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Title & Description
Free Team Building Activities – Creating a Team Mission Statement is a group activity meant to find out the common purpose of existence of the group through the team members. You can read more about creating a team mission statement here as well.
Purpose
• For discovering the purpose of existence of a group
• For teams to understand the value of mission statement creation.
• To train participants in write mission statements
Team Size
About 6-8 participants
Materials Required
Creating a Team Mission Statement Sheet (Download HERE!)
Evaluating a Team Mission Statement Sheet (Download HERE!)
Time Required
1 hour
Instructions
1. Get everyone seated in a U-shape.
2. Begin the session with a short talk about the importance of a team mission statement, and state that the objective in the session is to create a mission statement for the team.
3. Begin the session by asking everyone to write down what they believe should be the mission statement of the organization.
4. There will be helpful leading questions in the form: Creating a Team Mission Statement.
5. After about 20 minutes, get each individual to present their ideas on the team mission statement with their views.
6. The facilitator should place some key points or good statements on the flip chart/board.
7. The group will go into discussion and brainstorm the best mission statement, which is usually a hybrid of the individual mission statements.
8. When everyone has presented, use the Evaluating a Team Mission Statement Sheet to evaluate the mission statement.
9. The team will talk through the questions one by one and further refine the statement until everyone is fully satisfied with the final mission statement.
Debriefing Notes
1. Does everyone enthusiastically agree with the corporate goals that are set?
2. Does everyone in the group know their exact role in making sure the goals come to pass? You can do a round the table check by asking each participant about this.
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More Free Team
Building Activities
Exercise #1: Building a Team Mission Statement
Create a team mission statement together with your team, and evaluate it together.
Exercise #2: Vision Setting
Set long term visions with your team.
Exercise #3: Values Definition
Create a set of organizational values that everyone in your team believes in.
Exercise #4: Goal Setting
Set SMART Goals to be achieved in the period ahead with the team.
Exercise #5: Expectation Management
Set standards and expectations together with your team.
Exercise #6: Problem Solving
Understand the problem solving methods of your team and how you can improve on them.
Exercise #7: Team Self-Evaluation
Evaluate the team’s progress together and see how you can work together to become better.
Exercise #8: Understanding the Team
A FREE DISC personality test for the team to understand each other’s working style.
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