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An easy team building exercise you can use to get to know your fellow coworkers.
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LINE UPTeam-Building Exercise
Duration: 20-30 minutes
Participants: 5-10
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INSTRUCTIONS
Participants will form a series of single-file lines according to the specified criteria of each challenge.
The designated starting and ending points for each line should span the length of the room.
Pay attention to any additional challenges or discussion points.
Most importantly...
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EXAMPLE Line up in alphabetical order by first name.
STARTING POINT (*): The letter “A”
ENDING POINT (^): The letter “Z”
Identify the starting and ending point in your room (* and ^):
* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ^
An example line up might look like:* --- (Brian) ---- (Heather) --- (Mark)(Mary) ------ (Sarah) ---- (Wayne) -- ^
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#1 - GEOGRAPHY
Line up according to who lives, geographically, the furthest away from this room.
STARTING POINT: You live in the room.
ENDING POINT: You live on the opposite side of the planet (or in
outerspace).
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#2 – YEARS OF SERVICE
Line up according to number of years with this organization. Added challenge: You can’t say any numbers.
STARTING POINT: Today is your first day.
ENDING POINT: You’ve been here since it began.
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#3 - BIRTHDAY
Line up according to birthday (not year, but the day of the year you were born, e.g. February 11). Added challenge: You can’t speak at all.
STARTING POINT: January 1
ENDING POINT: December 31
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#4 - BOOKWORM
Line up according to how much you love to read. Added challenge: Use your height to depict the
number of hours per week you read. Your actual height represents 7 hours (e.g. if you read 3.5 hours, you would bend down halfway).
Discussion: What is your favorite thing to read?
STARTING POINT: Would rather die than read.
ENDING POINT: Would rather read than do anything else in the
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#5 - HEIGHT
Line up according to height. Added challenge: You must keep your eyes
closed. Discussion: How tall do you wish you were?
STARTING POINT: Shortest.
ENDING POINT: Tallest.
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#6 - CHILDHOOD
Line up according to how happy you were as a 10 year old. Discussion: Why?
STARTING POINT: It was the happiest time of your life.
ENDING POINT: It was the worst time of your life.
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#7 - FEAR
Line up according to how much you fear death. Discussion: What is one thing on your bucket
list?
STARTING POINT: Don’t fear it at all.
ENDING POINT: Think about it every day.
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#8 - FEEDBACK
Line up according to how much you liked this exercise. Added challenge: Be honest. Discussion: Why?
STARTING POINT: Loved it; One of the greatest activities I’ve done.
ENDING POINT: Hated it; Would have rather played 2 Truths and
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CREDITS
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Photos from sxc.hu
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