Team Building Activities

Why Organize a Team Building Activity?

Team building involves collaborative, sports, creative, and fun activities. It has multiple benefits for both employees and the company. Employees get to know each other better and build relationships. They step outside the usual professional setting for a few hours, a day, or an evening.

Thanks to this concept, teams better organize group tasks. This allows each employee to value their work and find their place.

Here are the main objectives of team building:

• Improved communication among employees.
• Development of team spirit (a lever for quality of work life).
• Strengthened sense of belonging to the company and motivation.
• Creation of affinities and consolidation of bonds among employees.
• Collective intelligence.
• Employee retention.
• A taste for challenges and competition.
• Improved stress management.
• Development of self-surpassing and pushing personal limits.
• Unifying teams around the company’s values.
• Better alignment.

What Activities for a Team Building?

There are many attractive and entertaining activities to offer employees, beyond the traditional 'afterwork.' Want to build a more united, productive, and happy team? The following ideas might be helpful.

Escape Game

The escape game, a life-sized escape activity, is a reliable classic among team-building activities. Popular and known for its surprises, it encourages team members to work together and trust one another. It helps them develop skills such as critical thinking, leadership, and communication. Its themes range from whimsical to realistic.

The Last Treasure offers the opportunity to organize an escape game wherever you are in Switzerland. This immersive and captivating concept can accommodate up to 80 individuals simultaneously. A session lasts 60 to 90 minutes, indoors or outdoors. Skill games, secret codes, mechanisms, searches... await participants. A unique and memorable experience.

Sports Challenges

Sports are an effective and essential lever for team building.

• Organizing sports challenges over a week or month.
• Planning a day of tree climbing, a cycling trip...
• Participating in a 5 or 10 km relay race.
• Treasure Hunt.

Who can resist a treasure hunt? It's a must for enhancing communication and teamwork. Additionally, it is endlessly customizable. You can even integrate mini-challenges into it.

Divide employees into small groups and send them on a mission. Armed with clues, they will work together to solve mysteries and puzzles.

Cooking Workshop

Homemade food and cooking have always been popular. Offer employees a cooking workshop. Ask them to prepare delicious dishes and enjoy them together as a team.

Board Games

Some think board games are only for evenings with friends. Yet, they can also be used to improve team cohesion. They are perfect for practicing listening and communication. This activity is less formal and more relaxed than others.

Short Film

Employees step into the roles of actors and perform comedy. Each person plays a role, in front of cameras designed for filming. They express their creativity, recreating an iconic movie scene or improvising a scenario.

Corporate Garden

Everyone knows that nature is essential for well-being. Creating a corporate garden is an excellent way to strengthen teamwork and cohesion. The activity takes place in a relaxing environment and is not one-off. Employees need to maintain the garden for several months. Options abound: rural or urban areas, outdoors or indoors... Why not include workshops on biodiversity, ecology, and permaculture? It's the perfect opportunity to have fun and learn.

Truth and Lies

This classic game helps break the ice, dispel preconceived notions, and get to know colleagues better. Each participant writes three statements on a piece of paper: two lies and one truth. The goal is to identify the truth.

Tips for a Successful Team Building

Strengthening team cohesion is the goal of team building. However, to ensure its success, it is essential to plan and organize it effectively. Here's how to proceed:

• Prepare the team building in advance.
• Consult team-building professionals (e.g., The Last Treasure).
• Select activities carefully in line with the company’s issues and needs.
• Leverage the company's values.
• Ensure every participant has an active role.
• Engage employees.
• Build cohesion.
• Extend the event with memories.
• Set up flawless logistics.
• Debrief the team building.