Free Team Building Game
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Line Up
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INDOOR or
OUTDOOR
Challenge
:
Participants must organize themselves into
a pre-determined order as quickly as possible.
Development
Areas:
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Ice Breaker
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Organizational Skills
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Problem
Solving
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Leadership
Time:
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Approximately 5-7
minutes
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5-10 minute
debrief (more, based
on number of participants and length of debrief
desired)
Participants:
Materials:
Preparation
and Notes for Facilitator:
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Divide the group into teams of
equal numbers
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Option: have the group
invent the "signal" for task completion
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Possibilities for
line ups - also ask
participants to invent their own:
length
of arm's reach
alphabetically
by favorite color
number
of siblings
hair
color, lightest to darkest
length
of time with the company
alphabetically
by first name
alphabetically
by last name
hair
length, longest to shortest
Facilitate
the
activity:
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Tell them this is a
team competition.
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Give them the
Line-Up instructions and tell them to organize
themselves as quickly as possible.
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When the team is
satisfied that they have completed the challenge,
they are to use a pre-determined signal (clapping
hands, singing, etc.)
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Conduct a practice
round and ask them to organize by height.
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Add an optional
feature requiring teams to find out a little known
fact and make a list - i.e., make a list of every
team member's first career option ... when they were
5 years old, what did they want to be when they grew
up. After all teams have completed their
lists, ask each team leader to read the list to the
larger group.
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Announce
winner.
Debrief
questions:
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What
was the initial reaction of your team?
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How
well did the team cope with this
challenge?
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What
skills did it take to be successful as a
team?
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What
creative solutions were suggested and how were they
received?
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What
would an outside observer have seen as the strengths
and weaknesses of the team?
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What
did each team member learn about him/her self as an
individual?
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What
other situations in life or at work are like the
Line-Up?
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Race
The
Apprentice
Survivor
Millionaire
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Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
Deal or No
Deal
The Idol
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