Table of Contents

Icebreakers and Teambuilding Exercises
Author: Greg P. Smith
Spiral-bound soft cover, 77 pages

Section 1 - Quick and Easy Team Icebreakers

Twenty-seven different activities to help you keep meetings and your teams energized including:

  • A Great Day for Hats!

  • Letters and Names

  • This is Ridiculous!

  • The Napkin Game

  • Name that Person Ball Toss

  • This Is Me!

  • Introduce the Person Next To You

  • Yep

  • Want Ads

  • Toilet Paper Tango

  • Truths or Consequences

  • Secret Agent

  • Role the Die

  • Empty Chair

  • Playing Card Introductions

  • Personal Emblems

  • Team Crests

Section 2 - Creative Brainstorming Icebreakers

  • Dollar Exchange Idea

  • A Bag Full of Money

  • Story Boards

  • The World's Best Place to Work

  • The Car

Section 3 - Communication Icebreakers

  • The Paper Communication Exercise

  • Can You Follow Directions?

  • Balloon Game

Section 4. Problem Solving Icebreakers

Many different exercises to help people brainstorm and think creatively including: 

  • Reverse Brainstorming

  • Gordon/Little Group Technique

  • Advantages/Disadvantages

  • Consensus Mapping

  • Nominal Group Technique

  • Osborn's Brainstorming

Section 5 - Team Building Icebreakers

Several stimulating exercises designed to get groups of people working together. Each exercise lasts 15-45 minutes.

  • Co-Operation

  • Crash in Piranha Valley

  • Puzzle

  • Golf Ball in the Bag

  • Space Mission to the Moon

  • Torpedo Weapons Loading Exercise

  • Scavenger Hunt

  • Terrorist Toxic Explosive Situation - A fun and suspenseful situation where your team has 30 minutes to "decontaminate" a container of "explosive" popcorn. They can only use equipment you provide.

Section 6 - Teambuilding Case Studies

Five case studies to help your team sharpen their problem-solving and analytical skills. I have used Heartbreak Hotel to train people to identify leadership problems and customer service breakdowns.

  • Heartbreak Hotel

  • Can You Help Mary?

  • Dictator or Delegator?

  • BOHICA Airline Company

  • What Good Managers Must Do

Section 7 - Funny Stories Icebreakers

Funny stories to use in your training programs you can read to your group that will keep them in stitches.  Great openers or closers for speeches or training programs.

  • The Art of Raising Pigs

  • New Restroom Policy

  • Guidelines for Casual Dress Days