Team Building Activity: Guess Who I Am

This team building activity is about people connecting with each other by asking open-ended questions. Ask people to get into pairs to work with each other. Then walk them through the following steps:

1. Have them choose an interviewer and interviewee.
2. Remind the participants that the goal in this activity is to find out who the person really is, not their work persona, but what's really important to them and makes them tick.
3. The interviewer is allowed to ask any open-ended question that comes to mind (remind people to keep it clean and respectful). After asking the question, the interviewer listens to the answer without interrupting or commenting in any way. Once the interviewee is done answering the question fully then the interviewer can move on to the next question.
4. Start the activity and allow ten minutes for the interview.

After the interview, debrief by asking the following questions:

• What did you notice about this activity?
• What did you learn about the person?
• What worked in the activity, what didn't?
• How does this apply to team building?

The goal in this activity is for people to experience what it's like to get to know someone on a deeper level. The activity builds team cohesiveness by encouraging people to bond more meaningfully and move beyond superficial interactions. The debriefing part helps people focus on the team building aspect. You may also expand this activity by having the people switch roles.

Take care,

Guy
Team Building