A Unique Team Building Game Idea – Sand Tobogganing

Ever been to the sand dunes? If so, then you know how amazing and how beautiful they can be. Some of the sand dunes near the Gold Coast can rise over 60 metres high! But what do sand dunes and team building games have in common? Well, sand tobogganing of course!

Sand tobogganing is done, on the sand dunes with a specially made sand board that has an ultra-slick waxed bottom. This allows participants to fly down the dune on an exciting “toboggan” run. This can make the perfect team building game in and around the Gold Coast.

This can be such an excellent team building game because everyone gets to enjoy each other’s company, in a fun, and different atmosphere. People will learn things about each other they never would have otherwise, and it’s more than likely that they will find new things in common, to unite them and thereby add to the team’s cohesiveness back at the office. Plus, a fun team building game near the beautiful Gold Coast is just good for morale!

If your team is in need of a day away, contact Sports Corp Elite at 1 300 267 738 and they’ll help you set the whole thing up. From water bottles to program design, to beach permits to sun screen – Sports Corp Elite will have it covered! You and your team need to do nothing more than to enjoy the excitement of this very unique team building game.

Our Restaurant Rules Team Building Activity

Test your employee’s solidarity, creativity and ability to make quick decisions with Our Restaurant Rules Team Building Activity. We start in Sydney at a resort where we’ll hold a briefing session with the teams and then, they are given a budget and they’ve got to figure the rest out together.

This team building activity is broken up into different segments, and in between each segment the facilitator will talk with the team, encourage opinions and open discussions in an effort to build upon the strengths the team is exhibiting and assist with overcoming the weaknesses.

During this team building activity in Sydney, the teams must work closely together to make the restaurant happen, and they are only given limited resources, lots of obstacles, and very little time in which to do so!

In the end it is the judge’s decision who wins, but really everyone wins with this team building activity. Your team will get the opportunity to practice decision making skills, delegating of responsibilities, communication skills, and creativity, all within a situation in which everyone must work together or fail – but all in the fun and exciting atmosphere of a restaurant!

With this kind of a team building activity, everyone will learn something new, and with the help of Sports Corp Elite’s excellent team building facilitators, your team will be able to take these new and improved skills back to the Sydney office with them. If your ready to give your team an opportunity to participate in an excellent team building activity like Our Restaurant Rules, call 1 300 267 738 today!

Evaluating Strengths and Weaknesses with Team Building Activities

As a rite of passage through the business world, we all receive evaluations.  As a manager though, you miss things about your employees if you are only able to evaluate their performance at the office. 

Team building activities can provide you with an opportunity to glimpse a more holistic view of your employees, and learn more about their strengths and weaknesses.

Let’s face it, every person has strengths, and also weaknesses.  Having the opportunity to see your employees in the unique environment a team building activity creates, can help you to identify new ways in which to utilize employee’s strengths, as well as illuminating areas that may need improvement. 

This way, when you view your team as a whole, you can be sure that each person is being used in the best possible way in an effort to maximize each employee’s talents.  Not only will your employees be happier, they will also work more efficiently because each person is comfortable and excelling at their role on the team.  Plus, team building activities are much more fun than a traditional “evaluation”! 

To schedule a team building activity for your staff, call 1 300 267 738; and you’ll fully understand how team building activities will help you to see your employees in a whole new light! 

 

Executive Adventure Team Building Event

The Executive Adventure team building event is like nothing else.  Your staff will spend a full 24 hours together on a 10,000 acre working cattle station in Queensland’s Lockyer Valley.  They will have to work together to get things done and to get where they need to go. 

Prior to the event a specialist will work with the team through a unique 2 hr communication and leadership workshop at the office.  During this workshop, each participant will be provided with his or her own profile highlighting their strengths with regards to leadership and communication skills, and they are encouraged to utilize these strengths during the team building event.

Throughout their adventure in Queensland, participants will need to complete various chores and challenges associated with remote living.  They hunt for their food (in the form of a clay pigeon shoot – the event comes complete with catering!), figure out campfire cooking, read maps and find the required routes, and even work with horses to encourage the animals to transport them!  While your executive team is taking care of all of these “chores” they are being monitored and feedback is provided to them by the team building event staff.

After the team building event, there will be individualized feedback provided to all the executive team members.  Team building event staff will also work with your staff on strategies to help them translate all that they learned during this excellent team building event to their work at the office.

