5 Team Building Ideas for Millennial Offices

Why are more and more corporate offices full of millennial employees resorting to team building tactics? Maybe because a carefully chosen team building activity can help foster healthy competition, increase employee satisfaction and help, well, build a team atmosphere. Want to bring this fun trend into your workplace? Here are five team building ideas that work great for millennial employees:

Volunteer

Nothing brings millennials together more than working to create a better society, which is why volunteering in the community is the ideal team building activity for this generation. Many members of this generation are passionate about social or environmental issues, meaning there are endless opportunities to schedule a day of volunteering that would get everyone on the team excited. To drum up more excitement, get the team together and ask for their thoughts on what kind of volunteering activity everyone should do. Have them share what causes are close to their heart, and see if they have any contacts with local organizations.

Scavenger Hunts

Want to spark a little friendly competition in the office? Plan a scavenger hunt for your team to take up a slow afternoon. Divide your millennials into teams, and have them work together to solve riddles and clues, leading them on a hunt for certain items. This fun and active game will help millennials develop the communication skills needed to effectively work together as a team. Plus, it allows millennials to flex their creative muscles as they try to quickly solve the riddles and complete the task.

Egg Drop

Another way to get millennials to put on their creative hats while working together towards a common goal? The egg drop team building activity, where teams are tasked with the challenge of figuring out how to build a device that will protect an egg when dropped from great heights. As the teams work together, as a manager, stand back and see who naturally takes on which role in the group as a way to get an accurate peek at employee’s true work habits.

Two Truths and A Lie

Have you brought on a number of new employees to the team, whether they came from other departments or outside the organization? Setting up a team building activity such as the Two Truths and A Lie game is a perfect way for everyone to get to know each other. Have each employee stand in front of the rest of the team and say three statements about themselves, two of which are true and one which is a lie. The other team members must try to guess which of the statements is a lie, creating a fun and lively atmosphere as everyone learns fun facts about each other.

Karaoke Night

Take a break from the stresses of client calls and distributor meetings and shake things up with some fun! Getting millennials to stand up in front of their peers and let loose is a great way for everyone to let their guard down, so hosting a karaoke night might be just what your office needs. All you have to do to make this team-building activity a reality is to rent a karaoke machine and schedule a few hours in the afternoon or after work for the team to get together! Although this doesn’t require the brainstorming and problem solving skills of some of the other team building activities, it helps to create long-lasting memories and a deep bond among your team.

What do you think about using team building activities in an office with millennial employees? Are they effective or ineffective in building better relationships with co-workers? Tell us your experiences in the comments below!

The post 5 Team Building Ideas for Millennial Offices appeared first on Lifehack.