What are some team building activities?

What is team building and how is it beneficial?

Many teams are now working virtually , therefore it is essential to keep those isolated workers feeling engaged, inspired and connected. Why? So that they can work more efficiently together and feel like they are a valued part of a team. Many remote workers feel isolated, unmotivated and undervalued. It is a big challenge for companies that have employees spread out all over the globe. Cultural differences are misunderstood without some kind of team building activity.

The power of creative team bonding activities.

In person and virtual team building activities have to be engaging and interactive. Art workshops by their nature include

  1. Creative out of the box thinking

  2. Sharing and welcoming of new ideas

  3. Communication skills

  4. Stress reduction

Presented with a creative exercise, each employee will tackle the challenge in his/her/their own way. Sharing these different solutions is a sure fire way to create understanding, openness to new ideas and team bonding. We all know that creative solutions to challenges in the workplace involves listening to various interpretations which in turn generates conversation and new ideas.

Corporate Art Workshop ideas foster creative problem solving

1. Collage/vision boards

2. Drawing an object from various angles

3. Painting your name

4. Choosing 3 shapes to make an abstract design in 3 different ways.


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Kathy Leader