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Team building for managers – strong teams start at the top

Why is team building crucial for managers? Managers are not only responsible for the results in companies, they also play a decisive role in shaping the motivation, dynamics and culture of their teams. For managers in particular, team building means strengthening team cohesion, developing their own leadership skills and setting an example in terms of teamwork.

What are the benefits of team building for managers?

  1.  Clearer communication
  2.  Greater emotional intelligence
  3.  Greater resilience in everyday working life
  4.  Increased trust
  5.  Better team results
  6.  Sustainable leadership culture

On the road to success with BITOU

  • ✓  Practical methods with targeted coaching
  • ✓  Ideal mix of personal experience and cognitive understanding
  • ✓  Take away tools for concrete use in everyday management
  • ✓  Impulses to connect teams, inspire them and let them grow together
  • ✓  Clarification of your own strengths and development potential
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Top team-building formats for managers

Chain reaction XXL – collaboration that inspires leadership
6 – 3.000
60-180 minutes
Face to Face

Chain reaction XXL – collaboration that inspires leadership

Leadership is teamwork – and that’s exactly what you’ll experience in Chain Reaction XXL. Managers plan, communicate and coordinate to achieve a common goal: a smooth, impressive chain reaction. A team-building exercise for managers that strengthens strategic thinking, communication and trust within the group – with a visible “aha” effect.

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Cake Factory – Team building for managers with strategy and structure
6 – 3.000
120 – 240 minutes
Face to Face

Cake Factory – Team building for managers with strategy and structure

The Cake Factory is not about baking, but about perfect teamwork. Teams develop a complex “cake model” under time pressure and with clear goals. This team-building exercise for managers impressively demonstrates how planning, delegation and communication work together to achieve a common result – lively, practical and with a lasting learning effect.

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Turnaround – successfully shaping change
8 – 2.000
60-120 minutes
Face to Face

Turnaround – successfully shaping change

Leadership means enabling change. Turn Around brings to life how momentum can be regained from a state of stagnation. In this team-building exercise for managers, participants learn how to stay on course in complex situations, make decisions and motivate their teams to follow them. An intensive format for anyone who wants to lead change – not endure it.

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KI Connect – Führung neu denken mit künstlicher Intelligenz
4 – 3.000
90 – 150 minutes
Face to Face

KI Connect – Führung neu denken mit künstlicher Intelligenz

How can artificial intelligence change – and facilitate – leadership and teamwork? In AI Connect, managers experience how humans and machines can work together productively. This team-building exercise for managers promotes future skills, strengthens digital thinking and shows how AI can become a real opportunity for innovation, collaboration and leadership.

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Race for Space – Team building for managers with vision
16 – 320
60 – 120 minutes
Face to Face

Race for Space – Team building for managers with vision

Leadership requires vision and team spirit. In Race for Space, managers learn how ambitious goals can only be achieved by working together. This inspiring team-building simulation focuses on clear roles, communication and trust in the strength of the team – an experience that takes collaboration to a whole new level.

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Wind park – team building for managers with innovative strength
4 – 500
90 – 150 minutes
Face to Face

Wind park – team building for managers with innovative strength

How can genuine cooperation between departments, hierarchies and mindsets be achieved? At the wind farm, managers work together to build a functioning energy plant – a symbol of modern leadership. This team-building exercise for managers combines strategy, innovation and communication to create a powerful learning experience with a lasting impact.

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8 valuable tips for mini team building for managers:

  1. Hold regular reflection sessions
    What to do: Spend 15–30 minutes each week reflecting briefly as a team: What went well this week? What could be improved? Who needs support?
    How it works: Promotes open communication and strengthens the sense of togetherness. There is room for recognition.
  2. Make personal strengths visible
    What to do: Team members name their own strengths or reflect each other’s strengths – e.g. with cards (important: only strengths, not weaknesses
    How it works: Boosts self-confidence and makes individual contributions to the team transparent.
  3. Establish rituals in everyday life
    What to do: Weekly morning meetings or end-of-week meetings, start the day on a positive note with a ritual – also possible digitally.
    How it works: Rituals create structure, provide security and foster a sense of community.
  4. Mini-workshops with different speakers
    What to do: Every week, someone from the team or a guest speaker from another team shares their knowledge or experience on a topic for 10–15 minutes.
    How it works: Makes skills visible and breaks down silos.
  5. Walk & Talk meetings
    What to do: Hold one-on-one or small group discussions while walking – outside or inside the building.
    How it works: Movement stimulates thinking and reduces stress – new ideas emerge
  6. Playful feedback
    What to do: e.g. using the “Keep – Stop – Start” method: What should be kept, stopped or started?
    How it works: Makes feedback low-threshold and solution-oriented.
  7. Promote a culture of learning by celebrating mistakes from time to time.
    What to do: Share a “mistake of the month” regularly, e.g. monthly – with a learning effect and, if necessary, a symbolic award.
    How it works: Removes the taboo surrounding mistakes and motivates innovation.
  8. Planned coffee breaks & buddy system
    What to do: Bring random team members together for 15 minutes each week – e.g. for a coffee chat – either virtually or at the coffee machine.
    How it works: Builds relationships and promotes exchange
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