By participating in the Executive Adventure team building event, your management team will practice and develop skills such as trust, and conflict resolution, as well as learning strategies to increase productivity and general job performance.  This team building event is also a good time for brainstorming, reflection and team alignment and planning.

If your ready for your team to experience the executive adventure team building event in Queensland, ring 1 300 267 738.  Executive teams must function like a finely tuned machine, if yours needs a bit of a tune up this team building event will get them right back on track. 

  

Using a Corporate Golf Day to Work on Team Building Skills

Have you been thinking about a fun, relaxing corporate golf day for your team? Holding a corporate golf day in Brisbane, or anywhere else in Australia for that matter, can be an excellent way of engaging and/or rewarding your team.

By bringing everyone together for an enjoyable day of golf, it is also possible to create opportunities to work on team building skills. In an environment such as this, team building skills like communication, decision making and even conflict resolution can be addressed, while everyone still has a memorable and exciting day.

Another way of turning a Brisbane golf day into an opportunity to address team building skills is to use it as a fundraiser for the company’s favorite charity. Everyone can compete in mini-tournaments and raise money through pledges for how many balls they can hit in a certain amount of time, with their left (or non-dominant) hand, or other type of mini contest. Fundraising like this can address team building skills by helping to cultivate positive feelings of unity and purpose among participating staff as a result of helping others in need. Staff will then be able to take this back to the office as a shared experience that helps facilitate bonding among team members.

If your interested in finding out more about how a corporate golf day in Brisbane or any other location in Australia can give your staff an opportunity to work on their team building skills, call 1 300 267 738. The awesome staff at Sports Corp Elite can help you create the perfect way for your company to work on and develop their team building skills – while having a great time too!

Recreational Themed Sports Team Building Activities

Recreational themed sports like sumo wrestling, gladiator duel, pole joust, or velcro wall can be fun and easy team building activities that are sure to get everyone in your office into the excitement.  Team building activities can bring out the fun as well as the competitive nature of office teams, which are both essential qualities of any good team building exercises.

Sumo Wrestling

Put on a nice, padded, and often very funny sumo suit and battle it out with your team members.  The suits are easy to get in and out of and make for really hilarious and extremely fun, and safe battles.

Gladiator Duel

Stand on one of 2 podiums above an inflatable base and duel like gladiators of old.  A great stress reliever and a wonderful team building activity because everyone can do it and everyone will have a great time! 

Pole Joust

Joust like a knight of old on a nice, safe inflatable base.  This way, when one of the contestants inevitably falls, only their pride is hurt!  Another excellent way for everyone to participate, compete and have a blast.

Velcro Wall

Each participant will put on a Velcro suit and feel what its like to be a fly on a wall.  Attempt to move around and even make a race or chase out of the activity.  It’s sure to be a hit and will help each and every team member to enjoy themselves.

These 4 activities, while good for a great time, are also really fantastic team building activities.  Everyone is able to get together for a stress free, fun and competitive day, away from the office and just enjoying each other’s company.   Don’t settle for another one of those same old team building activities.  Get out and enjoy each other with these 4 recreational themed team building activities.  To schedule a day like this for your team, just ring 1 300 267 738.

      

Why Team Building Activities Really Do Work

 

Some say that team building activities are unnecessary and that they don’t work to make long term changes in the ways employees interact and conduct business.  This, however, is a very short sighted view to take.  Without team work, a company’s success is very limited; and team building activities work to promote this essential component of any productive company.

The reasons though that many have for feeling as though team building activities don’t produce results may likely be the team building activities in which they have participated.  Only high quality team building activities will produce high quality results.  If you work with a company that can offer unique, exciting and outcome oriented team building activities you’ll definitely notice a difference in your team’s productivity and overall functioning.

If you and your team are ready to try truly effective team building activities that will leave their mark and assist in the transformation of a group of employees into a team like no others you’ve ever experienced, then ring 1 300 267 738.  

 

Team Building Event Ideas for Your Next Conference

Often when companies or businesses have a conference for their employees, team building events can be a part of the agenda. Because everyone needs to get together to discuss company business anyway, it is a great time to get some team building activities in, plus, it often can give staff an opportunity to build relationships outside of their immediate office, which can be particularly beneficial in departments where several company sites interact.

Here are some ideas for team building events that will be fun, exciting, and memorable for your next conference on the Gold Coast.

Corporate Golf Tournament

Getting all of the conference attendees together for a fun round of golf always makes for a successful team building event; it just requires a little planning (which a team building specialist like Sports Corp Elite can completely take care of). You can even arrange a tournament for charity. People will love the opportunity to golf, get to know each other and raise money for a worthy cause!

