Team Building Activities Outside The Office

Working with other people can be quite challenging, especially if you don’t know them very well. Disputes and arguments can happen on a regular basis, and they may ruin your productiveness. In order to complete a project, you will need to start getting along with your coworkers. One of the best ways to do this is through team building activities. Here are some of the best activities that can improve relationships in any team.

Egg Drop

One of the most fun ways to bring people together is organizing an egg drop competition. Since there are a lot of variations of these competitions, you’ll be able to get really creative. As the team leader, you should spend some time creating the perfect egg drop project. By encouraging other employees to get creative, you will surely help them learn to appreciate one another.

Paintball

Paintball requires a lot of teamwork, since there are two teams consisting of five people each. Communication skills, logic, and physical preparedness are the main characteristics that people get to demonstrate in this activity. It can also be a weekly activity for pumping out negativity that has piled up during the stressful workdays. If your coworkers never played before, make sure you properly introduce them to paintball.

Kayaking

One of the reasons why kayaking is great for team building is because a lot of people never tried it, so it will be a new experience for almost everyone. Experiencing something for the first time can boost your happiness. Doing it with other people will bring you closer to them. Also, kayaking requires people to work as a team, since everyone gets a paddle.

Kart Racing

Kart racing is another activity that a lot of people never tried. The good part about it is that even people without driving licenses can drive. Make sure to challenge your colleagues in order to start some friendly competition that will hopefully continue when you get back to the office as well.

Paddleboarding

Paddleboarding can be extremely fun, especially if all of the participants in this activity are at a beginner level. Expect to see a lot of people falling off their boards, which will definitely get a lot of laughs. As the organizer of this activity, you will need to make sure that everyone has quality paddle boards before you start.

Karaoke Night

Since singing brings out positive emotions, people will easily start relaxing and enjoying themselves during a karaoke night. Another good part about this team building exercise is that you can include other activities linked to singing as well. For instance, organizing a contest for the best dance performance would certainly make the event more fun. If you see that someone would feel uncomfortable with this idea, avoid forcing him or her to be a part of it. Remember that some people prefer being spectators instead of participants.

Escape Rooms

This activity involves you getting locked up in a room with your colleagues and having a certain amount of time to figure out how to escape. Since it includes searching for hidden objects, solving puzzles and finding the key, room escape requires teamwork, leadership, and other important skills. This is a great way for individuals to stand out and prove themselves. Since only 20% people on average actually leave the room in time, succeeding with your colleagues will also increase the respect you have for each other, which is exactly why escape rooms are one of the best team building activities in the world.

Beer Pong Night

Organizing a beer pong night can be one of the easiest ways to improve the relationships of your team members. After all, it includes friendly competition, fun, and alcohol. However, you’ll need to make sure that all of your team members are comfortable with the idea of drinking.

Adam Richards

About Adam Richards

Adam Richards is a semi-retired business professional originally from Bangor, Maine. He spent the majority of his career in sales and marketing where he rose to the marketing lead of a Fortune 1000 company. He then moved on to helping people as a career counselor that specifically helped bring families to self-sufficiency through finding them rewarding careers. He has now returned to Bangor for his retirement and spends his free time writing. This blog will be about everything he learned throughout his career. He'll write on career, workplace, education and technology issues as well as on trends, changes, and advice for the Maine job market and its employers.