Polygon Puzzle™                                                                

"The Polygon Puzzle was the highlight of our session.  Everybody loved it!  We will definitely use it again and again."
                                                                                                                                
                                                        Joni Vetrano, Training Manager
                                                                    LaQuinta Resort & Club and PGA WEST

The Polygon Puzzle™ is a challenging, exciting, fun filled and highly effective team development activity.  Used by hundreds of organizations from all business sectors around the world. Polygon Puzzle enables you to build a team in less than one hour. The Polygon Puzzle is a powerful team development tool designed to teach team members to communicate effectively and to collaborate to achieve a common goal successfully.  Used at any level of the organization from shop floor to boardroom, the Polygon Puzzle provides a powerful lesson in sharing information and listening.  The puzzle can be used with small groups with up to 30 participants using a single puzzle, or with hundreds of participants using multiple puzzles. The Polygon Puzzle is a Level 1 Simulation How does it work? *Participants (8-30 with one puzzle) are divided into working teams to assemble a twenty-eight piece, two dimensional puzzle. *Participants are given written clues from a deck of thirty clue cards. *The clues are evenly divided among the work teams, with no single team having sufficient information to solve the puzzle. *The process consists of three phases; each phase is designed to allow participants to share information within their small team, then with the other teams, and finally to solve the puzzle as a group. *The solution to the puzzle becomes clear when the small teams learn that they must work together.

Why use it?

• To help your group understand the importance of teamwork
• To identify your team's strengths and weaknesses
• To understand that each individual brings unique skills and experiences to the team
• To learn to communicate effectively and to actively listen
• To learn to cooperate and collaborate to problem-solve
• To learn firsthand how synergy brings about enhanced individual and group performance
• To learn how to create a positive work environment within which professional relationship are strengthened