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6 Indoor Team Building Activities to Protect your Team from the Winter Blues

As Winter roles around for 2021 many workplaces are confronted with the seasonal change that can so often threaten happiness, engagement and productivity within the workplace, aka… the “winter blues.”

A proactive employer with a people first culture will take the necessary steps to relieve the winter blues by considering environmental elements like encouraging exercise, getting employees to prioritise a daily dose of sunshine and making the office a comfortable and safe environment for everyone to enjoy… More on Tips to a healthy workplace culture during winter here.

Another way to address these issues each winter is to do something out of the ordinary, something healthy and active, and something fun as a work team like a team building activity. A well planned and executed team building programme will not only lift the energy of your team to fight those winter blues but allow individuals to experience each other outside of their normal work environment. Your staff will get to appreciate everyone for who they are, not what position they hold. Team building activities can also be fun and creative ways to develop ideas or strategies for the business.

Unfortunately, we cannot always control the weather and the Winter months often force many well intended businesses to cancel their team building fun. Well, we are here to save the season as we showcase our top 6 indoor team building events that will ensure your business is understanding, appreciating, developing and maximising their people to lead to a productive, efficient, motivated and happy workplace culture…. What more could you ask for!

Lego Legends

Overview:

Let’s get building!  Make sure you channel your inner child for this uplifting programme that will see participants battle it out to build the most Legendary LEGO structure. The playful spin on this programme transforms to heart-warming when the finished models are donated to a children’s charity of choice.

Key Outcomes:

Planning, time management, fun, strategy, communication, and team work.

Why:

This one is a win-win!  Not only do you get all the wonderful benefits that come with doing a team building event, but you also get all the powerful feelings that come with giving back to those who need it most.

Schedule It:

This event can be tailored for a duration of 2 – 3 hours indoors.

CCTV Music Awards

Overview:

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to star in your own music video?

Well your group can unleash their musical talent and maximise their combined creativity to produce an award-winning video in our fun team building programme called CCTV Music Awards.

Key Outcomes:

Creativity, fun, company values, team work, delegation, time management and planning.

Why:

This program is ideal to create a visual product around your brand or values, or even to help develop a new promotional concept for your company. It provides variety from normal routine in a structured fun way to meet your team building and creative concept development requirements.

Schedule It:

This event can be tailored for a duration of 2 – 3 hours indoors.

Bikes for Tykes

Overview:

Through a series of fun (and slightly competitive) activities, teams will come together with the overall goal of earning enough parts to build the perfect bike.

The best part?  Well that has to be the smile on a child’s face as they take a look at their brand-new bike for the first time.

Key Outcomes:

Corporate social responsibility, communication, leadership, strategy, delegation and team work.

Why:

There is a reason company’s come back to complete the Bikes for Tykes programme again and again.  As the original charity bike building programme, Bikes for Tykes has had a lasting impact on teams and families in need around New Zealand.

Schedule It:

Allow approximately 2 – 3 hours for this programme, and it works well at any time during the day indoors.

Safe Crack

Overview:

Your help is needed to identify the leaders of a diamond smuggling ring. That is the case in Safe Crack! Work as a team to sift through the evidence, uncover the combination to a safe of critical clues and identify the culprits.

Key Outcomes:

Information interpretation, problem solving, time management, lateral thinking, fun and teamwork.

Why:

Safe Crack is a fast paced problem-solving focused program that can be held indoors and outdoors and will test teams in time management, interpretation, lateral thinking and team work. If your team loves a mystery or needs to develop their team work in the area of problem solving then this is the programme for you.

Schedule It:

Allow approximately 1 – 3 hours for this programme indoors.

Minute to Win It

Overview:

The challenges will keep coming as teams battle to become the Minute To Win It champions of your company or group. It is like being on a game show without the television cameras in this suspense-filled and engaging team building event!

Teams will be presented with a challenge and then delegate a team member to successfully complete it within one minute.

Key Outcomes:

Interaction, fun, competition, delegation, socialising, and quick thinking.

Why:

Minute to Win It is a great team building programme to stage with a dinner or social function as challenges can be delivered in between menu courses to keep your audience entertained. It is also just as effective as a stand-alone team event.

Schedule It:

Allow approximately 2 – 3 hours for this programme, and it works well at any time during the day or evening as a social event.

Team Building Workshops

Overview:

While a workshop might not sound super exciting and fun, we are here to make you think about workshops differently!  Whether you choose a Fish! Experience or FUMISH Workshop we promise you there will be plenty of fun and laughter with your team as you get to know and appreciate them more and take your workplace culture to the next level.

Key Outcomes:

Our workshops are 100% customisable and can be delivered to groups of all shapes and sizes.  Whether you want to focus on leadership, communication, team performance, managing change or fostering innovation and creativity, we will work with you to create an event that exceeds your expectations.

Why:

Corporate Team Building Workshops are tailored programmes designed to address your team’s learning requirements in a fun and engaging environment.  Think education, but without feeling like you’re stuck in a classroom watching the seconds tick by… don’t worry we have been there too, which is why we have developed workshops that deliver on objectives without putting your team to sleep.

Schedule It:

Allow approx. 2 – 4 hours in the morning when your team is fresh as this will help energise the mood for the rest of the day.

Let’s face it: winter can be an uncomfortable time to be at work but there is no need to let it interfere with your positive team culture. If you would like more information on any of our programmes and how they can be tailored to meet indoor requirements, please contact one of our friendly team today!