Here's how you can create a successful team-building exercise for developing leaders.

To create a successful team-building exercise for developing leaders, start by defining clear goals, such as enhancing communication, fostering collaboration, or improving problem-solving. Design activities that align with these objectives, like role-playing scenarios, trust-building exercises, or strategic challenges. Ensure diversity in tasks to cater to different leadership styles. Provide opportunities for reflection and feedback after each activity to reinforce learning. Incorporate real-world problems to enhance relevance.

In order to create a successful team-building exercise in order to develop leaders your first step should be to define the goals. As a leader you must pick if you are wanting to enhance productivity, communication, improve problem-solving, etc. By setting goals that are specific and measurable you are able to provide direction to your team and help them become closer to success. These goals that you are building must align with the organisation's overall objectives.

It all comes down to your “Why.” If you don’t know why you’re doing this, and what you aim to achieve, it’ll fall flat. Start by figuring out your why. And consider involving your team in the process, if appropriate.

O primeiro caminho para se ter uma equipe é saber o por que? para que? para quem? o que ela vai entregar? e o principal, como será entregue? O como define quem? sabendo o como será feito definirá o perfil e a escolha se tornará mais simples.

An out of the box idea for an exercise is a ‘Leadership Escape Room’. This activity combines the thrill of escape rooms with leadership development. Design a crisis or disaster scenario where the organization’s operations are disrupted. The participants have 60 mins to ‘solve’ multiple puzzles and challenges - because why make it easy ??. This focuses on collaboration, strategic thinking, and decision making under pressure. Tailor the challenges to reflect real workplace issues, promoting practical problem solving skills. Debrief afterwards to highlight key learning points and how they can be applied to actual work scenarios. This experience fosters teamwork, and also enhances leadership capabilities in a dynamic and engaging way.

To create a successful, inclusive team-building exercise for developing leaders, set clear goals, such as enhancing communication and collaboration. Design activities that cater to various leadership styles and perspectives, and ensure diverse tasks and participants. Use real-world problems for relevance, and provide reflection periods. Foster an environment where all feel comfortable sharing ideas, encourage active participation, and celebrate each member's unique strengths.

De gran utilidad de acuerdo a mi experiencia es oir y/o visualizar todos los elementos componentes de todas las opiniones sobre el caso de estudio, por que en cuanto sea más amplio el abanico de posibles soluciones al caso de estudio, dará la oportunidad a ponderar una solución bien ponderada que sea más adecuada según las circunstancias. Ello representa la inclusión de todos los interesados en aportar la posible solución.

Challenging comfort is great for development of team building and is even easier when you have this instilled already in your team culture. The exercise you are implementing should challenge participants to step outside of their comfort zones and beyond their usual roles and behaviours. You must ensure you are embracing failure as a team, taking risks and continuously supporting one another all the time. When your team feel respected and supported they are more likely to go beyond their comfort zones.

Challenging comfort zones is great for team building but it’s far easier if you already have this type of culture. Make sure you’re embracing failure as a team, taking risks, and supporting one another year-round. A culture like this makes moving beyond comfort zones much easier.

Action Learning Coaching is a great way to increase the "stickiness" of a learning event. Create peer cohorts of 6 with an L&D team member as facilitator. Schedule cohort meetings for 2 hours once a month for 6 months. Each meeting, 3 people will have an opportunity to be coached for 30 minutes. The "client" presents a challenge they're facing as a leader related to topics covered in the program. The other participants (coaches) actively listen/ask questions to elicit insights (no advice or solutions). The "client" commits to an action they will take before the next meeting. At the next meeting, they present what worked, what didn't and what they learned. Over time, their new learnings are integrated into their daily work lives and "stick."

A successful team-building exercise for budding leaders isn't just about fun and games. It's about fostering an environment of sustained learning. Incorporate challenges that require collaboration, problem-solving, and adaptability to mirror real-world leadership scenarios. Debriefing is crucial. Encourage reflection on individual and team performance, highlighting successes and areas for improvement. This reinforces the learning process and promotes a growth mindset, essential traits for any aspiring leader.

I don’t know how many of you are familiar with the concept of role rotation, but we’ve been practicing this for quite some time and it's a practice worth considering. Role rotation involves periodically switching job roles within a team or organization. This exercise helps individuals gain a broader understanding of different functions, develop new skills, and become more adaptable. By stepping into various roles, employees can better appreciate their colleagues' challenges and contributions, leading to better and stronger working relationships.

Reflecting on #corevalues as part of leadership development is a powerful tool for connecting leaders and for building trust through an exchange on what they deeply care about. When facilitating team building sessions for leaders, I ensure to include practical exercises on core values early on in the programme.

A team-building exercise is one where the team gets to know themselves and each other to improve emotional intelligence, relationships, and an empathetic team environment. In this exercise, the leaders will practice recognizing and managing their own emotions, as well as understanding and influencing the emotions of others. An example of the exercise is two leaders role-playing a disagreement about a project timeline. One plays the role of a manager pushing for an earlier deadline, while the other plays a team leader concerned about team burnout. The objective is to recognize emotions such as frustration and concern and practice communicating them effectively while finding a resolution that considers both perspectives.

How about an innovation challenge - if that's a mindset you want to foster in leaders. Try this: Present the team with a seemingly impossible task or scenario related to your industry (e.g., "Develop a new product using only recycled materials"). Challenge: Set a time limit for coming up with creative solutions. Encourage out-of-the-box thinking and collaboration. This exercise fosters innovation, strategic thinking, and resourcefulness within the team. It allows leaders to observe their team's creative problem-solving skills and delegation strategies. I've used it a few times now where teams seem to be stuck in the same problem! And you can have fun with it ! It also allows you to see future talent in the arena of innovation :)

Existen valiosas metodologías con ejercicios exitosos de formación de equipos y desarrollo de líderes. Te voy contar la que la experiencia puso en mi camino. En el a?o 2004, tuve la oportunidad de conocer la metodología DiSC. Ahí me di cuenta que es clave para un líder conocer su estilo de comportamiento y el de otros. Esta metodología luego se transformó en Everything DiSC Workplace, haciendo énfasis en comunicación. Como sabes, esta habilidad es clave para liderar. Finalmente, hace 4 a?os, conocí el modelo de Patrick Lencioni sobre los 5 comportamientos de los equipos cohesivos. Lo interesante, es que esto último se integró con Everything DiSC Workplace. Con una solución ahora puedes darle a varios pájaros de un solo tiro.