Teamwork Workshop Activities

In eighteen minutes, teams must build the tallest free-standing structure out of 20 sticks of spaghetti, one yard of tape, one yard of string, and one marshmallow. The marshmallow needs to be on top.

The Marshmallow Challenge was developed by Tom Wujec, who has done the activity with hundreds of groups around the world. Visit the Marshmallow Challenge website for more information. This version has an extra debriefing question added with sample questions focusing on roles within the team.

Impulse (also known as Pass the Pulse) is a great exercise for teamwork and breaking the ice at the same time.

This activity can serve multiple purposes. It can be used as an energiser or ice breaker for groups that a bit low on energy or first meet each other. Another purpose of the game could be enhance teamwork and show that different people with different beats can make an orchestra.

A fun activity that helps participants working together as a team while teaching the importance of communication, strategy and trust.

This fun activity could be used as an icebreaker for people who have just met but it can be framed as a method that shows and fosters team communication, collaboration and strategic thinking as well.

A great and simple activity for fostering teamwork and problem solving with no setup beforehand.

Use this method if you would like to show the participants the importance of collaboration, team strategy and team effectiveness.

The Team Canvas is Business Model Canvas for teamwork. It is an effective technique to facilitate getting teams aligned about their goals, values and purposes, and help team members find their role on the team.

The Hybrid Team Canvas is a framework and tool to design a hybrid or remote-first team culture.

You will choose, as a team, which letter you will select from either X or Y. On a signal from the banker, you will show your chosen letter. The banker and the teams keep a tally of debits and credits.

Each must select 'X’ or ‘Y' in each round. Money is awarded or taken by the banker according to the scoring key below. Play as many rounds as is necessary to find a winner.

A game to work with assumptions and to reflect on how things are being handled in the organisation. How do we learn from each other?