“High Rollers”

A team building event like high rollers can really get everyone into a party atmosphere and will completely transform your Gold Coast conference environment. Once the stage is set for the high rollers team building activity, no one will even remember they are at a conference. With full size tables and, authentic croupiers, chips and cards, as well as all the glamour of Monte Carlo, the only thing that will give it away will be the “funny money”! All the attendees will be able to share this experience together and thereby benefit by being able to create relationships based upon shared memories and history, which is an essential part of any team building event.

Crew Synergy Sailing

What better activity for a Gold Coast based conference team building event than sailing! Crew Synergy Sailing puts all the conference delegates on amazing 10 meter performance luxury catamarans so they can head out a bit into the sea! Everyone will then work together to return to the shore; with each person getting to experience the different jobs and positions on board. A shared understanding is thereby created among the delegates in addition to the opportunity to get to know each other better, in the beautiful waters off the Gold Coast.

Holding a team building event like this can help the delegates to get to know each other better as well as helping to facilitate team building across company sites. Plus, conferences and team building events just go hand in hand. To set up a team building event for your next Gold Coast conference, call 1 300 267 738.

What Makes a Good Team Building Game?

While there are many team building games out there, it can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between the ones that will really help your team progress, have fun, and learn new skills, and the team building activities that are pretty much just – blah.
 
One of the qualities of a good team building game is that it is held somewhere new and different.  A day at the beach, park, special conference facility, anywhere but at the office!  This helps to take the team’s mind completely off of work, allows them to learn new and different things about each other in a totally new environment, and helps them to build shared experiences other than only those at the office.  

The first step though when looking for an effective team building game is that the company has clear goals and objectives for the team outlined prior to choosing the event.  This way it is easy to select team building activities that meet these pre-determined “bench marks”; team building games aren’t only for fun after all! 

The company that you hire to facilitate the team building activities is another important aspect of selecting a good team building game.  The facilitator must be engaging, enthusiastic and interesting, while still focusing on the goals and objectives for the team.  A quality facilitator will also make space for de-briefing and review at the end of the day to help bring closure to the event as well as help the team figure out where to go from here, and how to take these skills back to the office.

When you’re able to work with a quality team building service, find fun, exciting team building activities that meet the required goals and objectives, and organize a team building game that gets everyone out of the office and into a new environment; successful team building activities and games are the only possible result! 

Begin working with a professional teambuilding facilitator to create the perfect team building game for your team, ring 1 300 267 738.

Team Building Activities Where Everyone Can Participate

Sometimes team building activities can only suit a part of the group, or require too much expertise at a skill to be really enjoyable.  Here are some ideas where everyone can have fun and truly build the shared history and common bonds required to function as a team.

Kayaking

Kayking is a sport that doesn’t take too much time to master to the point of enjoyment, and is an exciting way for everyone to spend the day. 

Using double kayaks make it a must for 2 employees to work together and this facilitates team building, as does the different challenges along the route that groups must navigate together using cooperation and sharp decision making skills. 

When using a pre-arranged kayaking adventure as a team building activity all of the equipment is provided, along with a guide, so it makes it really easy for everyone to just show up at the lake or ocean and enjoy the ride.

Drumming

Yes, you read that right – drumming.  A huge drum circle can be an excellent team building activity, and drumming requires no prior musical training what so ever to participate. 

A facilitator will bring all the equipment to the team building event, and will help the group create different rhythms and sounds with the drums; and in the end produce amazing music by working together.

Playing in a musical group creates a wonderful sensation of being in a successful team.    And, staff will enjoy the shear fun of beating the drums – which coincidentally, is an excellent way to relieve any stress they may have from work!

Volleyball

Most people have played at least 1 game of volleyball in their lives, even if it was when they were very young!  Either way, it is easy to learn how to play and the rules are quite simple. 

As a team building activity, volleyball encourages group participation, and creates space for healthy competition, something most teams require to function at their peak performance level. 

And, playing a game of beach volleyball gets everyone outside, and exercising, as well as enjoying a day at the beach together; all of which are important benefits of a team building activity.

These 3 team building activities, are easy for the majority of people to have fun participating in, require no expertise and, most importantly, help develop skills required for successful teamwork. 

If your team would benefit from a day out together, participating in fun and exciting activities while learning valuable team building skills, ring 1 300 267 738.
 
   

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