Free Team Building Activities
Little Known Motivation Techniques
Free team building activities, a free team quiz, step-by-step free team building exercises and resources are here to help you continue to build excellence on your team. Don't miss: the power of team video, below, and an abbreviated version of our online team assessment. The free version won't give you insight into the entire team's thoughts and perceptions, but it is a good start for you.
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Our free team building activities and the free online team quiz are based on five areas that you can measure and track to build an effective team. Five Key Areas:
Are They Roadblocks on Your Team?Here's a brief overview of the areas crucial to team success: - TRUST: Do your team members trust you? Do they trust each other? Are you all open and vulnerable with each other? Do you all say what you mean - or are you guarded and cautious?
CONFLICT: Can your team engage in productive, honest and open discussions with respect and without holding back? Do the real issues get discussed and resolved or are they always lurking in the background, unresolved?COMMITMENT: Does your team fully commit to decisions once the decisions are made, or do they back-track and have unproductive, negative 'water-cooler' chatter outside of meetings?ACCOUNTABILITY: Does your team hold one another accountable for their actions and behaviors? Is your team committed so much to their decisions that they monitor each other to ensure success or is the leader the only one worried about and pushing for results?RESULTS: Is your team focused on getting results for the team or are people fending for themselves and their turf first?
"Coming together is a beginning.
Keeping together is progress.
Working together is success."
---Henry Ford
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to team success visual aid.(opens a new window.)
Watch the power of team in this video.
Trust,Connection, Love and High Performance
Coming together in most unlikely way.
The power of seeing the best in people.
(2 minutes, 45 seconds)Isn't that heart warming? The power of teams, indeed.Building Commitment, Accountability and Results
It All Starts with TrustIt all starts with Trust. If we I trust you and you trust me - then we can focus on work and getting results - and we can stop trying to cover our asses. It begins with Trust because that's a big part of who we are. We need to feel good about our contribution and our team, in order to be willing to give the work our best efforts.
This team building model was first shared by Patrick Lencioni in his best selling fable, Five Dysfunctions of a Team.
Patrick Lencioni in his best selling fable, Five Dysfunctions of a Team. (Opens a new window.)
I recommend that you at least buy this book or the
audio CD version (this is how I initally 'read' the book.)
(Opens a new window.) It's well-written and in fable-fashion. It includes free team building activities and a ton of practical insight. And it's interesting (not boring like so many leadership books can be!) When I was listening to the audio version, I couldn't wait to get back in my car to hear the rest of the story. Consider getting the book for your entire team prior to your team-building event - if your budget allows. Let's talk a bit more about Trust - since it's the foundation to getting to what you want - results. When trust is high, everything moves faster and is less expensive. Think about team mates and peers you've trusted over the years. Because you trusted these people, you were able to focus on the facts and the situation at hand. No time was spent worrying about the other person's motives or hidden agendas when you had high trust, right? Now think about someone you've not trusted. How well did you work together? Low trust = slower and more expensive progress. A good example: look at the security checks at the airport. This is a low-trust situation and it means more time for us and more money and expense for the aviation industry. (The Atlanta airport is the slowest!) Trust is the foundation,
without it no team will thrive over the long-term.Use the free team building activities found here to continually focus on building trust on your team. Here is a way you can bring up the subject of trust on your team. Use the Trust: The Ultimate Test facilitator's guide and 24 item assessment found on Teambuilding Inc. site. It will help you measure trust, discuss and improve Trust on your team. (Just scroll the titles and look for: Trust: The Ultimate Test in their title search titles box.) Another resource is this powerful online team building and coaching program, My Inspiration4Life. To read my review of this program, read this article about the three essentials needed for workplace motivation.
"Michael, if you can't pass, you can't play."
---Coach Dean Smith to Michael Jordan in his freshman year.
When trust is high, people share their true thoughts and opinions, no one holds back and you have productive conflict. When conflict looks like passionate but respectful discussions, you know your team's on-track. These types of discussions lead to stronger commitment, because even if someone's ideas were not adopted, their opinions were heard. They can then more than likely commit to what the team or leader later decides. When you have greater commitment, you gain greater accountability because the team now supports these decisions and will hold each other accountable for their actions. Higher accountability leads to a stronger focus on results. It all starts and build on trust. So, can you now see why trust is the foundation. If you're not sure where to begin with your team, begin with building trust. Go to page 2: for Step-By-Step Free Team Building Activities for each of the Crucial Five Team Building Areas.
 On page 2 you'll find specific exercises you can use at your next team building event to build trust, handle conflict, improve commitment, accountability and results. Go to Page 2 now. An Example of Free Team Building Activities and Fun:
Do You Think They Trusted Each Other To Do This? Check out this resource to create more synergy and energy on your team, My Inspiration4Life. To read my review of this program, read this article about three essentials for workplace motivation.
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