Icebreakers and Team-Building Activities
Begin by researching ice-breakers and team building exercises. The articles above should get you started, but there are lots of other resources you might look up. What positive things can a good ice-breaker or team activity accomplish?
Now let’s talk about the pitfalls. What can make an ice-breaker or team building activity ineffective? What would you try to avoid if you were designing an icebreaker or team-building activity for a new team that you were managing? In this scenario, no one on the team, including you, has worked together before.
Select a quick icebreaker activity from the ones you’ve researched so far (or create a new one if you like). This should be something your entire team can do in about 5 minutes. If this is an online section, make sure it’s an icebreaker that is possible for your team to do remotely.
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