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Fun Competition and Bonding
Don’t settle for a run-of-the-mill team building exercise when you can have a fully professionally-facilitated team building program experience! Our corporate team building activities are designed to:
- Enhance individual and team growth
- Improve stronger connections within the team
- Strengthen your team’s bond, trust, cohesiveness, and communication
- Provide key insights and applicable skill sets amongst your teammates
BEST has delivered corporate team building activities to thousands of corporate companies with 30 to over 6,000 participants. Whether your team is gathered in-person or online, our lineup of the most popular in-person and virtual corporate team building programs has the BEST solution for every team and goal.
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A Minute 2 Win It!
As seen on the popular TV game show, and adapted for team play, your group will participate in rounds of fast-paced tabletop challenges. The competition heats up as one-minute games are practiced and scored using commonplace items like pencils, plastic cups and a deck of cards. Teams will cheer and have a blast as they vie to be named A Minute 2 Win It! Champions!
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Speed Networking
Speed Networking is a fast-paced, conversation-driven experience designed to spark new connections, enhance team chemistry, and get your group communicating across roles and departments. Ideal for both internal team building and multi-company events, this interactive format blends playful competition with purposeful discussion in a lively, rotating setup.
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Igniting Team Performance®
This exclusive training will guide your team through a progressive series of engaging initiatives followed by rich processing discussions focused on high-performing teams. Throughout the program, demonstrated skills are acknowledged while areas for improvement are identified and immediately applied during subsequent activities. Igniting Team Performance® will enhance individual and team performance in the workplace.
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Competition to Collaboration®
Our engaging, trademarked training program that highlights the positive impacts of organizational synergy, both in sharing best practices and celebrating your colleagues’ successes. It begins with two sub-teams completing various challenges separately, attempting to improve their own performance and reaching goals for the other team to beat. This is followed by a surprise twist that reinforces the message of team collaboration.
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Team Olympics
Go for the gold with Team Olympics, a high-energy program that combines athletic-inspired team challenges with spirited collaboration and friendly competition. Whether hosted indoors or outdoors, this program is a surefire way to ignite energy, camaraderie, and lasting team pride.
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Bridge to the Future
In this collaborative event, teams work together to build an actual bridge that has the strength to support the weight of the entire group. There are two amazing aspects of this project. Each section of the bridge will be an independent artistic representation of your future mission and goals AND the principal building materials of the structure are cardboard and duct tape!
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Go-Kart Competition
Put the pedal to the metal and get your group fired up with Go-Kart Competition, a high-octane event where teams turn into competing pit crews and drivers – designing and building their own self-powered go-karts to race to the finish line. Promoting teamwork, creative originality and hilarious fun, this event is a winner no matter which go-kart comes in first.
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Crack the Case!®
Crack the Case!® is a thrilling mystery-themed team building experience that challenges your group to work together, think critically, and collaborate across teams to uncover clues and solve a final case. With engaging puzzles, unexpected twists, and a dramatic group finale, this detective-style adventure inspires connection and creative problem-solving in a fast-paced, interactive format.
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Corporate Survivor
Test your team’s physical grit, mental agility, and group strategy in Corporate Survivor – a dynamic series of team-building challenges loosely inspired by the hit reality TV show. Designed to push collaboration, communication, and trust to the limit, this high-energy program brings out competitive spirits in a fun, structured, and unforgettable way.
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Momentum
Momentum is an inventive team building event where each sub-team will be tasked with designing and building a Rube Goldberg-style chain reaction machine to accomplish a simple task. Teams must collaborate and strategize together to not only create a successful contraption but also to out-design other teams and ultimately be declared the Momentum champions!
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Record Breakers
You’ve heard the expression “Let’s kick it up a notch.” Record Breakers is an adrenaline-charged team competition with six unique challenges designed to test your group’s efficiency, collaboration, and precision under pressure. Every repetition is a chance to raise the bar. The race isn’t just against your last best effort — it’s competing against the best posted scores by every team in the room!
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Mavericks Murder Mystery
Mavericks Murder Mystery is a groundbreaking immersive team building game that combines virtual and augmented reality with classic detective-style gameplay. In this innovative format, teams of amateur sleuths must collaborate to unravel a complex murder case using high-tech VR crime scene exploration and AR evidence to crack the case before time runs out.
