Energizers, Icebreaker Activities & Other 1 Hour Team Building
- Energize meeting participants.
- Integrate new skills from your presentations.
- Build morale and camaraderie between people & departments.
ACTIVE OPTIONS
45-90 minute on-your-feet energizers
with great lessons
ALL TIED UP
Utilizing the entire team to win
LIFE RAFT
Everyone working together
PRODUCT TRANSFER
Seeing the big picture
MELT DOWN
Seeing strengths in others
EVOLUTIONS
Adapting to change quickly
TAKING FLIGHT
Thinking out of the box
SEATED OPTIONS
Activities that enhance skills and provide
opportunities for group interaction.
SHAPE UP
Power of clear communication
M*A*S*H
Group consensus building
BRIDGING THE GAP
Utilizing everyone’s strengths
COURT ROOM
Negotiation and agreement
MARBLE RUN
Breaking out of silos
CHAIN REACTION
Strategic decision making
MELTING ICEBERGS
Adapting to new realities
PRODUCT ROLL-OUT
Handling change
WORKSHOP OPTIONS
Quick content and conversations about
important team topics.
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Using conflict, not hiding it
FEEDBACK EXERCISE
Giving and receiving feedback
ADVOCACY & INQUIRY
Power of clear communication
TEAMWORK COMPASS KEYNOTE
Interactive keynote speech.
TEAM BRAINSTORMING
Creativity for the uncreative
GREATEST TEAM
Utilizing everyone’s strengths
BUILDING TRUST
Building and restoring trust
PERSONAL ACTION PLAN
Turning intentions into reality
Ask us about additional topics and custom content.
Active Options
ALL TIED UP
Utilizing the entire team to win
Participants discover the power of team problem solving as they attempt to solve a tough dilemma, but they can only be successful by everyone working together.
LIFE RAFT
Focusing on the big picture
Small teams learn the importance of working with other groups rather than going it alone. After all, we’re all in the same boat, and this activity shows how to use that.
PRODUCT TRANSFER
Seeing the big picture
Teams try to deliver an assortment of products to various client locations. Each product and location has different rewards and different risks.
MELT DOWN
Seeing strengths in others
Each person is given a new identity, and must then network with other participants to create the best team they can without making assumptions about others’ value.
EVOLUTIONS
Adapting to change quickly
To be successful we must adapt, and in this game teams must decide what features their team will change in order to survive in the future.
TAKING FLIGHT
Thinking out of the box
Teams take on the seemingly simple task of making an effective paper airplane, but the solution is tricky when faced with an unlikely selection of materials.
We have many more options available, and we can build custom activities.
Seated Activity Options
SHAPE UP
Power of clear communication
Teams are given several sets of puzzle pieces and matching outlines. Communication is key, as assemblers must rely on instructions from their team mates.
M*A*S*H
Group consensus building
Teams work to reach a consensus in a difficult scenario. Powerful lesson in group decision making and the dangers of assumptions based on incomplete information.
BRIDGING THE GAP
Utilizing everyone’s strengths
Graphic illustration of the effects of individual agendas overriding team purpose and the critical difference that common vision, values and goals makes on performance.
COURT ROOM
Negotiation and agreement
Participants negotiate a legal contract in a game of winners and losers. A great negotiation skills role play that develops negotiation tools and techniques.
MARBLE RUN
Breaking out of silos
Small teams transport several items to a new location, but their device must sync up with the other teams in order to be successful. A fun and energetic endeavor.
CHAIN REACTION
Strategic decision making
A small team challenge that tests a group’s ability to quickly make and implement decisions. A great lesson in focusing on key elements of a project.
MELTING ICEBERGS
Adapting to new realities
In the changing environment they face, teams brainstorm a new business model that will allow them to not just survive, but thrive in this new world.
PRODUCT ROLL-OUT
Handling change
Teams overcome a series of change requests from a demanding client as they design and deliver the product they are looking for.
We have many more options available, and we can build custom activities.
Mini Workshop Options
CONFLICT RESOLUTION
Using conflict, not hiding it
A simple but powerful tool for handling conflict, presenting concerns to others, and graciously receiving input from team mates in order to make progress.
FEEDBACK EXERCISE
Giving and receiving feedback
Participants role play giving and receiving feedback, and are provided with an alternative approach to improve resolution in feedback situations. An effective means of getting the feedback outcome desired – communicating without losing rapport or creating tension and conflict.
ADVOCACY & INQUIRY
Power of clear communication
Participants practice an approach for sharing their ideas while also actively listening to another’s ideas. The goal is to create agreements based on understanding, and head off disputes before they even begin.
COMPASS KEYNOTE
Interactive keynote speech.
Atlanta Challenge’s president delivers a powerful message based on the Teamwork Compass®, a powerful tool for helping leaders and teams be the best they can be.
TEAM BRAINSTORMING
Creativity for the uncreative.
A simple model for how to effectively brainstorm, followed by a team creativity session to solve a specific issue that the group needs to solve.
GREATEST TEAM
Utilizing everyone’s strengths
Participants discuss the greatest team they have ever experienced and reflect on what made them so effective. Draws the attributes of great teams from participants to provide an anchor and ownership of the qualities they will need themselves to perform as an effective team.
BUILDING TRUST
Building and restoring trust
A short and energetic fun game that demonstrates the effect of different trust levels on team performance. Team discussion about what builds and what erodes trust on the team. (Don’t worry, it’s not a trust fall!)
PERSONAL ACTION PLAN
Turning intentions into reality
What are participants going to do differently on their re- turn to the office? What is the one thing they can do that will have a positive impact, no matter how small?
We have many more options available, and we can build custom activities.
