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In total we estimate this exercise will take 40 minutes.
Aims:
• To provide participants with a challenge that tests participants’ abilities to work together to solve a problem.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 30 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 40 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To provide participants with a challenge that tests participants’ abilities to work together to solve a problem.
Group Size:
Suitable for use with groups of any size.
Useful For:
Staff at all levels, especially those working together in teams (or who soon will be).
You'll Need:
• Plenty of clear space for the activity and a way of marking the start and finish line of the racetrack. And for each team:
• Two postal tubes (stoppers removed).
• Two golf balls.
• Six eggs.
• A flipchart pen.
Notes:
This training activity can get messy, so it is best run outside in an open space. You should also check if any participants have an allergy to eggs. If so, they can assist you in observing.
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 30 minutes.
Aims:
• To explore the kind of behaviours that are needed to be an effective contributor to online meetings or conference calls.
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This exercise will take about 15 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 30 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To explore the kind of behaviours that are needed to be an effective contributor to online meetings or conference calls.
Group Size:
Can be used with groups of up to 25 participants.
Useful For:
Anyone.
You'll Need:
• Flipchart, pens and sticky notes for all participants.
Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 30 minutes.
Aims:
• To allow participants to get to know each other in a fun manner.
• To encourage groups of participants to work as a team.
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This exercise will take about 20 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 30 minutes for completion. Aims:
• To allow participants to get to know each other in a fun manner.
• To encourage groups of participants to work as a team. Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with groups of up to about 24. You'll Need:
• 3 plastic boxes, each containing 7 large pieces of chocolate (1 box of dark, 1 of milk and 1 of white).
• A stopwatch (optional).
Notes:
Great for use with junior staff as part of an induction where you want emphasise the importance of working together and sharing knowledge.
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 20 minutes.
Aims:
• To encourage participants to think about the strengths and unique characteristics of their team.
• To encourage participants to think about what makes their team special.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 15 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 20 minutes for completion. Aims:
• To encourage participants to think about the strengths and unique characteristics of their team.
• To encourage participants to think about what makes their team special. Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with all group of almost any size. You'll Need:
Nothing. Notes:
This exercise works best when your participants are a team who work together in the workplace.
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I used this activity last week with a fairly new team to help them draw out their strengths and identify diversity within the team.
The activity went really well with the 3 teams each creating an in-depth 3-course menu capturing the teams behaviours, strengths and characteristics. One team really got into this activity adding in matching wines from around the globe and a muse-buse.
It was great to how similar the menu's were for example they all had spicy dishes as the team could challenge each other quite a bit and this came out through the menu's allowing us as a collective to really open up this topic not just as an ice-breaker but throughout the workshop.
The activity was fun and encourage lots of conversation and helped to open up some of the challenges that the team currently had with their communication styles.
Highly recommend as it was not only fun but value adding which was great.
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Pauline Weddell
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I used this activity for a residential session with our senior management and student officers (in mixed groups). It was really good to illustrate the strengths of the team and had an element of fun and competition - which they always like. I would definitely recommend using it.
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Tracy Barlow
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 30 minutes.
Aims:
• To welcome the participants.
• To introduce the facilitator(s) and participants to each other.
• To introduce the facilities.
• To agree the course objectives and timetable.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 25 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 30 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To welcome the participants.
• To introduce the facilitator(s) and participants to each other.
• To introduce the facilities.
• To agree the course objectives and timetable.
Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with groups of almost any size.
You'll Need:
Nothing, other than the materials provided.
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I used 'course introduction' with a group on a departmental awayday. This really focused participants on the rationale for the day and allowed the groundrules to be discussed in a way that wouldn't have happened otherwise. The 'expectations of each other' allowed discussion of acceptable and desirable behaviour to be clearly stated in a department where several staff members are overbearing and dominatiing in such meetings usually. The main content of the day was more fruitful once this had happened.
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Serena Yeo
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 30 minutes.
Aims:
• To encourage participants to share information about themselves.
• To test participant's knowledge of each other.
• To consider the extent to which individuals' skills and abilities are utilised at work.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 15 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 30 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To encourage participants to share information about themselves.
• To test participant's knowledge of each other.
• To consider the extent to which individuals' skills and abilities are utilised at work.
Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with groups of up to 25 participants.
You'll Need:
• Each participant to complete the questionnaire prior to the session, as you’ll be using the answers to create a team quiz.
Notes:
This exercise is for participants who already know each other. So do remind them to keep their answers private until after the quiz.
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I love this game. It is a great icebreaker session for team building. I make up a
quiz sheet with everybody's name on it and pictures giving everyone a clue of
some of the answers, eg. If someone has a favourite group like Boyzone; I add a
pic of Boyzone, if someones favourite hobby is collecting frogs; I add a pic
of frogs. This adds a bit of colour and makes them inquisitive. Everyone
gets a people bingo sheet to mark their answers. We have had some hilarious and some surprising answers. It has changed the relationships as they have new stuff to talk about instead of just work related subjects. It has also made
people realise that there is another interesting side to the people they work
with.
