This document discusses team building exercises for adults. It explains that while team building exercises are fun, they are intended to teach important skills for collaborating effectively in the workplace. A few specific exercises are described, including one where participants find their name on a ball and another where teams compete to name someone on the other side of a blanket first. The document emphasizes that team building is important for improving how much work gets done when a team can solve problems together. It concludes by providing links to learn more about team building activities and resources.

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Team Building Exercises For
Adults
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Just because team building exercises are fun and easy to do, does not
make them child’s play. These activities are made for adults, who are
interested in learning more about team building and getting along with
others. Adults who are part of the work place, part of a team or
interested in leading a team will benefit from team building exercises.
Being part of a team takes hard work and determination, it is not
something that can be easily done, and may take a few team building
exercises to fully grasp. When it comes to teaching adults how to team
build, there are quite a few activities and methods that one can use.
Below are some great ways to team build with adults of all ages.
Team building exercises for adults:
Where are you? Standing in a circle, each group member will receive a
tennis ball and will write their first and last name on the ball using a
piece of masking tape and a marker. A
Volunteer will collect all the balls in the crate and mix them up. The
volunteer will
Then throw the balls into the center of the circle. Every group member,
including the
Volunteer, needs to a grab a ball and then find its owner. The last
individual to find
the ball’s owner will be responsible for recollecting the balls and the
beginning the process once more.
Blanket name game: Have the group divide itself into two groups. Tell
them to sit on the floor facing each other. Hold up a blanket between
the groups so that each team can not see the other. A member of each
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team is quietly selected to move up to the blanket. On the count of
three, drop the blanket so that each of the selected members are facing
each other. Whoever says the other person’s name first wins. Whoever
loses goes to the other team.
Build a gum ball structure: Break the group into teams, one this is done
choose a team leader. The leader will direct the way the structure is
made. Each team member will have only one job, making it a team
effort to complete it. Once the structure is done, the group can talk
about what the struggles involved with the making of it were, as well as
the pay off of doing it right.
There are a great many more of these activities that can be done, with
a group or only a few people. These games were creating for this
purpose, making them the most effective way to teach proper team
building skills. You always have the option of hiring a company to come
in and work with your team. These team building teams are highly
trained and able to work with large groups. The reason some
companies choose to hire these team builders is to make the event
more neutral, and allow the management staff to take part in the
activities as well. Team building is a very important part of the work
place dynamic, create a team that can solve issues and work together
and you will see a huge change in the amount of work that gets done.
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