Templates
Team building templates
Short activities that warm a group up or close a session well: check-in and check-out rounds, games that get people talking, and boards for saying thanks. Most take ten minutes or less.
18 free templates · Editable · Works with Claude and ChatGPT
All 18 team building templates
Rose, thorn, bud
A quick round where everyone shares a highlight, a struggle and something just starting to grow.
Superpowers and weak spots
Team members share what they’re great at and where they’d love help, so the team knows who to ask for what.
Check-out round
Close a meeting or workshop so nothing is left unsaid: one takeaway, one open question and how people are leaving.
Team bingo
A getting-to-know-you game: find a teammate who matches each square and write their name in it.
Gratitude round
A short round where people thank someone for something specific they did, read aloud to them.
Check-in round
Open a meeting so everyone has spoken once in the first five minutes: a choice of short check-in questions with example answers.
Two truths and a lie
Each person writes three statements about themselves, one of them false; the team guesses which before the reveal.
Working with me
A one-page guide to how you work best: hours, communication, feedback and the things that drain you, for teammates to read.
Kudos wall
A board for saying thank you in public: help that unblocked you, quiet work that mattered, someone who made the week better.
Hopes and concerns
At the start of a project or workshop, everyone names what they hope for and what worries them, then the team agrees what would help.
Team trading cards
Everyone makes a card about themselves: a superpower, what fuels them and a topic to ask them about. Good for new or growing teams.
This or that
A playful 2×2 where everyone places their name: early bird or night owl, planner or improviser. A fast way to see the team’s mix.
Team journey line
Walk back through a project phase by phase, marking the highs and lows people felt, to celebrate and learn before the next one.
Class morning meeting
Start the school day together in four short parts: a greeting, a few shares, a quick group activity and the message for the day.
Class agreements
The class writes its own agreements for listening, helping, disagreeing and getting unstuck, in words students choose.
Team offsite planner
Plan an offsite people are glad they went to: purpose, outcomes, sessions, logistics and what happens after.
Wellbeing check-in
A gentle team check-in on workload, energy and support, with room for people to say what would help.
Energy curve retro
Map how the team’s energy rose and fell across a project, and what drove each high and low.
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