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Catapult
Put your team’s creativity, collaboration, and accuracy to the test in Catapult, a high—energy team—building experience in which groups design, build, and compete with their own working launchers. This hands-on construction challenge fuels innovation and friendly rivalry while bringing teams together for a shared mission of design, experimentation, and success.
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Fiesta Fun!
Fiesta Fun! is a delicious and exciting recipe contest where your teams will combine creativity with culinary skill to make their own brand of Salsa, Guacamole and Golden Margaritas! Experience the sights, sounds and flavor of Mexico with the beat of Mexican music setting the stage for this gastronomical team builder. Once the creations are finished, it’s on to the judges table to see who will win the medal for best taste, creativity and presentation.
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Corporate Canvas
Corporate Canvas is a collaborative art-based team building program. In this creative experience, participants contribute their own brushstrokes and signatures to a large-scale company mural designed to reflect your brand, values, and team spirit.
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Race Car Rally
Race Car Rally is a high-energy, collaborative team building event where creativity meets competition. Teams build and customize their own mini race cars – crafted on official LEGO® car platforms – then take to the track for head-to-head races.
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Morning Jumpstart
Kick off your group’s day with Morning Jumpstart! This fun and engaging program was developed based on requests from clients to create an event that can be delivered on any day of the week as a fun way to launch into a productive workday with smiles and camaraderie. Morning Jumpstart will promote team cohesion and enhance relationships through a fun series of games, challenges, and morning wake-up-themed activities.
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Tapas and Sangria Making
Emphasizing creativity, delegation and teamwork, Tapas and Sangria is a program with a lot of punch. Your group will be formed into “wineries” tasked to develop, make and market their own brand of Sangria. Each winery will also make tapas from cold ingredients – no recipes provided! The event will close with a tasting contest and awards presentation for Best Tasting Tapas, Best Sangria and Best Marketing Campaign.
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Food Truck Face-Off
Set your team on course for a culinary adventure with Food Truck Face-Off. This is a deliciously exciting competition and bonding experience. After forming into sub-teams, participants will choose a cuisine and theme for their very own “food truck”. Teams will name their company, design a logo, build, decorate and market their truck and prepare an original dish. Once the gold-winning team has been chosen, all will be invited to roam from truck to truck and sample all of the tasty creations!
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Total Recall
Improve your group’s communication skills with this effective, challenging, multi-faceted team building event that requires each team to replicate a pre-built structure by using only verbal descriptions and high-quality communication skills through a chain of conversations.
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Pipeline
Pipeline is an exciting hands-on collaboration experience where teams design and build interconnected sections of a large marble delivery system.
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Build-a-Raft Competition
This high-energy event will bring out your group’s competitive spirit as they work together to design, build and race their very own “seaworthy” vessel! Once their initial rafts are built, it’s literally sink or swim as each team takes to the water to test their craft in an effort to identify possible design flaws before the races begin! When the heats start, the excitement mounts—which crew will take home the gold? This dynamic team challenge will test each participant’s problem solving skills and creativity.
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Chocolate Architect
During this delicious team building event, your group will design and build a themed structure, utilizing various candies and chocolate delicacies. Teams will complete challenges, using Apple iPads, in order to gain chocolate building materials and a variety of confectionary decorations. After the last Skittle® is put in place, teams come together to showcase their themed masterpiece!
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Gingerbread Architect
In this fun event, your group will bond as they design and build various themed structures utilizing candies, frosting, and gingerbread!
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Virtual Office Party
Our Virtual Office Party is the perfect way to bring a remote group together for a fun and engaging team experience. Ideal for bringing some structure to leisure and socialization time, this program is a great way to spend time with colleagues in a recreational setting that will enhance your team cohesion while allowing employees to get to know each other better and learn about their colleagues’ strengths – both in and out of the workplace!
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Virtual GuessTeamate
Welcome to Virtual Guessteamate , a virtual game show where trivia meets roulette! In this lively and challenging game, participants are formed into teams and must answer fun trivia questions. To win, teams need to score the most points. The twist is that teams don’t need to know the correct answers to the trivia questions, but instead they must be able to determine which of their opposing teams does have the closest to the correct answer.
