Team Building and Problem Solving Exercises
Through the use of team building and problem solving exercises, you can effectively unite your workforce and give them practice in tackling tricky tasks. Many of these tasks are game-like, making them both useful and enjoyable. When the next opportunity to join your workers in a task presents itself, give them a team building and problem solving exercise and ask them to work together to accomplish the task at hand.
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Community Treasure Hunt
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Allow your workers to escape the office, at least for a day, by venturing out on a community treasure hunt. To prepare for this activity, create a scavenger hunt-style sheet with things that your workers could find in the community. For example, you could include a brochure from a bank, a deli counter number slip or the front page of a community paper. Divide your workers into teams of three to four members each, and arm each with a list, sending them out to gather the items.
Mascot Contest
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Your workplace likely doesn't have a mascot, but it might be able to benefit from one. Ask your workers to unite in creating a mascot to represent them. Divide your workers into groups, and ask each group to come up with a potential mascot, drawing a picture of the mascot, naming it and creating a slogan to go along with it. Display each worker-team creation and allow employees to vote, selecting their favorite mascot from the bunch. Once one is selected, have T-shirts printed featuring the worker-selected mascot.
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Daily Riddle Challenge
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Encourage your workers to get their brains in gear by presenting them with daily riddle challenges. Before your employees arrive at the beginning of each day, print out a riddle and place a copy on each employees desk. Create a box into which workers can slip these riddle sheets if they solve the puzzles. Reward workers who are successful in their riddle solving attempts with pieces of candy for their efforts, placing the candy with the next day's riddle sheet.
Workplace Maze
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Get your workers out of their cubicles and moving by creating a workplace maze. To prepare this maze, gather sheets or large pieces of fabric. Transform a conference room into your maze by hanging your gathered sheets to create corridors, some of which lead to nowhere. Attach the sheets to your ceiling to create these walls, using strapping tape to do so or, if your room has a drop ceiling, tucking the sheets into the ceiling tiles. Allow workers to move through your completed maze as a way get to their problem solving skills back in action.
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