What is Team Building?
The following list contains some of the Team Initiatives that your group could possibly participate in. The facilitator has the freedom to pick and choose which Initiatives to use depending on what issues come up with their team. This is just an example of activities that we do, there are numerous others that the staff are trained in and could possibly use. We try and follow a progression: • start out with ice breakers (Name Game) to begin participants thinking about what it takes to be an effective team • then move on to simple initiatives (Pass the Can) • then complex initiatives (Turnstyle) • culminating activity being a trust activity (Raccoon Circle) The goal is to learn, not win: • We also let the participants know that it is not a competition to see which team can complete the most activities. • We let them know that depending on how well they do as a team will determine how far they get in the Team Building process. • The more effective their team is, the more difficult and cha
