Team building activities can actually teach skills and concepts when designed carefully. They can be customized to your organization in a variety of ways:
1. Improve Communication Skills and break down barriers. Our current political situation has stopped people from talking to each other out of fear of offending or ruining relationships. The ability to communicate is more important than ever. Teaching people how to find common ground and solve problems is a skill that is inherent in a good team building event. These events require group problem solving skills and collaboration. Because they are focused on personal issues, it makes communicating easier. These types of activities help everyone practice communicating with others to solve problems.
2. Teach Specific Concepts. Team activities can be structured to help people learn how to better handle business issues. For example, our Team Monopoly game is all about negotiating. Participants need to understand how to leverage their assets and network in order to succeed. Team activities like “The Supply Chain” simulate real world problems in manufacturing and can provide insight into tools that help overcome surprises and shortages. Our “Building Bridges” event is not just for engineers but for sales and marketing. It stresses the need for better and continuous customer communication in order to adjust to an ever-changing world and human error. A good team building company has the wherewithal to modify or create new activities that can really impact your meetings. They are fun, energizing and instructive all at the same time.
3. Provide Leadership Opportunities. Team building can teach leadership skills. Not everyone feels comfortable leading a team, but a good team building activity can help teach what it takes to be a good leader, how to coach and encourage a team for success, and provide actual practice at leading a team in a positive atmosphere.

Get the most out of your face-to-face meetings and team building activities. They can be so much more than “just a game.”