Raising Awareness With Your Team Building Games
Written by Will Bicknell
Visualization Exercises
Visualization exercises involve identifying each member’s unique talents, lifting the self-imposed limitations, and directing them to progressive goals. Visualization exercises can help in this regard, as they challenge workers to visualize not a portrait of failure or of stagnant achievement but a true vision of personal success. Questions may start slowly, such as what field would you study if you had the time and finances to arrange for it?
What subject would you enjoy studying for a few years so you can gain a thorough understanding of it, and perhaps look towards a career? There are no limitations in these exercises, so questions may have to adapted to suit children and more experienced workers. This is exercise is most effective when you’re dealing with workers that are limited in their ambition and seem to be stuck in a non progressive work routine. There is no better way to motivate a person than to make the issue personal. The games called Superhero and Fantasticat are also examples of these visualization techniques. When adapted for circumstances they can really help to explore a person’s potential.
Group Interpretations
Group interpretations are an excellent way to motivate the interests of workers and to learn your team members (at least personality types) in a short period of time. One example of this is Picture Interpretations. A trainer displays a picture or photograph of a scene (usually an interaction between two or more people) and then asks for their group to offer personal interpretations of how they interpret the events in the picture. Questions to discuss may include: what is being said in the picture, what is being felt, what is the motivation, what has already happened and what might happen in the next few moments?
Each member will have their own personal interpretation of what is happening, and may even have questions of their own. This exercise is an excellent way to measure each team member’s self-awareness and group participation skills. You may even choose to have a final explanation in mind, revealing to the group where you got the photograph and what was actually happening. This exercise could also involve the trainer having to enlarge photographs, so prepare the logistics ahead of time.
Before a team becomes strong and united, individuals must be strong in their own goals and aims. Team building involves not only directing an entire group, but even more so focusing in on individuals and helping them to excel in personal achievement. As a trainer you should strive to encourage a worker’s personal goals and then direct that energy towards the company, or more specifically, for their supportive team. A team victory is made that much more satisfying when each member is also fulfilling their goals.
To read more about the different types of team building events you can arrange for your team, visit http://www.team-building-event.co.uk/. You can also get a wide range of corporate event ideas from our professional event organizer.
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