Team Building Activity - Find the Person Like You

This team building activity is designed to help people think about the that bring them together and create a positive team. Ask the participants in your group to think about what they are like as people. This can include any defining characteristic as long as it genuinely reflects who they are. Emphasize the idea that they should think of characteristics that reflect their true selves, not what they think people want to hear or what their image is. Give them five minutes to think.

Have everyone stand up and walk around the room asking other people open-ended questions and trying to identify the person who is most like them in the group. Allow for 15 or 20 minutes of people circulating and asking each other questions. When they're done have them go back to their original seats and ask them the following questions:

• What characteristics does the person who is like you possess that would make them a great part of a team?
• What other characteristics did you notice in people who weren't like you that might play a part in an effective team? 

The idea in this team building activity is for people to realize that teams are made up of people who aren't always the same as them and who aren't always on the same page. It also helps people highlight and support the things they have in common, the major point being that teams work better when we look for commonalities and ways we can work together. When people are done discussing the two questions ask the following one:

• How would you use the knowledge you've acquired in this activity to build a stronger team?

Write down the participants' ideas and discuss.

Take care,

Guy
Team Building