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Corporate
Team Building and Fun Can Be In the Same Sentence
Author: Art Gib
So the top executives want to find out what their workers can do by
doing a little experiment that should be "fun" for everyone.
You'll probably get a bunch of rolling eyes. However the feedback can be
quite valuable to find out the strengths and abilities of people to see
how effective they are together. This is usually done through an
exercise that takes the focus off of their daily routine and puts them
in a realm where the most basic components of decision making and
delegating are put to the test.
The team building event will usually involve various scene changes.
Corporate adventure is another way of going about doing corporate team
building by putting employees in an exciting, risk-taking adventure
outdoors. Some corporate team building stunts go as far as whisking
everyone away to a whitewater adventure to tackle a grade III rapid.
Some are tamer than that, usually depending on what budget the company
has and insurance policy (whitewater can be unusually ruthless on the
accounting staff).
Some businesses seek something as exciting as an adventure series of
team building that gets people interacting outdoors, but without the
risk. A clever new adventuring game for team building is the scavenger
hunt.
Bean Counting Cubicle Dweller to Sherlock Inspector
For those unfamiliar with the scavenger hunt, it's simply a game that
pits teams competing against each other. There are a series of clues
that involve some type of critical thinking between each member in the
group to find the answer. The answer will usually lead the group to a
destination where another clue lies. The game will have the groups
traveling within a range of different locales; some famous places for
scavenger hunting are college campuses, museums or anywhere with
distinct landmarks and geography. Eventually the final destination is
reached by following each clue in sequence. The group that finds the
final answer in the shortest time wins.
For those familiar, the sport of scavenger hunting has grown further
than what you may remember as a child, or the simple clue seeking Easter
egg find mission. In a corporate team building setting it would normally
involve an emcee setting the stage and outlining the rules of the game.
They would stoke the creative juices while putting up the parameters of
the game. The organizers usually give clues on sequenced cards with
written questions or photos for the group.
With a good scavenger hunt, questions do not center on a specific task
where one person may be better than the other within the group. For
instance, someone knowledgeable about the art pieces at the Museum of
Fine Arts (if the hunt takes place there) will not necessarily have an
advantage over someone who may be good at word games because the
questions are varied enough to touch on many different skill sets. One
could be trivia based, another could include a hidden anagram or a word
may allude to a dual meaning that unlocks to reveal the answer.
Good questions typically ask varied and unusual questions that touch on
such a variety of subjects that someone in every group will usually have
an answer.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/team-building-articles/corporate-team-building-and-fun-can-be-in-the-same-sentence-350122.html
About the Author:
Art Gib writes for Watson Adventures ( http://www.watsonadventures.com/corporate.html
) who emcee and stage a variety of different private scavenger hunts for
businesses. They have had many high profile corporations use their
service for corporate team building outings.
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