Team Building Activities for Leaders In The Post-COVID Era — Part 2

The old way of thinking went a little like this: people make products and products make our organization money.

We’re no longer about that life.

In the post-COVID era, wise organizations are all about creating a healthy culture. Why? Because they know teamwork makes the dream work (cliché but true!).

The sales or funding will come after. Your team depends on you to both manage and to carry out bonding and learning activities.

Part 1 of this series revealed three team-building activities for leaders. Let’s get into three more ways to increase a sense of togetherness in your company:

1. Show and Tell

The classic Show and Tell can be thrown in now and then in-person or used in virtual team development activities.

Monthly or quarterly, give employees time to brag about some of their personal or professional accomplishments, material achievements, or physical and mental gains (latest meals, lifestyle changes, or just share brilliant new ideas).

Remember, you don't want to bog down your team with the challenge of constantly coming up with new things to share with colleagues.

Use the Show and Tell game at strategic intervals or it'll get old fast.

2. Put On A Contest

Teamwork helps unify employees to work toward common goals and helps increase the efficacy of your team's efforts. While keeping the work environment professional supports teamwork, so does introducing contests to inspire friendly competition.

To inspire a healthy competitive spirit, try a few of these contests: 

• An office or desk decorating face-off.

• A baking or cooking contest. Assign team members as either cooks or judges and hold a round-robin tournament.

• A period for (appropriate) prank wars... if you dare.

• A scavenger hunt.

• Card or board game tournaments.

• Trivia Night.

As you can see, in terms of competition, it’s team-building galore! You’ve got tons to choose from.

These games will create healthy competition while encouraging team members to spend time together and bond over common hobbies.

3. Play What If?

Let's zoom in again. The what-if strategy as a leadership exercise for team members. Provide a case study or a problematic situation. For example, you might ask them to solve the issue of losing money on a specific project.

Playing What-if helps team members develop a systems-thinking approach, allowing them to look at a problem from all sides.

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Develop Personal Leadership In All Your Team Members

There’s no doubt that COVID taught us lessons in business that forced us to focus on the important things: the people around us.

If your employees are spending most of their day with you, they’ll definitely appreciate attempts to build a more positive space.

And if you want to take another step towards building your team so your company can soar to new heights, let’s chat about team workshops and the courses I offer. Click the button below and let’s connect.

Janic 💜

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