Work efficiency demands teamwork and a fantastic working environment, and all that can be easily achieved with these 7 best company team building activities to build workplace camaraderie. Many people are skeptical about these activities, but those who have tried them, swear they work. There are those who argue that simple team building activities are NECESSARY for your company to achieve its full potential. In any case, they can’t hurt, and here at Insider Monkey we just love them.
We also like to write about them, and so far we have written about 18 Company Team Building Activities Indoor ad Event Ideas, 15 Best Simple Fun Indoor Team Building Problem Solving Activities for Adults, and 15 Quick and Easy Team Building Activities for Small Groups. If you are new to this, you are probably just noticing that there are different types of team building activities, such as indoor team building activities, outdoor team building activities, corporate team building activities, free team building activities, etc. Believe it or not, even though our list today counts only 7 best company team building activities to build workplace camaraderie, we’ve managed to include indoor, outdoor, corporate, free, and team building activities for work small groups. There should be at least one activity for everyone. Some of them and we’ll tell you which can also be great team building activities for students. And if you are looking for 5 minute team building activities because time management is one of your priorities, then just learn about the Eye Contact activity from our previous list.
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So, how did we come up with these 7 best company team building activities to build workplace camaraderie this time? We say “this time”, because 4 years ago we also discussed The 6 Best Company Team Building Activities to Build Workplace Camaraderie. Well, this time we have done a similar thing – good online research, but also personal experience. For today’s list, we’ve used these three new sources TLNT, Blueleadz, and BusninessComputingWorld, and all our previous articles that we have mentioned above. First, we just wanted to list those that were mentioned the most, thinking those must be the best, but soon we realized if we have done so, we would have basically the same list as before. And, also who hasn’t heard of Scavenger Hunt, Egg Drop, and Talking in Circles yet? So, we’ve just listed a couple of those that are often recommended, and for the rest, we’ve picked those that we thought are the most fun!
Let’s start to build that positive office atmosphere with these 7 best company team building activities to build workplace camaraderie:
7. Crazy job interview
If you like fun and creativity, then this is the best team bonding activity for your team. It can be played anywhere and it is free. Job positions and various personal characteristics should be written on pieces of paper, and everyone draws their characteristics (a few of them) and one job position. Then, every co-worker, one by one, should convince the group why those characteristics make them an ideal fit for a job they’ve picked. Why is this funny you may ask – well, someone can get to argue why being ‘Strange’ and ‘Shy’ makes them a good “High School Teacher”.
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6. Ice cream tasting
If you have a sweet tooth for ice cream, this is the best company team building activity for you. It is a great team bonding activity for students as well. It all boils down to blind tasting many different ice cream flavors (or some other food if you prefer) and analyzing their taste, voting for the most delicious one. And every employee should bring their favorite one. Yes, it’s just fun while eating sweets. What can be more bonding than enjoying food together?
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5. Sports activities
This can be as simple as organizing a ping-pong tournament in your firm (if you have a ping-pong table), or you can just gather outside the office and play basketball together. It is fun, it is healthy, and it is bonding, it is definitely one of the 7 best company team building activities to build workplace camaraderie.
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4. Volunteering
If you look for an activity that can bring a group of people to be closer than ever, then look no further from here. Volunteering and charity work are the activities you need. Helping others is noble, and sharing that kind of experience with someone is going to bring you closer together for sure. Another activity that works for students as well.
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3. Dumbest Ideas
This team bonding game also doesn’t require any special space, or money, or anything. Just gather your employees, talk about some imaginary problem and ask them to think the dumbest solution to it. Write all the ideas, and then go through them trying to see if there are some that are not that stupid.
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2. Karaoke night
Do you know how to sing? Me neither. But who cares?! I love to sing, and I am not too afraid to get embarrassed, at least not in front of the people I don’t know. But what about in front of my colleagues? Ouch, that can be awkward. And boom, this is precisely why this team building activity is so great!
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1. A truth and a lie
Even though probably all of you know this one, I’ll explain it just to remind those of you who have forgotten it. Each employee should tell two facts about themselves, one that is true, and one that is not. Others should guess which one is which. It is fun, relaxing, and all of you will get to know each other much better. It is definitely one of the best company team building activities to build workplace camaraderie.
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