35 Fun Team Building Activities To Engage Your Staff

The BBC published an article last week about why corporate team-building events can be terrible and they raised a valid point. But can you blame an employee for showing zero interest in a team building activity like spitting soda into each other’s mouths? It’s certainly a unique idea but even in a highly engaged company like itris, I don’t think anyone would be too keen!

Despite the slight groan you might hear when you utter the words ‘team building event’, they are definitely worth incorporating into your employee engagement strategy. Improved communication between employees and departments, boosted productivity and increased engagement are just a handful of benefits your company can reap by organising team building activities for your staff.

We understand that it can be difficult to select the perfect event for your employees to get involved with as everyone and every business is different, but here are some fun team building ideas which appeal to the masses.

1. Bowling
2. Escape rooms
3. High ropes/Go Ape
4. Sports day
5. Paintballing
6. Cocktail masterclass
7. Shelter building
8. Company quiz night
9. Rock-climbing
10. Bouncy castle obstacle course
11. Charity fun run
12. Two truths, one lie
13. Outdoor pursuits
14. Unknot the knot
15. Board game competition
16. Go karting
17. Cooking competition
18. Laser tag
19. Volunteering
20. Geocaching
21. Raft building
22. Build a spaghetti and marshmallow tower
23. Pot luck lunch
24. Human table football
25. Mexican railway
26. Soapbox race
27. The Crystal Challenge
28. Problem solving activity day
29. Rounders
30. FIFA tournament
31. Zombie survival run
32. Treasure hunt
33. The egg drop
34. Crazy golf
35. Football tournament

There is a huge variety of activities in this list and certainly something for everyone. It’s also beneficial to mix up your teams with people from different departments which is something we do for every team building activity to ensure we build on our interdepartmental communication. So why not give some of these activities a go? They don’t have to cost a lot and can aid your business in so many ways!