beyond the boardroom: ideas to motivate staff team building activities
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Sydney Team Building Ideas To Motivate Staff
There are many reasons why companies turn to Beyond the Boardroom for assistance coordinating team building in Sydney. Many times teams are put in place without a
clear agenda of how they will work together, how decisions will be made, or even what steps to take to be
successful as a binding team.
Corporate training can improve communication, motivate employees, boost staff morale and teach any company,
regardless of size, useful strategies to improve productivity and performance within a workflow cycle.
The ultimate objective of these team building activities is to promote better teamwork in the workplace because successful teamwork is the key to a successful business.
There are 4 types of team building activities that require different skill sets and foster participation from
employees:• Communication
• Problem solving / decision making• Adaptability / planning
• Trust building
Most of these ideas are facilitated by Beyond the Boardroom so your company employees can enjoy these
team building activities around Sydney, however a few suggestions here can be done in-house and are free or
low cost!For inspiration about corporate training activities, read our guide below on 11 Sydney Team Building Ideas to
Motivate Staff:
Masterchef - Masterchef, based on the global television cooking show, is one of our most popular corporate training requests and is great for improving better
working relationships by allowing participants to work together in creating a gourmet meal. The activity includes
instruction by an executive or award winning chef, a cooking session with ingredients, judging by the chef and
sharing the meal. Results: Masterchef encourages stronger communication by making employees decide
collectively on which meal to create using a specific set of ingredients.
Communication
Create a Commercial - Create a Commercial is exactly as the activity name suggests – participants must work
together to create a commercial. This is a fantastic idea for getting the creative juices flowing amongst employees
and no idea is too small or not grand enough! Think big! The activity includes concept drafting, story boarding,
planning the filming and all the elements of film production. The actual advert itself may be for a training
video for your
company, a promotional video for a product or for a fictional product / activity that the group chooses. Afterwards, Beyond the Boardroom’s professional
filmer/editor will film the commercial, and then go away and edit the footage to create a short commercial for your
company. Results: Create a Commercial is excellent for communication between employees because they have to
decide who takes on various roles as directors, camera crew, actors etc
Two truths and a lie - The idea of this activity is that every participant must write down two truths and one lie about
themselves on a piece of paper, without revealing their answers. After every member in the group has written
down their answers, spend 10-15 minutes for open conversation so everyone gets to chat and find out more about each other’s personalities. When the free time is
up, read your 3 statements aloud to the rest of the group
and ask the group to vote on which one they think is the lie. Results: This team building activity encourages stronger internal communication by encouraging
participants to reach a consensus, as well as letting you get to know your fellow staff better.
Amazing Race - The Amazing Race is a hit television series and this concept is extremely popular for team building in
Sydney. The idea for the programme is that teams must travel through staffed checkpoints where they complete challenges and activities. Encompassing various locations
across
Problem Solving
Sydney such as Sydney Botanic Gardens and Darling Harbour, our version of The Amazing Race lasts around 2
and a half hours including warm up, score tallying and award presentation. Results: The Amazing Race teaches employees the importance in understanding that each
person has strengths and weaknesses with challenges yet contributes to an overall group result.
• Picture Pieces Game - The concept of this team building idea is that the leader choose a famous picture, image or
cartoon that is very detailed. The selection then needs to be divided up into as many equal squares as there are people participating in this group activity. Each person is
then given a piece
of the “puzzle” and must recreate their piece in an exact copy but 5 times larger than the original piece.
Afterwards, the puzzle pieces are added together to make a copy of the original puzzle. Results: Participants in Picture Pieces learn how to problem solve without
knowing the end result that contributes to an overall group result.
The Great Egg Drop - The team building participants are divided into 2 groups with the objective of constructing an
egg package that can sustain an 8-foot drop. A range of materials, equipment and tools such as sellotape and
cardboard can be provided to each team. After the packages have been built, each team must explain how their package is unique and the concept about how it
works via a 30-second commercial. Then each group will have to drop
their egg package to see if it delivers as per their advert! Results: Participants learn to problem solve to
achieve the common aim of both winning the egg drop and successfully creating an egg package. This is an
excellent corporate training exercise for injecting fun into an activity, and brings staff together in a creative way.
Bike Brigade - Beyond the Boardroom has a variety of team building programs that benefit a good cause
including Bike Brigade where the objective is to build a bike from scratch that is then forwarded onto a children’s
charity of choice. Bike Brigade is a socially aware team building idea for Sydney companies that is a fun experience and the end result is the creation of
something that is given to a charity so it benefits others which brings feelings of
Adaptability / Planning
thoughtfulness and empathy for staff. Be warned though – even though this is a team building exercise for charity, it
can get competitive with larger groups trying to finish their bikes first! Results: Bike Brigade is a fun corporate
training activity that Beyond the Boardroom offer and it’s a good option for understanding how the group responds to someone who may not be in a position of authority as
they project manage this activity.
Road Map Game - The Road Map Game is superb for working together as a team because participants must
bond ideas and suggestions to plan the best itinerary. The participants are split into 2 groups with an equal amount of employees in each group that is then given a copy of
the same map, paper and pens. The map can be of a specific area, a state, or the whole country. Each group must plan and write down an itinerary for a road trip,
which must be
arranged within specific parameters that will affect the outcome – what they have for the duration of the trip,
how much money for the trip, what type of car they will travel in, the size of the gas tank, the price of fuel for the journey, the origin and destination and any other ideas that may influence the trip. Any team that runs out of
money or gas will be disqualified! Results: Road Map is a fast-paced team building exercise (the aim is to finish planning a trip in 30 minutes) so it pulls employees
together quickly to plan this project.
Circus Skills - Beyond the Boardroom offers corporate training throughout Australia in most capital cities, and
one of the unique trust building and bonding exercises we have is Circus Skills. Circus Skills is a fun activity that can boost morale and it helps focus a team through shared
activities and learning new skills such as juggling. Results: Participants learn to trust each other with activities such
as team lifts.
Trust Exercises
Mine Field - Mine Field needs a large, empty area and some set up time whereby the facilitator of the activity places “mines” around the area. These “mines” can be represented by anything (e.g. shoes or boxes). In pairs, one team member is blindfolded and is not allowed to
speak throughout the activity, while the other can see and talk, but can’t enter the designated minefield zone or
touch/guide their blindfolded teammate. The aim is that the blindfolded
team member must listen to the verbal directions of their teammate and navigate to the far side of the minefield zone without hitting any mines. Results: Mine Field is a
good corporate training activity where participants learn to trust their partner’s directions. It enables employees to
improve communication and their trust issues, which is why they are paired into teams of two.
Willow in the Wind - Willow in the Wind is a trust-building exercise that is best suited for staff who already know
each other reasonably well. One group participant must volunteer to be the “willow.” The willow stands in the
centre of the group with their eyes closed, feet together, and body upright. The surrounding members who form
the circle must stabilise themselves with one foot in front of the other, arms outstretched with elbows locked, ready
and
alert. This ensures they will pass the willow around without trouble. The nominated willow then perform a
number of “trust leans” against the other group members, who aim to hold them up and pass them
around the group without the willow feeling frightened of falling. Results: Willow in the Wind builds trust and allows
respect for each other in a safe and open environment.To book your Sydney Team Building Day today,
visit Beyond the Boardroom Sydney!
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