3 Fresh, Fun Ideas to Bring Your Team TogetherAdmit it -- trust falls have gotten a little cliche.
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Are your team-building go-tos stale?Likely.Freshen up with these action-packed adventures.
Kitchen Cookoff
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After camera companyLytrorestructured, employees needed some bonding time. The Mountain View, Calif.-based team headed to the Kitchen Challenge atParties That Cook, a competition inspired byIron ChefandChopped. "It really played to so many different types of personalities," says Lytro HR manager Jenny Garcia. After judging, teammates feasted on their meals over wine. "It was one of the most popular things we've ever done."
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Locked Up
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Escape rooms -- those self-contained scavenger hunts in which puzzles are solved in order for participants to break free -- are good for more than just birthday parties: They're also a way for colleagues with diverse skill sets to collaborate. "Our brains all work in different ways," says research scientist Amanda Weidner, who took her team of faculty and staff from the University of Washington to Seattle'sPuzzle Break. "Even if you weren't the puzzle solver, you still had a role and felt like you contributed."
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Survivor: Corporate Edition
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Patrón took employees to Las Vegas'Camp Rhinofor an obstacle course, putting staffers through a gauntlet of challenges such as hanging rings, climbing walls and tire rolls. The intensity has its advantages: "If somebody couldn't do the monkey bars, another team member would hold their legs and help them," says Melissa Aupperle, VP of operations forDestinations By Design, who organized the activity for Patrón. "It was more strategizing how to get everyone through as opposed to finding their strongest players."
