts, then the group may undermine each other’s attempts and fail to achieve the desired results. To reach success, teams must function as a unit, aligning every action and intention with the overall good of the group.