re: Teambuilding suggestions

Honestly you don’t build a team with team building exercises. You build a team by working together and building trust with each other everyday, involving members in discussions and decisions (whether their input matters or not), promoting a We mentality, etc.

If you are going to go the cliched team building outing route, the first step to team building is to let the team pick where and what together as a team. You need to be seen as a leader, not the decider of everything. Even if they pick something shitty and everyone has a shitty time, they made the choice together. They will be closer as a team than if you said on xyz day we are going to do xyz as a team building exercise.

If you truly want a team, be a leader. You manage job duties, you lead people.