Team building ideas that bring people together – inspiration with impact

If sustainability is at the forefront of your team-building idea

• Collecting rubbish – equip your team with bin bags, gloves and litter pickers and start a joint litter collection campaign in the countryside. Perhaps you can arrange with the city or local council to drop off the bin bags there. And don’t forget to give the team a small reward. We think this is one of the simplest and most meaningful team-building ideas ever.
• Repair Café – meet up with everyone, ideally in a workshop or another suitable location. Everyone brings things from home that need repairing. The aim is to make use of the various talents within the team. One person might be able to mend holes in clothes, another might be able to fix a mobile phone or repair a toaster, or simply bake a cake for the team to enjoy.
• Planting trees – This team event idea requires a bit of preparation to find a suitable plot of land and some budget for plants, but you will be creating something very long-lasting and sustainable. An idea that will inspire your colleagues.

Regional team events (self-guided)

Of course, we cannot list all the team-building ideas in your region here. But here are three ideas that are sure to be available in your area.

• Climbing garden – here it is particularly important to ensure that no one in the team is excluded, e.g. due to a fear of heights. In this respect, it is essential to obtain information about all participants in advance. To find a suitable climbing garden, use the Climbing Park Guide, for example.
•  City tour – a city tour can also be a very useful team-building exercise if there is enough space for communication between the participants. When making your selection, make sure that there are regular longer breaks for conversation. You will find a large selection of cities on the City Tours page.
• Event cooking – A regional team-building activity that requires a little more time and is usually tied to local venues, but is almost always well received. Here is a link to a list of the best cooking schools.

Summer & winter ideas (self-guided)

• Summer party – organise a summer party with various market stalls on the company premises. Invite food trucks and a few entertainers. This concept is only suitable for large groups. For small groups, each department could set up a small market stall and the participants could, for example, reset the cans themselves in a tin can throwing game.
• Snowshoe hike – hire snowshoes and choose a beautiful route. Winter sports areas usually have special maps showing snowshoe tours, e.g. in the Black Forest
• Barbecue evening with campfire – reserve a barbecue area (often several weeks in advance) and order a barbecue buffet from a local caterer (please remember vegans and vegetarians – there are now very tasty barbecue products available that do not contain any animal products).

Online team building ideas – do it yourself

• Virtual scavenger hunt – Similar to an offline scavenger hunt, the team that successfully completes all the tasks first wins. You can divide your employees into small groups and have them research specific information on the internet, search for specific elements on certain websites or solve tricky puzzles. Creativity is key here!
• Guess the desk – All meeting participants take a picture of their desk or from the position of the desk (e.g. from the window) where they are currently sitting. Now have everyone send you their pictures and display them individually on the shared screen. The team must guess who took each picture.
• Letter hunt – you or another team member gives 3 randomly selected letters. Now all participants must hold up 3 objects that begin with those letters to the camera as quickly as possible. The first person to do so wins and is awarded points. Then it starts all over again.