During the forming stage, team members will often work as individuals and be very task focused. To move beyond this stage, they will need to start to form interpersonal relationships and start to work together. A good way to seed this is with some team building, here are some suggested activities:
- Journey lines: With an A3 sheet of paper and some pens, each team member draws their journey from the point they think is most relevant (when they were born/left school/left university) to the point that they arrived in this room. Timebox the drawing for 15 minutes, and then ask each team member to present their journey line one-by-one. Allow each team member 5 minutes to present and 2 minutes for questions.
- Highs or ...