Fun Office Team Building Ideas
December 7, 2017 by The Fun Empire Team
Team Building Ideas
Team building is essential in any workplace. The problem with team building activities in the office is that some think it is "lame" or "boring" due to the different personalities and requests. Not the reaction anyone wants! The good news is that we have brainstormed and come up with 5 helpful team building ideas for you to foster team building within your office setting.
Read below as we provide valuable tips when you have team building activities in the office. Similarly, you check out 62 Unique and Fun Team Building Games in Singapore For 2021 to engage in more exciting and fun activities.
5 Simple Tips For Office Team Building Activities
1. Inclusivity
The next time when you create a team-building game within the office, try your best to include everyone in the office. Doing so will allow members to feel a sense of belonging and openness to communicate and share within the team.
Practising inclusivity also enables you to keep track of everyone's progress. Furthermore, inclusivity allows a safe space to learn about your colleagues/employees' background and feeling, improving the team's overall relationship and chemistry.
2. Sharing
The best way to get people to bond is to get them to share about themselves! Foster team bonding amongst your team members by sharing something about themselves at the end of the team-building activity. Sharing allows us to get to know more about another individual, and often, we find ourselves with many things in common. It will enable us to grow together, cementing stronger relationships with the people we spend at least 8 hours every day. With stronger relationships comes deeper trust and better coordination because there are mutual understanding and respect within the team. You’ll be sure to achieve maximum efficiency in no time!
3. Creative Breaks
Take a break within work hours to host creative team building games– doodle, draw, paint, whatever allows you and your team to express themselves best. Creativity is always welcome in any workplace as it promotes innovative and "out of the box" thinking when met with a problem. Hosting a creative team building activity will allow your team to take a break from work, relief stress, and at the same time, let their imagination run wild.
If you want to read more on how art can develop thinking process, click here!
4. Encourage feedback
Constructivism – one team-building aspect that helps improve teamwork. Sometimes, people may be too shy to express their thoughts aloud when playing a team-building game. As such, it prevents constructive feedback from being shared. One way to get through this problem would be to have a feedback box passed around during and after the games. Doing so encourages your team to share their thoughts through writing, and this will give direction on which areas your team can improve on!
5. Practising Leadership
Leadership quality is an essential team building characteristic. It’s a form of initiative when an individual leads – they know the direction and what needs to be done. While there is often a team leader, it is excellent if other team members also possess leadership qualities to manage others should the team leader be absent for whatever reasons. Perhaps put different team members in charge of a specific role for each game; this will allow each one to learn how to take control of various situations and embrace the leader in them!
Team Building Ideas
To summarize, team building activities improve team chemistry and team relationships. If you're interested in trying out fun and unique team bonding games, You can check out the links below 🙂
- 62 Unique and Fun Team Building Games In Singapore For 2021
- Ultimate Team Building 2021 Guide In Singapore
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- 55 Fun Team Building Games Your Team Will Love
- Team Building Activities For Different Company Cultures
- 65 Best Things To Do In Singapore For 2021
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