Whether you want an outdoor adventure, a high-powered corporate retreat or simply a fun day away from the office, Phoenix offers team building activities your team should enjoy. The experience can help improve communication, trust, motivation and productivity within your team. A large city with a warm climate, Arizona's state capital has plenty of options--indoor, outdoor, sporty or artistic. Go team!
Outdoor Activities
Many companies located an easy drive from the central city offer corporate team building events. Popular activities include horse riding, rope challenges and golf. Western Destinations offers "Western Experience" team building excursions. Based at Canyon Creek Ranch, the company provides customized programs involving activities such as tee-pee building, horse riding, cattle drive, foot rodeo and fence building. Friendly Pines Camp in Prescott near Phoenix is available for rent. It has ball fields, a challenge course with climbing wall, a volleyball court and a large barbecue area.
Indoor Activities
For the benefits of air conditioning if your event is in summertime try bowling, paintball or laser tag. Take a trip to Dave and Busters, where you can combine a meal with arcade games that can get your team having fun together. For the more adventurous, F1 Race Factory is an indoor go-karting destination with a rock wall and meeting rooms. F1 offers corporate packages. Look into indoor gyms with rock walls that welcome groups.
Non-Sporting Activities
Try cooking classes, theater games or drumming to encourage your team to bond. Sur la Table and Whisked Away in Scottsdale offer cooking classes for small team building groups, while the Torch Theatre can cater for groups. The Drum Cafe holds regular corporate events in Phoenix and Scottsdale.
DIY Team Building
You can make up some inexpensive, fun activities. Divide your group into small teams before setting them loose on the city to take part in a scavenger hunt with clues and challenges--think "The Amazing Race," on a smaller scale. Socializing is a good way of getting your team to bond, so rent a room at a restaurant or pub. Add a pub quiz.
Specialized Team Building Companies
Companies whose business consists of providing team building events will give you a choice of venues or let you choose your own and will work with you to provide activities and games for your event. Venture Up offers corporate boot camps and cowboy cookouts and has access to private wilderness areas as well as resorts and hotels. Team Bonding offers more than 75 customized programs both indoor or outdoor, ranging from role-play mysteries to cooking challenges and even virtual events or team building for dispersed members.
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