Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers: 50 Exercises That Get Results in Just 15 Minutes

by Brian Cole Miller

Eliminate the need for time or resources on formal training and get your teams up and running themselves--with only minutes of prep.

Between workplace personnel being more culturally diverse than ever before, a generation of employees being raised attached to technology while avoiding human interaction, and an increasing culture of competitiveness that is constantly raising tensions between cubicles, it has become absolutely essential for managers to focus more on camaraderie and building team spirit.

Now in its second edition, Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers addresses the problems that drag down group productivity and helps

Collaborate successfullyCope with changeSolve problems togetherCommunicate better despite cultural and generational differencesBoost creativitLeverage diversityNurture healthy competitionEach of the 50 team-building activities in this invaluable resource takes only minutes to prep and uses only everyday office items to get its point across. In just 15 minutes a day, the results will be sullen teams find sparkle, nervous teams gain confidence, teams of strangers get to know one another.

There are even activities to help the virtual team! No one will be left out, and all with leave the activity feeling better about their team and their individual role within it.

Genres: Business, Leadership, Management, Reference, Nonfiction

189 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2003

About the author

BRIAN COLE MILLER is the principal of Working Solutions, Inc., a management training and consulting firm. He is the author of several books including Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers, More Quick Team-Building Activities for Busy Managers, and Keeping Employees Accountable for Results.

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Conceptually, I liked this book a lot. I was specifically looking forward to it because it mentioned tips for virtual teams.

Realistically, these activities (maybe 1 or 2 out of the 50) will actually work for me.

I know my circumstance is unique in that I am working with a very small, half remote and half local team but I was still hoping to find something for discussion points and found that most of these won't be used.

[Nada Abandah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this series a lot, and I use the majority of these games in training and meetings and even in team building and development workshops.

A must not only for managers, but also for trainers and consultants.

[Jennifer Parker · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked to first part of explaining how to use the materials and how to help keep an excerise from being a flop. what is also beneficial is a good portion of the exercises don't require any materials.

[Eric · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of quick and easy activities for meetings with good discussion about how to set it up, make it work, and mine it for useful learning.

[Donna Gregory · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found most of these exercises to be dated and stale, especially when working with boards.

[Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great team-building ideas that mostly stay away from stupid and annoying ones we've all done in the past. Lots of ideas to use, with specific objectives for each activity.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great, every facilitator must read. Managers should keep this and implement regularly.

[Mikhael De vera · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great reference for micro-team building. :)

[Thai · Rating 4 out of 5]

I am sure that I will incorporate these games with my training courses :)

[Diego F. · Rating 1 out of 5]

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