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.
Discover In-Person Team Building Activities
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
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