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Gaining a deeper understanding of your team members
These two activities invite team members to gain a deeper understanding of one another, including backgrounds and context for teamwork. “Story of self” asks team members to respond to questions about their background, education, hobbies and more, and then share with the team. In the “River of life” project, team members create maps that capture key life experiences and share their maps with the team. Try one or the other with your team to kick off (or deepen) relationship-building. Note: “Story of self” is the more prescriptive of the two.