Team Building: Insert Groans now?
The best team building activities are the ones that no-one realises are team building activities.
Too many team building activities put people off right from the start. They’re often competitive. They single people out, let people dominate and let others hide. They give people who have done them before, or have prior knowledge, an advantage. They often reinforce existing team dynamics instead of creating new interactions. Other team building activities are fun- great fun- but don’t achieve anything for your team in how they work together. Throwing an axe is a lot of fun and you can have a competition doing it- but it’s not going to build your team. Building a raft in six teams is great fun but only one team wins.
Nashville Nights on the other hand is a totally unique team building experience.
The centre piece of Nashville Nights is The TailGators. The band gets the party going with great music and then seamlessly slips into calling– teaching– dances. Barn dances, line dances, square dances, bush dances.
The amazing thing is that your team- before they know it- will be dancing together. And that, is a team building activity that is truly unique.
It’s not competitive. It doesn’t single anyone out. It doesn’t let anyone dominate or disappear. It gets everyone mixing with each other. And it gets everyone working together by dancing together.
We have done countless nights for teams and the results and feedback is consistently amazing. You simply will not find another team building activity that is as fun and effective at developing team dynamics.