by Erin Schreiner, Demand Media
In many workplaces, managers attempt to promote harmony and the
building of unity by engaging workers in team-building exercises. If your aim
is not only to bolster the development of relationships in your workplace, but
also to amp up efficiency, select team-building exercises tailored to meet this
aim. By giving your employees a break from the day and engaging them in
exercises of this type, you can not only promote the development of strong team
unity, but also make increasing efficiency a fun process.
Telephone
A lack of communication can hinder workplace efficiency. If you
think your workers simply aren’t communicating as effectively as they should
be, a simple game of telephone may help get your point across. Prepare for this
game by writing down a humorous message on an index card and making several
copies. Start the game by dividing your employees into teams. Have each team
form a circle. Give one member of the team a copy of the card with the phrase.
Ask employees to spread the message around the circle, taking turns whispering
it into the ear of the person to their left. After the message has moved around
the circle, allow the final recipient in each team to share the message with
the group. In all likelihood, this message will have changed much from its
original version. As employees laugh at the bumbled new message, they will
likely learn an important lesson in the value of communication.
Productivity Races
Turn the completion of daily tasks into an engaging game. Set up a
relay race of sorts in which workers must complete tasks they do on a daily
basis. For example, one section of your race could have workers opening
envelopes as quickly as they can, another setting up a phone line and a third
assembling a piece of equipment they use daily. Divide your workforce into
teams, and allow them to move through this race, completing the tasks as fast
as possible.
Business BINGO
Increase efficiency by building employee knowledge in your
team-building game. Create a business BINGO game by writing words germane to
your business on BINGO cards. On slips of paper, write definitions that match
these words. When time comes to play the game, group employees into groups of
two to four. Give each group a BINGO card. Draw the slips of paper containing
the definitions out of a hat and ask employees to cross of the words that pair
with the definitions if they are present on their cards. Reward the first team
to create a pattern of five in a row.
Procedures Race
Help your employees better understand important procedures within
your workplace to enable them to more quickly complete job-related tasks. Take
your procedure manual and cut it up, creating separate, un-numbered slips of
paper containing parts of your procedure. Place these jumbled procedure slips
into an envelope. Complete this process several times, creating different
jumbled collections. When game time comes, give each group of employees one
envelope and ask them to order the procedure parts as quickly as possible.
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