Instant Teamwork : Motivate and Energize Your Team Now!

by Clegg, Brian; Birch, Paul

• ISBN13: 9780749428044
• ISBN10: 074942804X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd

Summary

Praise and Reviews "A different and valuable collection." TRAINING OFFICEREvery team needs a kick-start now and then. Even the best group can be knocked off-course by a draining sense of 'been there, done that'. To combat such problems, this book provides an instant action kit bursting with exercises guaranteed to motivate and energize the most lethargic team. Full of simple but effective tricks and games, it has been cleverly crafted to provide ways of luring any group back to cohesion and creativity. Focusing on activities designed to produce an effect within five minutes, the authors offer fresh ideas for: ice-breakers; warm-ups; time-outs from busy sessions; props; technology. An inspirational handbook for team leaders, project managers, trainers and facilitators, this one-stop resource will transform the way a team is operating - in an instant!

Author Biography

Brian Clegg is a journalist and creativity consultant. Paul Birch is a creativity consultant and trainer.

Table of Contents

The need	1	(6)
`Instant teamwork'	3	(1)
You've been there	3	(1)
Synergy or disruption	3	(1)
The nature of the beast	4	(1)
`Instant' is essential	5	(1)
Silly games	5	(1)
The real thing	5	(2)
The exercises	7	(6)
What's inside	9	(1)
Where's the teamwork?	9	(1)
An artificial divide	9	(1)
Ice-breakers	9	(1)
Warm-ups	10	(1)
Time-outs	10	(1)
Preparation	11	(1)
Prizes	11	(2)
Ice-breakers	13	(20)
This is my friend	15	(1)
Tower of Babel	16	(1)
Yes!	17	(1)
Something for the weekend	18	(1)
Follow my leader	19	(1)
Spoon and string	20	(1)
Piggyback plus	21	(1)
Row of eyes	22	(1)
True and false	23	(1)
I am and I know	24	(1)
Pairing hands	25	(1)
Keys in the ring	26	(1)
String in the box	27	(1)
Trust me, I'll catch you	28	(1)
Sit on my lap	29	(1)
Sense and sensibility	30	(1)
You're an animal	31	(1)
You're great because...	32	(1)
Warm-ups	33	(28)
The paper-clip race	35	(1)
Balloon volleyball	36	(1)
The magic tunnel	37	(2)
Bursting with energy	39	(1)
On the square	40	(1)
Knots	41	(1)
Handcuffs	42	(1)
Makeover	43	(1)
Boy meets girl	44	(1)
Steeplechase	45	(1)
Circle of energy	46	(1)
Beam me up	47	(1)
One spare square	48	(1)
The people machine	49	(1)
Elastic band race	50	(1)
Sheepdog trials	51	(1)
Magic carpet	52	(1)
Balloon racing	53	(1)
Out for the count	54	(1)
Cow tails	55	(1)
Peer groups	56	(1)
Giants witches and dwarves	57	(1)
Such and blow	58	(1)
Magnet race	59	(2)
Time-outs	61	(20)
Towering	63	(1)
Ands	64	(1)
Tongue twisters	65	(1)
Buy me	66	(1)
Blindfold birthday	67	(1)
Animals	68	(1)
Ideas to get you fired	69	(1)
A to Z	70	(1)
Plane sailing	71	(1)
The wrong drawing	72	(1)
Abstract drawing	73	(1)
Magic square	74	(1)
Let me tell you a story	75	(1)
Navigator	76	(1)
PR from hell	77	(1)
Passing the buck	78	(1)
What a load of dross	79	(1)
Strange tools	80	(1)
Hi-tech and hi-prep	81	(16)
Here's one I made earlier	83	(1)
The preparation tool bag	83	(2)
People chain	85	(1)
Contract fishing	86	(1)
Surfing the net	87	(1)
Snapshots	88	(1)
Fontastic	89	(1)
Bomb alert	90	(1)
Rules rule	91	(1)
Racing demon	92	(1)
The web chain	93	(1)
Treasure hunt	94	(1)
Lego construction	95	(1)
Nonsense object	96	(1)
Other sources	97	(4)
Books	99	(1)
Web sources	100	(1)
Appendix: the selector	101
The random selector	103
Activities in teamwork order	105
Activities in ice-breaking order	107
Activities in energy order	109
Activities in creativity order	111
Activities in fun order	113
Activities in order of ease of preparation	115
Activities in order of running time	117