Generally used for processing an activity. After you have finished a team building process capturing the learning & application makes the time meaningful. Spin the bottle is an active reviewing process.
Making team building stick is what people on the team want to see happen and you can make it happen with some discussion, planning and follow-up.
One of the biggest obstacles to change is that people just don’t know the path to take. If you are unsure of the path to the change, you become exhausted trying to guess where it is and movement slows down.
For team development and team building to happen, the facilitator must know how to build the team. Leading a series of “games” that have no purpose is recreation. Read ‘Sometimes I Feel Like Team Building is Sweet Frosting on a Shit Cake.’ The facilitator must be aware of the team, the individuals on the team, … Continued
I am going to ask you a weird question, Pretend that we all go on break and during this break your team does what is normally does on break…But unknown to the members of your team everyone else was shown which rope is the correct rope to choose. BUT your team did not know this because you all were on a break. In what ways, besides just telling you which rope was the correct choice, could the people and teams support, guide, serve your team in making the right choice?
I am a fan using mouse traps for a variety of team building and training initiatives. Where the value of team building becomes evident is in the processing and internalizing of what was learned. Utilizing an active reviewing method (as opposed to a passive process which is question & answer) aids people in creating brain based connection from the team building activity to their work, lives, community, etc…
Individuals on teams when involved in challenges are really close to the problem and taking a Plan:Do:Check:ACT (PDCA) break will create clarity and teach a model of action steps and solutions finding in real-time examples.
Here is how the model works;