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This progressive team-building activity cultivates trust and cooperation through escalating group challenges. Everybody Up creates a powerful learning experience as participants discover the importance of timing, balance and mutual support. The fun team-building exercise requires no props, making it ideal for various settings. Perfect for corporate workshops or training programs, this physical team-building activity generates meaningful connections while providing valuable insights about teamwork that participants can immediately apply in their workplace.
Everybody Up – Progressive Team-Building Activity
- Form into pairs, preferably with someone of the same size.
- Each pair sits facing one another, the balls of their feet touching, knees bent and hands tightly grasping their partner in front of them.
- From this seated position, invite each pair to simultaneously lift themselves into an upright standing position.
- Next, ask two successful pairs to join hands and attempt the same task as a group of four people.
- Then challenge two groups of four people to become a group of eight people, etc.
- Finally, the whole group connects with one another, and attempts to lift themselves off the ground simultaneously.
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