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Teamwork Games: Yes!

Preparation: None
Running time: One minute
Environment: Enough open space for all participants to stand in a circle.
Team: Single group, no restrictions.

Get everyone to stand in a circle holding hands. Ask them to crouch down. Explain that you are going to say ‘yes’, ‘yes’, ‘yes’ rhythmically, each time getting slightly louder and slightly until you end up with the group jumping into the air shouting ‘YES!”. Do it.

Feedback:

Explain that this probably makes them feel very silly – and that’s not a bad thing. There are two reasons for this. One is that we often feel silly when coming up with new ideas and original thinking. As you want them to be original and innovative, they need to overcome this resistance to feeling silly. Practice helps – this is a primer in silliness.

The second reason for undertaking the exercise is to put the group into a more positive frame of mind. Even if the participants feel absolutely ludicrous, they will get a warm glow and a feeling of shared purpose out of the totally positive nature of the content.

Outcome:

As with many ice-breakers, there are warm-up and time-out components here. It is important that you give the feedback explaining the reasoning, otherwise some participants (particularly from feeling-suppressive cultures) will feel negative about it. Given that feedback, you should have introduced some energy, made them aware of a possible creativity killer and brought them closer together.

Variations:

It is a good move to repeat the exercise after the feedback. Now that the participants know the reasons behind what they are doing, they will feel more positive and get more of the exercise. This variation is positively recommended, if time is available (this is, after all, a very quick exercise.)

To enhance the ice-breaking aspect you can have everyone’s name stuck on them as they take part – the situation will to some extent reinforce retention of names.

Great teamwork games can boost the teamwork and team spirit of your network. If you are doing network marketing offline or organizing any outings for your network, you can consider playing games like the above to connect your network together.

A great book to take reference from is Instant Teamwork: Motivate and Energize Your Team Now! by Brian Clegg and Paul Birch.

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