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Karon Campbell
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When I am out and about training, I often have to improvise with the name plates, and they end up as a piece of card folded in half. However, this is excellent for running this activity. I ask the group to write their name on their name card. Then I ask them to open it out, and on the reverse, to note the answer to 5 questions (keeping them secret from the person sitting next to them). I then pick 5 random questions from the questionnaire (or from my own library) – but I do choose those that require short answers. I collect in the cards, and then read out the 5 answers, leaving the group to guess who it is. When they guess correctly I hand back the name plate to the individual. It is great to run this exercise with a team who work together, as they are often amazed at what they find out about each other. I also find that it opens their mind up to the learning, as they have already identified that they don’t know their colleagues as much as they thought. Questions that work particularly well are those that go back in time, such as favourite subject at school, and first car/record. An added benefit for the trainer in running this exercise…it is a great way of remembering people!
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 30 minutes.
Aims:
• To explore how participants perceive their role in the team and if they adopt a similar approach away from work.
• To explore how their colleagues perceive their own roles in the team and if this differs away from work.
• To understand the importance of diversity of skills and abilities within a successful team.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 20 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 30 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To explore how participants perceive their role in the team and if they adopt a similar approach away from work.
• To explore how their colleagues perceive their own roles in the team and if this differs away from work.
• To understand the importance of diversity of skills and abilities within a successful team.
Group Size:
Suitable for use with pre-existing teams of up to 15 team members.
You'll Need:
• One set of My Role Cards per 8 participants, blu tack and flipchart.
Notes:
This exercise is designed for pre-existing teams, especially if they need to work more effectively together.
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 15 minutes.
Aims:
• To help participants to understand the limitations of electronic communication when working as a team.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 15 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To help participants to understand the limitations of electronic communication when working as a team.
Group Size:
This exercise is suitable for use with groups of 6 or more participants.
You'll Need:
• 1 set of Sorting Out Shape Cards and 3 envelopes per team of 3 participants.
• Every participant needs to use a mobile phone during the exercise.
• A stopwatch.
Filing Frenzy card packs are available to purchase - each pack contains 10 sets of the shape cards used in this activity.
Notes:
This exercise works best with break out spaces, but it’s not essential as long as you have space to separate the 3 sets of players.
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 20 minutes.
Aims:
• To demonstrate the importance of teamwork.
• To show how, by working together, we have the potential to achieve more.
• To encourage participants to consider the dangers of an overly competitive workplace culture.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 20 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To demonstrate the importance of teamwork.
• To show how, by working together, we have the potential to achieve more.
• To encourage participants to consider the dangers of an overly competitive workplace culture.
Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with groups of up to 25 participants.
You'll Need:
• 1 game board, 1 die and 1 counter per team (with up to 8 participants in each team).
• Prizes of wrapped sweets/chocolates.
Notes:
This exercise can be followed by The Wheel - The Importance of Teamwork (Review), found in the Review Activities section of Trainers' Library. For a more challenging version of the exercise with more in-depth learning there's The Wheel - The Importance of Teamwork, found in the Team Building section of Trainers' Library.
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 25 minutes.
Aims:
• To reflect on how effective communication relies on more than words.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 10 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 25 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To reflect on how effective communication relies on more than words.
Group Size:
This module can be used with groups of almost any size.
Useful For:
Anyone.
You'll Need:
• A flipchart and a set of coloured flipchart pens (see the image in the Handout for the required colours to include in the set of pens).
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 30 minutes.
Aims:
• To encourage the team to think about the team's strengths and weaknesses.
• To identify behaviour that the team needs to change.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 15 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 30 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To encourage the team to think about the team's strengths and weaknesses.
• To identify behaviour that the team needs to change.
Group Size:
This module is suitable for use with groups of up to 20 participants.
You'll Need:
• Nothing other than the materials provided.
Notes:
This exercise is designed for teams that normally work together.
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I have used this exercise a number of times. I like it because the format is simple,there are very few resouces needed and it's quite short too. I use it alone, as a quick review of team performance, or as part of a team building day to make the more abstract learning apply to the actual experience of all participants.
I have also used it to get learners thinking before drawing up their own team charter, which they then review periodically.
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Bernadette Walsh
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Time:
In total we estimate this exercise will take 20 minutes.
Aims:
• To understand all of the different elements needed to make remote teams successful.
• To generate creative ideas to summarise what remote teams require as a base for sharing knowledge and completing tasks.
• To challenge participants to work together against the clock to come up with examples of descriptive words.
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Time:
This exercise will take about 15 minutes to complete. In total, allowing for discussion, we recommend allowing 20 minutes for completion.
Aims:
• To understand all of the different elements needed to make remote teams successful.
• To generate creative ideas to summarise what remote teams require as a base for sharing knowledge and completing tasks.
• To challenge participants to work together against the clock to come up with examples of descriptive words.
Group Size:
Suitable for use with groups of almost any size.
You'll Need:
• Nothing other than the materials provided.
Notes:
The exercise works best with participants who are just about to start working remotely, but can also be used as a re-energiser when remote teams become bogged down or 'stuck'.
Remote/Virtual Delivery:
There is a Remote Delivery version of this module available in Trainers’ Library.
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