Fun Team Building Problem Solving Activities
From The Medici Effect to increased productivity and decreasing burnout, there are dozens of science-backed reasons why every office needs to take team building seriously.
And problem-solving skills aren’t just an essential skill for the people behind successful businesses, it’s a key characteristic in people with successful lives in general.
But how can you foster more “togetherness” through team building problem solving activities in the workplace without making everyone cringe in the process?
Here are three ways to get your team excited about working smarter and better together.
Why Team Building Problem Solving Activities Are So Important
Solid teams can transform a business. A workplace of team players creates a coveted company culture that will attract top talent. Employees with good communication skills make all the difference in every step of a business’s supply chain, from sales to recruitment and managing clients.
Happy employees can be a company’s greatest asset, and unhappy ones can be their downfall.
The ability to problem-solve is vital for the success of every business. Problem-solving opens the mind to new ways of thinking. People who believe they can solve problems approach challenges with more positivity, and with a stronger drive to see a project through.
Scavenger Hunts
Scavenger hunts can be set-up anywhere, both in the office and after work. A scavenger hunt ignites critical thinking in participants. Using riddles and clues to locate items also requires creative, out-of-the-box thinking.
Scavenger hunts can be set up in the office or throughout an office complex. They can even be organized at parks or at local bars. The only real downside is that they can be very time consuming to create, as they require a lot of thought and strategic thinking to organize.
Escape Rooms
The escape room industry has boomed across the country. With thousands of escape room facilities like Escape the Room AZ, Breakout Games, and EscapeSF popping-up in every major city. Escape rooms have many of the same benefits for teams as scavenger hunts do.
Escape rooms foster critical and creative thinking, as well as working together as a team, and communication. But escape rooms offer a completely immersive experience too. They are also much easier to organize because all you have to do is pick a date and time, and your work is done.
Obstacle Courses
Remember things like field-day in elementary, middle and high school? The faculty at school has more reasons than a student’s personal enjoyment behind organizing events like this. Obstacle courses are by far one of the most expensive and time-consuming team building problem solving activities.
Company owners can make a day trip of it, hire a bus service and go to a camp or obstacle course facility that specializes in this type of activity. Dedicated teams can attempt to orchestrate a field day or obstacle course themselves, or through an event planner too!
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