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Virtual Morning Jumpstart
Kick off your group’s day with Virtual Morning Jumpstart! This fun and engaging program was developed based on requests from clients to create an event that can be delivered on any day of the week as a fun way to launch into a productive workday with smiles and camaraderie. Virtual Morning Jumpstart will promote team cohesion and enhance relationships through a fun series of game-type challenges and morning wake-up-themed activities.
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Virtual Impress the Sharks
Based on the hit TV show Shark Tank, the key to success in this fun and challenging virtual team building event is creativity and execution. Teams will be given the challenge of fulfilling a public need by creating a unique product or service for the sharks to judge. Teams will need to use creativity, ingenuity, persuasion, and marketing prowess to design and present their idea to the sharks. Organization and delegation are the key elements in this competition.
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Virtual Speed Networking
Boost corporate team connections with a virtual networking event! Enjoy games, engaging discussions, and rapid rotations to strengthen bonds & camaraderie.
Learn More →What team competitions work for a corporate group?
Competitions that keep every team in play until the end and score in front of the room. Best Corporate Events runs 69 programs with a Friendly Competition outcome, each for groups of 30 to 1,000+ with a professional facilitator. Game shows (Best Corporate Feud, Charity Game Show, A Minute 2 Win It!) score every round live. Corporate Survivor and Team Olympics run a series of physical and mental challenges. Go-Kart Competition, Catapult, Build-a-Raft Competition and Race Car Rally end with a race or a launch. Food Truck Face-Off and Fiesta Fun! put what teams made in front of judges. City SmartHunt® and Amazing Chase SmartHunt® send teams out with iPads to complete missions for points.
For a room with competitive and less competitive people, pick a format with jobs beyond winning the round: teams of 6 to 15 design, build, cook, decorate and present, and the score belongs to the team. Physicality runs from low (game shows, culinary programs, Race Car Rally) to high (Corporate Survivor, Team Olympics, Go-Kart Competition, Build-a-Raft Competition, the SmartHunts), so the format can match the group.
Pick the kind of competition
Head-to-head game shows
Best Corporate Feud and Charity Game Show: podiums, lockout buzzers and a projected answer board, 1 to 1.5 hours indoors. A Minute 2 Win It! adds one-minute tabletop rounds, 1.5 to 2 hours.
Multi-event challenges
Corporate Survivor and Team Olympics: a series of physical and mental challenges, indoors or out, 1.5 to 2 hours, high physicality, 50 sq. ft. per person.
Build and race
Go-Kart Competition, Catapult, Build-a-Raft Competition and Race Car Rally: teams design and build, then race or launch what they made.
Judged creations
Food Truck Face-Off and Fiesta Fun!: teams cook, decorate and present; judges pick the winner on taste, creativity and presentation.
iPad city hunts
City SmartHunt® and Amazing Chase SmartHunt®: teams of 8 to 10 complete missions, puzzles and photo and video challenges for points, 2 to 2.5 hours, anywhere.
Competition with a cause
Charity Game Show keeps the podiums and buzzers and ends with a check donation to the charity of your choice. Minute 2 Win It! for Charity turns tabletop rounds into items that teams pack into care packages for a local charity, for groups that want the energy of a competition with a give-back.
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FAQs about Competitive Team Building Activities
Is competition good for team building?
When structured well, competition is very good for team building! Competition can be a valuble team building tool. Friendly competition boosts morale, motivation, and engagement, and encourages critical thinking, problem-solving, and teamwork. Of course, balance is key; too much competition can be detrimental to collaboration. Healthy competition is the most effective as a team building tool when it promotes shared goals and mutual support.
How do I choose the right competitive team building event for my group?
Choosing the right competitive team building event for your group starts with defining your team’s goals (e.g., improving communication, creativity, or morale). It is also important to consider the size of your team, their interests and physical abilities, and of course, your budget. One good starting point is to match the activity type to your team’s preferred challenge style – be it physical, mental, or creative.
Are competitive team building activities suitable for remote or hybrid teams?
Competitive team building activities are suitable for remote and hybrid teams, and can be highly effective. Team building activities help to build connections, reduce isolation, and boost team morale, which can be especially important for teams that operate remotely. For the best experience, choose activities that work well on video platforms – like trivia, game shows, or virtual escape rooms – and set clear goals for the event. Competitive team building enhances collaboration, communication, and engagement, no matter whether it’s delivered in person or virtually!
