The Two Most Effective Corporate Team Building Activities

There are so many corporate team building programs to choose from these days, however it is often difficult to come up with new and exciting team building activities or team building games that will suit a large proportion of your team.

Often in a corporate environment you have a diverse range of people who have different skills, fitness levels, are of different ages and religions. This can prove quite a challenge to the person being given the responsibility of organising the corporate team building day. In fact it can be quite stressful for this person, so making sure you select the right team building activities and team building games is paramount.

Luckily there are two corporate team building programs that are what we believe the most effective in terms of fun, appeal and being able to be customised to your requirements.

The 2 most effective team building activities and team building games currently available are Scavenger Hunts and Treasure Hunts. These team building activities work extremely well because they can be themed in anyway and allow all participants to have a lot of fun and get involved in a non obtrusive program that achieves specific team building outcomes without it being forced upon them.

Scavenger hunts are arguably the most popular types of team building programs you can do. They can be modified and tailored to suit any type of theme and is one where you can't go wrong. When you choose to run a scavenger hunt for your next team building day, you can be sure that you will be participating in a program that offers great variety, fun and healthy competition for everyone.

One question people often ask is "What kind of scavenger hunt ideas can we incorporate into our scavenger hunt?" The answer to this question is numerous. It can be run like an amazing race and based on time or it can be based around a points based system. We have compiled a short list of scavenger hunt ideas that you could use within your team building program to make for a good mix of activities:

• Photo Missions
• Novelty Missions – Collecting items, taking funny photo's, asking questions
• Local Trivia
• Finding hidden landmarks
• Team Building Games – mini activities where all participate to earn points

The scavenger hunt ideas listed above are also very versatile and you could infact include some of them into a treasure hunt aswell.

Treasure hunts give a program a sense of mystery and adventure. It has a way of taking participants back to their childhood. These types of programs have a perfect balance of recreational and mental style team building games that all can participate in. There are definitely some very strong benefits or outcomes that a corporate team building program such as this can provide.

Some of these outcomes would include:

• Time Management
• Leadership
• Increased Communication
• Strategy & Planning
• Delegation
• Group Decision Making
• Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses

So if you have been searching for some team building activities or team building games for your next event, then I recommend you seriously consider a scavenger hunt or a treasure hunt program. Not only are they full of fun and suitable for just about everyone, they are very well designed to ensure that specific team building objectives will be achieved.

If you want to take all the stress out of organising your corporate team building day then we recommend that you consider using a professional team building company to co-ordinate and facilitate your programs to ensure it delivers everything you want it to.

Total Team Building is a corporate team building specialist. We specialise in unique and creative team building activities and team building games including treasure and scavenger hunts. To find out more about our programs and how we can help you create a fantastic event, head now to our website http://totalteambuilding.com.au and request a quote today.