Fresh and Fun Team Building Ideas

Whether you’ve got a small team working for you, or a larger office with plenty of atomized groups having to work together, team building exercises can prove pivotal in upping your team productivity. Too often team building takes place inside the office in an uninspiring setting; when there’s so much fun to be had outside of the office - perhaps on the weekend or after work - you should make sure your team building exercise thinks outside the box. Here are some fresh ideas to make your next team building escapade something that’ll get your team thriving.

Paint Balling

Paintballing is ideal for two separate teams in the office. Think finance against sales, or transport versus customer service. Your team will have to decide upon tactics and strategy before heading into a colorful melee in which you’re targeting an enemy bunker or attempting to capture a flag. It can be a little painful to be hit by a ball, but that’s all part of the fun, bonding your team together around a common goal.

Escape Rooms

One of the most fun additions to the team building circuit is the stimulating and against-the-clock escape room. Escape The Room requires of your team to solve mysterious clues, puzzles, and riddles in order to find your way out of a room that threatens to lock if the time limit is surpassed. You and your team will have to communicate efficiently, pooling your many talents and giving everyone a say so that you’re able to work your way out of a themed puzzle enclosure. Your team will learn how to work under pressure, preparing them for when there’s a peak in work in the office.

Raft Building

An old favorite, raft building, entails the obvious risk, should your raft fall apart midway through its maiden voyage, of your team getting a little wet. It’s most fun when you’re racing against several different teams, making this team building idea best for multiple departmental teams, with some spectators on the side cheering on and watching the carnage unfold. You’ll be able to find a local provider, or else you can head to your local lake - or perhaps to the sea - to perform this under your own steam. You’ll build team skills by working together to ensure that you do not sink.

Cooking

If you’ve ever watched a competitive cooking show, you’ll know that the heat can really be turned up a notch in the kitchen if you’re cooking to impress. Why not get each member of your small team to cook a meal for the rest of the team one night a week, with the team bonding over the dinner table. You can make it more competitive by each casting a private vote on the evening, and comparing the scores at the end of the circuit of dinners. You could even do a murder mystery dinner - a unique and novel way of testing your co-workers.

Team building is an important element of an office environment, giving each member the confidence to offer their ideas, and the team as a whole the sort of cohesion that results in productivity, so give one of these activities a go in order to gel your team more tightly together.