God's Work in Progress: Interesting Ice Breaker & Team Building Ideas

Every so often, our company conducts values sessions and team building to promote bonds that would be helpful in the work place. Values session is a venue where the most important principles and standards of the company are being discussed with the newly hired employees so they can use them as guidelines on how they will move inside the organization; hence, helping them go up the corporate ladder. Team building, on the other hand, is a common activity where we strengthen relationships, teamwork, trust and competitiveness of a group. These two are very vital so one can perform well individually as well as in a group.

Last October 6, our accounting department organized an activity in preparation for their upcoming stressful audit. The venue was in Blusyl Resort, Calamba, Laguna. We (Rev and I) were asked to join them to help and also to observe. We were also given assignments as HRs and were requested to prepare team building games as well.

We started our activity with an ice breaker. Had them play my favorite ice breaker game – “Human Bingo”. :) the idea is for them to talk to each other and know them more by looking for someone who matches the qualities in each square of the bingo card.

Sample Bingo card. Just change some items and think of something that is more fit for the group.

They were broken into groups after. The new ones had values session while the older ones were discussing about their upcoming audit.

Rev and I while waiting for them to finish their discussions.

We played another game after lunch. The name of the game was “See Run Do”. The mechanics: Each team has one seer, one runner, and all others will be the doers. They have to make a replica of the pattern I made using the same materials I gave them. Only the seer can see the pattern. He/she should describe it to the runner who in turn should describe it to the doers who will make a replica of the pattern. The idea is that the doers should be able to duplicate the model without seeing it and will only base their work on how the pattern was described to them.

Here's how they've done it :)