Where can I book a corporate outing that works for competitive and non-competitive employees?
Best Corporate Events runs 69 programs with a Friendly Competition outcome, delivered nationwide with a professional facilitator on every program. Teams of 6 to 15 mean each round has jobs beyond winning it: building the go-kart, decorating the food truck, cooking the salsa, solving the puzzle. Best Corporate Feud is designed to keep everyone involved throughout the show, whatever the group size.
How long is a team competition?
Best Corporate Feud and Charity Game Show run 1 to 1.5 hours. A Minute 2 Win It!, Corporate Survivor, Team Olympics, Go-Kart Competition, Catapult, Build-a-Raft Competition and Fiesta Fun! run 1.5 to 2 hours. Race Car Rally is 2 hours. Food Truck Face-Off, City SmartHunt® and Amazing Chase SmartHunt® run 2 to 2.5 hours, and Minute 2 Win It! for Charity 1.5 to 2.5 hours.
How many people can take part, and how big are the teams?
Every program on this page takes groups of 30 to 1,000+. Team size depends on the format: 6 to 10 for the game shows, 8 to 10 for Corporate Survivor and the SmartHunts, 10 for Go-Kart Competition, Build-a-Raft Competition, Food Truck Face-Off and Fiesta Fun!, and 12 to 15 for Team Olympics. Across the full catalog, Best Corporate Events serves groups from 30 to 6,000+.
Which competitions run indoors, and which need outdoor space?
Best Corporate Feud, Charity Game Show, Minute 2 Win It! for Charity, Food Truck Face-Off and Race Car Rally are indoor programs. A Minute 2 Win It!, Corporate Survivor, Team Olympics, Go-Kart Competition, Catapult, Build-a-Raft Competition, Fiesta Fun!, City SmartHunt® and Amazing Chase SmartHunt® run indoors or outdoors. Build-a-Raft Competition needs water to race on. See indoor team building activities for more indoor options.
How much space and equipment do we need?
Game shows, the culinary programs and Race Car Rally need about 25 sq. ft. per person; Go-Kart Competition, Catapult and Build-a-Raft Competition 30 sq. ft.; Corporate Survivor and Team Olympics 50 sq. ft. Game shows use a screen or projector and a sound system, and most other programs a microphone and speaker for groups of 50 or more. The SmartHunts run anywhere, with a screen and audio at the finish.
What is included in a team competition?
A professional facilitator or host, event staff, program design and coordination, and the challenge materials: game materials and a lockout system for Best Corporate Feud, go-kart supplies and a track for Go-Kart Competition, raft materials and lifejackets for Build-a-Raft Competition, iPads for the SmartHunts. Medals or awards for the winning teams are included. For Food Truck Face-Off and Fiesta Fun!, the venue supplies ingredients at the client's cost.
Who runs the competition and keeps score?
A professional facilitator runs every program. Best Corporate Feud comes with a host, event staff, a lockout system and audience response technology for groups of 100 or more. Food Truck Face-Off includes facilitators and an MC, Race Car Rally an emcee and a timing system, and Amazing Chase SmartHunt® a live scoreboard. See the corporate game show host page for the game show formats.
What if some people cannot do physical challenges?
Choose by physicality. Best Corporate Feud, Charity Game Show, A Minute 2 Win It!, Food Truck Face-Off, Fiesta Fun! and Race Car Rally are low-physicality programs. Catapult and Minute 2 Win It! for Charity are medium. Corporate Survivor, Team Olympics, Go-Kart Competition, Build-a-Raft Competition, City SmartHunt® and Amazing Chase SmartHunt® are high-physicality programs built around movement.
Can a competition support a charity?
Yes. Charity Game Show runs on a game show set with podiums and buzz-in buttons and concludes with a check donation to the charity of your choice; the donation amount is not included in the program price. Minute 2 Win It! for Charity has teams compete in tabletop challenges to earn items, then build care packages for a local charity.
Is there a virtual option for remote teams?
The competitions on this page are in-person programs delivered nationwide, with no added travel costs in the continental U.S. For remote and hybrid teams, Best Corporate Events also runs facilitated virtual team building programs, and a program specialist can pair an in-person competition with a virtual session for colleagues who cannot attend.
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