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Team Silliness

We had our Christmas lunch as a team today.

Every year we come up with some parody of a traditional game and play it as a team. Last year was Would I Lie to True? based on the BBC One panel comedy show Would I Lie to You?

This year was True the Keyhole a revamp of the classic 80s and 90s format Through the Keyhole where a presenter shows the audience around the home of a mystery celeb, and the panel (and audience at home) has to guess whose home it is.

These games seem silly, but they play a big role in building team cohesiveness and trust. I used to be more of a Scrooge, but I’m learning over time that by allowing people to be themselves outside of a work context, you learn more about how to get the best out of each other at work.

It takes a few hours to devise the game, the rules, for everyone to prep and to play it out. But that’s a very worthwhile few hours in my mind. If it means my team finds me 2% more approachable or they become 5% more willing to go above and beyond because they like the team they work with, the ROI is incredible.

Plus, who doesn't love playing games? Yes, I won one of the categories, but that's nothing to do with it ;)

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