Free Team Building Activities. A Powerful Way To Get Your Message Across

In this article, I would like to give you a toolbox of free team building activities to use for employee motivation.

But first, I want to give you some background on how to use these free team building activities effectively….No, not in this article (it would be too long).

However, if you follow this link it will give you some background on how to use them.

To make sense of these activities, I am going to categorize them into the following (Just follow the link at the bottom of each category to find the activities):

General Theme-Based Activities

Emotional Intelligence Activities

Icebreakers

I’ve divided these Icebreakers into Talking Activities and Touching Activities:

You will see that these free team building activities are designed to be used mostly indoors, but you can use them outdoors as well. I’ve also gave you the activities that need the least amount of materials...I’ve found them to be the most useful in any circumstances.

I am well aware that I don’t know all the activities available and that we all bring our own energy into any activity or message, so, please, feel free to add your own activities at the bottom of this page so we can all learn from one another. I truly believe that the more you give, the more you receive

Do You Know Some Powerful Team Building Activities?

What's your most powerful team building activity? Share your activity, game or exercise that's the most powerful in your opinion.

Click on the links below to see more great team building activities. They were all written by other visitors to this page.

Hammer and nails
The hammer and nails activity is aimed at showing people that the way we approach one another might require different styles to accommodate different personalities....

Burger time Not rated yet
This activity is not only funny, but also a great tool to show groups how patients and consideration they have for one another.

In a profit orientated ...

Bats in a cave Not rated yet
This activity is a touching activity and tends to bring people closer together, breaking the personal space barriers in a way that is very little offending....

Sticks and twine Not rated yet
This activity is a very basic team building activity, but is a powerful tool to use with teams that deals with problem solving at work.

The activity ...

Fasion challenge Not rated yet
This activity aims at showing people that we tend to have a preconceived perception about people without ever communicating or interacting with them.

How ...

Just Ask Not rated yet
This activity is aimed at showing the team that we tend to try to get things done by following the most difficult way, instead of just asking.

How ...

The Helium Stick Team Building Activity Not rated yet
This team building activity is a quick, fun way to let people experience that teamwork and employee motivation needs a constant focus...it won't happen ...

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