Fun Team Games at Work

Individual brilliance is all good, but if you want a victory, it is only good teamwork that will fetch you one, be it at a game of soccer with your mates, or at the corporate workplace. In this article, I will focus on the element of team building in the workplace; or to be more precise, improving the process of team building with the help of some games at work. So, here are some games you can play at work...

Team Quiz Contest
Conduct a team quiz contest on a variety of topics such as sports, technology, fashion, films, music, politics, environment, general knowledge, current affairs (in the global sense of the term, not office flings!) etc. Divide your employees into multiple teams of say, 8-10 members each. Let each team analyze its strengths and decide upon themselves as to which 2 team members should be chosen to represent the team for each sub-category round. Of course, the team which exhibits the best example of teamwork and scores the most number of points, wins.

Charades
The popular game of charades can really be a fun team building activity at workplace. Once again, divide your employees into 2 teams and enjoy this classic and equally entertaining game. To make it a little more competitive, have two or more teams in place, award one point for each correct guess, and declare a prize for the team that is the first to reach 5 points.

Scavenger Hunts
This is another great game and one that relies solely on teamwork. The fact that it can be played equally well both indoors, as well as outdoors, bodes well for its suitability as a fun team building activity at the workplace. Centering the to-do-tasks of the scavenger hunt around work related things and concepts, would help in making the game all the more enjoyable and apt.

Mad Ads
Divide the employees into multiple teams. Provide each team with a unique, revolutionary, imaginary (even futuristic will do) invention, product or concept. The objective is to prepare (and act out) an advertisement which will promote that invention, product or concept in the best possible way. Set a time limit for 15 minutes of planning time, and 3 minutes of acting time. Have some members of the senior management act as the judging panel, and have them award a prize to the team that does the best job.

Script Writing
Divide people into groups or teams. Provide each team with four main conceptual characters (for example, a young software professional, an uneducated rural farmer, a celebrity and a politician.) Ask each team to prepare (and act out if possible) a short script centered around these four main characters. Teams can be given the freedom to come up with their own plots and additional supportive characters. The team which comes up with the most entertaining script wins a prize.

Team Themes
You can declare one particular day as 'theme day' at the office. Organize employees into groups or teams, and through a draw of lots, allot individual themes to each team or group. The next day, each team or group should dress up in such a way that it complements its theme, and does all that is necessary to adhere to, or promote its theme in the best possible manner. The team or group which does the best job, wins.

Birthday Celebrations
Celebrating employee birthdays together can be another good team building activity, in addition to making the employees feel better. A personal tip: If you do go ahead with this, then please make sure that you do this with a little bit of creativity or fun element, or else it can get quite boring (and I speak from experience!).

Well, these were a few ideas regarding team games that can be played at work. Have fun, and at the same time, bring your employees closer to each other in order to enhance the work environment in your office!