Icebreaker Games for Office Staff Meetings

Be it a staff meeting or an office gathering, icebreaker games are the coolest ways to start off. They help the staff members feel comfortable to speak up. Icebreaker games encourage the staff members to express themselves openly by relieving them of their tensions and stress. Meeting icebreakers serve as an excellent way to start a staff meeting. Here is a list of some interesting icebreaker games for office meetings. Before moving on, you might like to read all about icebreakers and energizers for meetings.

Icebreaker Games for Office Staff Meetings

Do You Know Me?: In this icebreaker activity, the staff members are made to sit in a circle. Each of them is asked to find 5 things about the person to his/her left. They are given 5 minutes to complete this activity after which they are asked to introduce the person to their left, to the rest of the group. This icebreaker is a slight variation to asking each member to introduce him/herself. Moreover, this activity helps the group members to know each other.

Let’s Form a Group: In this icebreaker game, one of the staff members is made to announce a classification based on which the other group members align themselves. For example, the announcer can ask the members to split into groups based on their birth month. The members can be asked to form a group based on their zodiac signs. Possibly, people wearing the same color can be asked to form a group. This icebreaker activity fosters a team spirit and a sense of unity among the staff members.

Animal Instinct: For this game, the office chairs are arranged in a circle and each of them is labeled with the name of an animal. A list of gestures associated with each animal can be predefined and discussed with the group or the staff members can be given the freedom to define their own gestures for each animal. Each staff member is supposed to enact the animal allotted to the chair in which he/she is seated. The facilitator of the game signals the team members to exchange positions, thereby changing their gestures. This icebreaker game suits a moderately sized group and serves as a funny and interesting icebreaker for meetings.

Who Am I?: This icebreaker game is sure to add a fun element to the meeting while also encouraging the staff members to interact. For this game, each staff member is given a celebrity name, which is tagged to his/her back. The staff member should not know the name given to him/her. Every member has to go to each of the other group members asking for a hint about the name tagged to his/her back. After receiving clues from all the staff members, the person has to guess who he/she is! This game is suitable for both large and small groups. You might like to go through this collection of icebreaker games for small groups.

Who Could Have Done That?: For this icebreaker game, you will need a set of note cards and pens. Distribute a pen and paper to each of the staff members. Ask each of the group members to write a line about him/herself. Something like, "I cannot cook" or "I have never been to the Niagara Falls " or "I hate exercising" can be written based on which the other team members have to guess the person who has written that. Ask the people to write a fact that most of the other team members do not know. The guesswork is sure to create outbursts of laughter and prove being an excellent way to break the ice.

Besides the icebreaker games mentioned above, you can make a creative use of some interesting conversation starters and funny icebreaker questions before you begin with a serious talk.