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Group of people traversing an area of ropes laying on the ground, in team-building group initiative called Watch Your Step

Watch Your Step

Progressively challenging group initiative using ropes.

  • Graduated challenges
  • Promotes collaboration
  • Fosters communication
  • Multiple solutions
  • Powerful metaphors

Step-by-Step Instructions

  1. In advance, scatter at least a dozen ropes in a random criss-cross pattern with a clear start and finish line.
  2. Announce a series of challenges in which every person will cross the space without touching the rope.
  3. To start, cross the space as individuals, then connected to a partner, and finally, connected as a whole team.
  4. The group must be connected (as pairs, quads, or a whole team) at all times, otherwise, they are required to start over.
  5. Invite everyone to cross again – as individuals, pairs, and a whole team – with more challenging parameters, such as:
    – Each person may only contact the ground with his or her hands and feet;
    – Both hands and feet (per person) must be used before repeating the use of either hand or foot;
    – Only one hand or foot may occupy a space defined by the rope.
  6. Allow ample time for problem-solving, trial and error and processing (as appropriate.)

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Comments (1)

  1. David Piang-Nee

    Love the sequential flow of this activity. Great way of illustrating how something that may be simple can then become more complex as a team grows or more parts, challenges or elements are involved.

    Creates conversations around what might be required for the task to keep going, what strategies might need to be used and also encourage for more creative solution to be implemented.

    Conversations around leadership, effective communication and keeping in touch with all involved, shared responsibilities of the team may also become relevant to the debrief on observations that the groups may make.

    Taking in but not assuming the ability of individual team members, choosing an inclusive variant would be great. If not possible, there is also a conversation around that as well… Very powerful activity indeed.

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