METALOG training tools

The Project. Sometimes, team members have the feeling they’re getting in each other’s way when they’re looking for solutions to problems. This often results in going-it-alone-ism and a lack of coordination. With Teambalken your delegates experience closeup that “working together” means much more than just working on the same project and at the same time.
By the way, Teambalken is an excellent ice-breaking tool in a seminar and helps the delegates to become comfortable with each other.

How It’s Done. Ask the group to stand on the beam in alphabetical order according to the first letters of their last names.
All should be facing in the same direction, with their shoulders touching. Then, give them their task: to rearrange themselves on the beam according to their first names – without, of course, touching the ground. Any breach of this rule is sanctioned in a way you and the group see fit. Usually, what you’ll see first is a number of attempts where delegates seek to move around with as little physical contact as possible. As this quickly proves highly ineffective, the delegates realise that touching and stabilising each other is essential in order to accomplish their task.
On the Teambalken creative ideas and strategies abound, and the group is literally drawn much closer together. If you wish to up the difficulty level a notch, have the group perform the activity using only nonverbal communication. Teambalken consists of five individual parts that can be linked together for adapting to seminar groups of varying sizes.

Safety Advice: All delegates should ideally be wearing shoes with
flat soles to prevent slipping. Alternatively, Teambalken can be
done without shoes.