Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I. Getting Ready -- CHAPTER 1. How to Run a Successful Team-Building Activity -- STEP 1. BEFORE: SELECT AN ACTIVITY THAT'S GOOD FOR YOUR TEAM -- STEP 2. BEFORE: PREPARE FOR YOUR TEAM-BUILDING ACTIVITY -- STEP 3. DURING: EXPLAIN THE ACTIVITY TO THE TEAM -- STEP 4. DURING: CHECK FOR UNDERSTANDING BEFORE BEGINNING -- STEP 5. DURING: RUN THE ACTIVITY -- STEP 6. DURING: DEBRIEF THE ACTIVITY -- STEP 7. AFTER: REINFORCE THE LEARNING BACK ON THE JOB -- CHAPTER 2. What Could Go Wrong in a Team-Building Activity -- Part II. The Activities -- CHAPTER 3. Communication: Listening and Influencing -- 2 NEGOTIATION -- CARD TRIANGLES -- LISTEN UP -- ME, MYSELF, AND I -- ORIGAMI -- SHARED VALUES -- WASHING MACHINES -- CHAPTER 4. Connecting: Getting to Know Each Other -- A DAY IN THE LIFE . . . -- GOSSIP TIME -- HUMAN BILLBOARDS -- MY N.A.M.E. -- A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS -- RATHER THAN -- READY, SET, REORGANIZE! -- SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES -- SWEET STORIES -- CHAPTER 5. Cooperation: Working Together as a Team -- CATCH! -- PASS THE CARD -- POPCORN -- PUZZLED -- SILENCE IS GOLDEN -- STAR POWER -- TIED! -- UNITED HEARTS -- CHAPTER 6. Coping: Dealing with Change -- CHANGE TIME LINE -- GUESS AND SWITCH -- INDEX TOWERS -- MACHINES -- MAKEOVERS -- NUMBERS -- PUZZLED THUMBS -- SIMON SEZ -- WRONG-HANDED PICTURE -- CHAPTER 7. Creativity: Solving Problems Together -- SEVEN HANDS -- BALLOON SCULPTURES -- CARD STACK -- CONSULTANTS -- IMPROVE THIS -- ONE-WORDED STORIES -- PAPER SHUFFLE -- CHAPTER 8. Teamwork: Appreciating and Supporting Each Other -- BLAME GAME -- BUT NOTHING (FEEDBACK) -- BUT NOTHING (IDEAS) -- FIRST IMPRESSIONS -- JUNK TO JEWELS -- KUDOS -- LABELS -- RAINBOW OF DIVERSITY -- WHAT I LIKE ABOUT ME -- ZYX -- Index -- About the Author.