Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes
Every group can benefit from team-building exercises. But sometimes it’s not practical to embark on a full-scale training initiative. Now, supervisors, managers, and team leaders have 50 team-building activities to choose from, all of which can be implemented with no special facilities, big expense, or previous training experience. Readers will find engaging exercises for:\ • Building new teams and helping teams with new members\ • Dealing with change and its effects: anger, fear,...
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Every group can benefit from team-building exercises. But sometimes it's not practical to embark on a full-scale training initiative. Now, supervisors, managers, and team leaders have 50 team-building activities to choose from, all of which can be implemented with no special facilities, big expense, or previous training experience. Readers will find engaging exercises for: * Building new teams and helping teams with new members * Dealing with change and its effects: anger, fear, frustration, and more * Recognizing individual efforts and team accomplishments * Finding creative ways to work together and solve problems * Increasing and improving communication * Leveraging diversity and individual differences to meet team goals * Keeping competition healthy and productive within the team Instructions and tips for follow-up and variations are included for each activity, and an additional chapter provides valuable advice for working through unexpected difficulties in team-building. About the Author:Brian Cole Miller (Dublin, OH) is the owner of Working Solutions, a management and training consultant firm whose clients include Nationwide Insurance, Mailboxes Etc., and Burger King. He is former director of training and development at Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield. Training Media Review an excellent primer on how to conduct and debrief his well-designed activities.
Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Getting Ready Chapter 1. How to Run a Successful Teambuilding Activity Step 1: Before: Select an Activity That s Good for Your Team Step 2: Before: Prepare for Your Teambuilding Activity Step 3: During: Explain the Activity to the Team Step 4: During: Check for Understanding Before Beginning Step 5: During: Run the Activity Step 6: During: Debrief the Activity Step 7: After: Reinforce the Learning Back on the Job Chapter 2. What Could Go Wrong in a Teambuilding Activity Part II. The Activities Chapter 3. Communication: Listening and Influencing $2 Negotiation Card Triangles Listen Up Me, Myself, and I Origami Shared Values Washing Machines Chapter 4. Connecting: Getting to Know Each Other A Day in the Life? Gossip Time Human Billboards My N.A.M.E. A Penny for Your Thoughts Rather Than Ready, Set, Reorganize! Similarities and Differences Sweet Stories Chapter 5. Cooperation: Working Together As a Team Catch! Pass the Card Popcorn Puzzled Silence Is Golden Star Power Tied! United Hearts Chapter 6. Coping: Dealing with Change Change Time Line Guess and Switch Index Towers Machines Makeovers Numbers Puzzled Thumbs Simon Sez Wrong Handed Picture Chapter 7. Creativity: Solving Problems Together Seven Hands Balloon Sculptures Card Stack Consultants Improve This One-Worded Stories Paper Shuffle Chapter 8. Teamwork: Appreciating and Supporting Each Other Blame Game But Nothing (Feedback) But Nothing (Ideas) First Impressions Junk to Jewels Kudos Labels Rainbow of Diversity What I Like About Me ZYX
\ Training Media Reviewan excellent primer on how to conduct and debrief his well-designed activities.\ \ \ \ \ The FacilitatorI recommend Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers because the activities are fun, challenging, and are easily implemented. These activites are a simple way to build teams by engaging participants in learning about themselves and their team players.\ \
