Top Four Team Building Activities for Trust and Communication

Just like interpersonal relationships and communication, trust is also an important quality of a great team. A corporate team can’t even survive without virtue of trust and communication. The strength of the relationship and the abilities of team members to communicate and cooperate depend on the trust. Trust among team members is essential for the success of the team and the company as well. However, a team is made of individuals having different personalities. Therefore, differences do exist in a team. And, these differences must be addressed. Planning team building in Boulder that focuses on trust building can bring big positive changes in the interpersonal relationship and functionalities of the team.

Here are the top four team building activities that help in building trust and improving communication in the team:

Salt and pepper 

Think about some pairs of items such as “bronze and iron” and “tea and coffee”. Take some flash cards and write one item on each card. Now, stick one flash card on the forehead of every participant and don’t tell what is written on the card. Let every participant socialize with others and ask yes or no questions. After discovering what the participant is, it is time to find the other half.

The Minefield

You need an open space for this team building activity. First of all, make pairs of the participants. One person from pair will be blindfolded and the other member will place mines in that space. Bottles, balls, paper weights or any other object can be used as mines. Now, the blindfolded person will walk through the mined space without hitting any object (mine). His partner will give voice commands to help him. This team building activity builds trust and enhances communication and listening skills.

Poker Tower

This is another great team building activity in participants are divided into small teams. All teams are provided with scissors and a couple decks of cards. All teams have 30 minutes to stack the tallest card tower. This team building activity requires teamwork as the tower should be built evenly and it should not be tipped over.

Back To Back Drawing     

This team building activity starts with making pairs of participants. All pairs will stand or sit back to back. Now one person from a pair will be given a picture and the other will draw it. The one who has to draw the picture will ask questions. His partner will give hints but not the exact answer. This motivates them to communicate and ask questions.

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