Starting from a list generated by attendees to Kim's Emotional Intelligence session at the 2017 PMI Global Conference, following is a list of interesting team building activities.
Guidelines
In general, here are some good guidelines for team building activities:
- Understand the personality of your team before you schedule a team-building event
- Movies, amusement parks, and arcades are not effective for team building (they're great for celebrations though)
- Problem-solving events (scavenger hunts, locked room, ropes courses) work well
- Be aware of peoples' physical limitations
- Think outside the box - shared experiences work as well as problem-solving events
Suggestions
- A sensory scavenger hunt, where clues use all the senses to appeal to multiple learning styles
- Cooking together
- Zip line
- Community service
- Happy hour
- Pedicures and margaritas