Team Building Portal
Objective: To include everyone in a team game in which players must work together Group Size: 20 or more is ideal Materials: 2 basketballs Basketball court White stickers with the number 1, 2, 3, or 4 written on them Description:…
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Group Favorites Game
Objective: To increase interaction among group members and to learn commonalties among group members Group Size: 8 to 40 is ideal Materials: Question Sheets Pens or pencils Large Chalkboard or white board with writing instruments and eraser Description: Note: This…
Lighthouse game – improve your team building performance
Objective: For each person to take on different roles in a single teamwork activity in order to support his/her team Group Size: 4 or more Materials: Various obstacles Blindfolds Pieces if wrapped candy Description: Blindfold one person and put him/her…
Losing Focus of Business Objectives
If you don’t know where you are heading, how can you get there!? At times a team fails because the goals are unclear to the team members. This lack of direction and loss of focus in turn leads to wrongly…
Negotiation Game
In the Negotiation Auction Game an amount of money is auctioned to a room of players. We recommend $10, but the game can be run successfully with either $1 or $100 ($100 is recommended only if your room consists of…
Team Performance and Team Size
It would be an understatement to say that deciding on the size of a team is an exact science! It is certainly a topic where there are a lot of divergent views. At a basic level, large teams have always…
Flow Chart Example
The flow chart is a planning tool that develops the task. The process that a team goes through is completely visible in a flow diagram and can be seen in their right sequence. The flow chart can also incorporate team…
How to Ensure Process Clarity in Teams
‘If the team gets the process right, it will get the performance right’. Rupert Eales-White Process clarity in any team is very important to enable the smooth running of the task. After the team has been given their task,…
Ensuring a Successful Team Meeting
There are reams of articles and book chapters devoted to the topic of running an effective team meeting but most of them address this issue from the perspective of the team leader or team manager. This article is addressed to…
Shared Leadership Sustains High Performance in Teams
‘The concept of shared leadership offers a way of increasing risk taking, innovation, and commitment that can create an organization that is responsive, flexible, and successful.’ Peter M. Smith, President of consulting firm Peter Smith Associates The two…