Top 5 creative indoor games for corporate Diwali

Diwali is fast approaching. In fact, it’s hardly a week away. And I’m sure many of you are wondering which corporate indoor games you can make your employees play. After all, we don’t want to lose out on any opportunity to increase employee engagement, do we!

So, today I am going to open up my box of corporate indoor games and pick out 5 activities that you can use this Diwali. Here goes…

1. The Diwali Obstacle Race – This has to be my favourite. In fact, we had conducted this activity for a client a few years back. We had 80 participants running around like crazy trying to complete tasks right from creating Diwali lamps to eating insane amounts of Diwali sweets! The activity was easily the highlight of the entire team building session and one that our client still remembers till today😊

2. The Diwali Kitchen – This is another great activity which really brings employees together. It brings everyone to the kitchen where they have fun making typical Diwali sweets and eatables together. They also get the pleasure of sharing their creations with each other!

3. Diwali Decoration – This is one corporate indoor game that’s always a hit. Teams decorate their office space with Lanterns, Diya’s, Rangoli, etc. They also come to work in traditional Indian clothing which really adds a lot to the decoration! It feels like they are a part of one big family celebrating the festival of lights together.

4. Teen Patti – What’s Diwali without card games. Different parts of the country play different types of card games throughout the Diwali week. And these make great corporate indoor games for Diwali too.

5. Strokes – Diwali is all about connecting with our loved ones. And that’s exactly what our last activity focuses on. It makes use of ‘strokes’ taken from the Transactional Analysis theory. Employees go around giving each other different kinds of strokes. And the positive energy generated is really something to be seen!

So, that’s all from me folks. Here’s wishing you a very Happy Diwali in advance from the entire The Yellow Spot team. Have a blast and do let me know which corporate indoor games you finally went ahead with!

How to increase your influence as a leader

Being able to influence people is very important for a leader. In fact, people will only follow a leader if he or she is able to influence them! Afterall, it’s about how impactful you are as a leader. And to be able to create that influence, a leader needs to have that capability. And if he doesn’t have its, it’s one that he can develop through a leadership training program.

Being a leader is all about having people look up to you and follow you. And this can only happen if you are able to influence your people.

So how do you create that influence as a leader?

Well, a leadership training program covers a lot of things that help in creating an influence as a leader. Let me help you with a few:

·         Giving responsibility – This is the most important thing that you need to do as a leader. Delegate tasks and give the authority to your people to complete them.  By doing this you give them an opportunity to do tasks and take the accountability for it. This will also make them feel that you believe in them. It’s definitely worth attending a good leadership training program to understand how to delegate well.

·         Supporting them – This will make your people feel that you are always there for them. Provide them with any kind of support they need to perform better in their roles and deliver better results.

·         Develop them – Take the initiative of their development. That is your responsibility as a leader. Coach them as and when required. By developing your people and upgrading their soft skills, they will do a better job and will also feel that you care about their development and growth.

·         Motivate them – Encourage your people at all points of time to achieve more than they think they can. Uplift them when they are down.

·         Lead by example – As they say, ‘practice what you preach’. If there is something that you expect your followers to do, ensure that you yourself practice that first. https://theyellowspot.com