Team Building Exercise: Open Day

Team Building Exercise: Open Day

The aim of this fun activity is to encourage team work while demonstrating the importance of leadership, creativity and communication within a successful team.

Decision Making Exercise: The Delphi Method

Decision Making Exercise: The Delphi Method

This exercise can be used to demonstrate the Delphi method of decision making and forecasting to the delegates. It is an excellent technique to use in meetings where everyone has to voice their opi...

Exercise: This is How You Should Make It

Exercise: This is How You Should Make It

In this creative exercise, participants get to understand the value of confirmations and feedback in communication. Sometimes instructors fail to observe, receive feedbacks and correct the procedur...

Don't Say the Forbidden Words

Don't Say the Forbidden Words

This is an exercise in describing objects so that delegates can improve their communication skills. It’s all too easy to use jargon and assume that everyone knows what you mean. However, you may ne...

Perception Exercise: Famous Quotes

Perception Exercise: Famous Quotes

Personal perceptions have an important effect on the way we process information and use them to our benefit. The ability to understand new pieces of information or advice and the skill to apply thi...

Perception Exercise: What Am I Holding?

Perception Exercise: What Am I Holding?

This activity highlights individual’s ability to recognise objects by hearing their visual characteristics and illustrates the importance of perception and attention to detail in gathering informat...

Building Effective Teams

Building Effective Teams

A team, according to Katz Enbach, is a small group of people with complementary skills, committed to a common purpose and a set of specific performance goals. As a team leader you are likely to inh...

Activities for Team Building

Activities for Team Building

This is a collection of free team building exercises, energisers, Icebreakers and communication exercises which can be used in different soft skills training courses. The exercises in this article ...

Team Building Exercise: Adverts

Team Building Exercise: Adverts

This fun exercise aims to encourage team work and creativity within organisations. The delegates get to test their design skills and learn to communicate their ideas effectively to other team members.

Teamwork Exercise: Paper Bridge

Teamwork Exercise: Paper Bridge

The aim of this fun exercise is to encourage team work and creative thinking.

Problem Solving Exercise: Help Me Help You

Problem Solving Exercise: Help Me Help You

This exercise helps delegates to become more creative when faced with work related issues. This activity also encourages seeking help from colleagues when dealing with difficult situations and demo...

Team Building Activities for Kids

Team Building Activities for Kids

This is a series of ice breakers, energizers, team building games and activities that are particularly useful for younger participants.

Team Building Exercises: Silent Design

Team Building Exercises: Silent Design

The aim of this exercise is to emphasise the importance of non verbal communication when working in a team.

Team Building Games: Know Your Team Mates?

Team Building Games: Know Your Team Mates?

This fun exercise is especially useful for a group of people who don’t know each other very well such as new employees or people from different departments within an organisation. This activity can...

Icebreaker: Who Am I?

Icebreaker: Who Am I?

This exercise can be used as an icebreaker or energiser. This activity helps delegates to learn more about their co-workers.

Quick Team Building Games

Quick Team Building Games

This article introduces you to a series of fun team building ideas and activities. They can be used as icebreakers on their own or as part of other training exercises. These exercises can be adapte...

Communication Skills Exercise: Coaching

Communication Skills Exercise: Coaching

The aim of this exercise is to increase individual’s confidence in their own capabilities and talents. Participants are encouraged to share their knowledge and experience with others in a construct...

Creativity Exercise: Dream Board

Creativity Exercise: Dream Board

This exercise aims to encourage creativity and goal settings by engaging participants in a fun exercise where they have to work collectively in preparing a professional dream board.