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30+ years
Experience working with teams and workplace culture.
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40+ programs
From charity builds to city adventures and creative challenges.
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Expert
Facilitators bringing your people together through purposeful play.
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Tailored
Team building shaped around your goals through our Trusted Play Process.
Who we work with
We work with HR and People & Culture teams, leaders and event organisers across Australia. From a department’s team day to a company-wide conference, we help bring people together through play, shaping the experience around the team and the occasion.
Team Building Programs
Whether your team enjoys friendly competition or prefers a more relaxed pace, there are plenty of ways to play together. Explore the categories below to see what each experience involves. We’ll help you shape the options around your people and the occasion.
Active & Adventure
Get your people moving through city adventures, outdoor challenges and playful competition. From scavenger hunts to Mini Olympics, teams explore, navigate and tackle tasks together away from their usual routines.
Charity
Work together to create practical support for a community cause. From building bikes to earning essential supplies, these programs give your team a shared challenge with a donation at its heart.
Creative
Create an artwork, make a video or tackle a design brief together. These experiences invite different ideas and approaches, giving colleagues something to experiment with and make their own.
Problem Solving
Follow clues, test ideas and piece together a solution. These challenges put different perspectives to work as teams share information, decide what to try and adapt their approach along the way.
Just Entertainment
Give people something to join in with at lunch, dinner or between conference sessions. Hosted games and playful challenges create shared talking points and a lively change of pace.
Schools
Bring students or school staff together through hands-on challenges and guided play. From leadership camps to professional development days, we shape the experience around your group and what you want to achieve.
Christmas
Make your end-of-year celebration a shared experience. Festive challenges, friendly competition and charity programs give colleagues a way to join in together, with plenty to talk about beyond the event.
Team Workshop
Explore team behaviour, workplace culture and the science of play through structured, hands-on learning. Workshops combine established concepts with facilitated discussion, helping your people connect new insights with everyday work.
Cooking
Plan, prepare and cook together before sharing the meal or donating it through a charity program. Bring teamwork into the kitchen, where timing, coordination and everyone’s contribution shape the result.
The Science Behind the Play
Corporate Challenge Events is the exclusive Australasian partner of the National Institute for Play, founded by Dr Stuart Brown. NIFPlay brings together research into the role of play throughout our lives, including how we learn, connect and adapt.
We combine these insights with more than 30 years of facilitation experience to inform our approach to team building. Understanding how people engage with play helps us create experiences that invite curiosity, exploration and participation.
How We Bring Play to Life
We design for the play state: that feeling of being absorbed in an experience, when self-consciousness fades and curiosity takes over. People participate because they want to explore what happens next. This intrinsic motivation is central to how play works.
Our facilitators create the conditions for that state through engaging challenges, freedom to experiment and different ways to participate. What draws one person into play may not engage another, so we shape the experience around your people. The aim is to create room for flexible thinking and shared discovery, where colleagues can try unfamiliar approaches together.
FAQs
Your Questions Answered
From timing and locations to participation and planning support, find practical answers to help you organise your corporate team building event with confidence.
The Culture Playbook
Discover what helps your team feel engaged, creative and connected. This free reflection tool guides leaders and teams from individual insights to shared habits they can practise at work.
The Periodic Play Gift Pack
Bring play into your working week with free conversation prompts, quick team activities and resources for leaders. Practical tools to keep people playing together beyond your team event.
What can corporate team building achieve for our workplace?
A shared challenge gives colleagues a reason to work with people, ideas and responsibilities outside their usual routines. Someone’s practical thinking, creativity or ability to bring others into a conversation can become visible in a new setting. We start with what you want the experience to support, then recommend a program that gives your people opportunities to practise it together.
How does play science influence the way CCE runs an event?
Play science helps us understand what draws people into an experience. Curiosity, enjoyment and the freedom to experiment are important conditions for play. Our facilitators consider how the challenge is introduced, how people can contribute and how the group responds. Our partnership with the National Institute for Play informs this approach, bringing research into the practical decisions behind the experience.
How do we choose a team building program when we’re unsure what we need?
You can enquire with a situation to discuss. Perhaps departments rarely spend time together, new colleagues have joined or you want to give people a rewarding break during a conference. Tell us about the group, occasion, available time and budget. We’ll help clarify the purpose and recommend suitable options, explaining what your people would actually do.
Does team building have to be competitive?
Competition is one way into play. Creating an artwork, preparing a meal or building something for a charity offers other ways to become involved. Some groups enjoy a race; others become absorbed in the task itself. We discuss the atmosphere you want and recommend an experience where the challenge and style of participation suit your people.
Can you deliver team building at our workplace or event venue?
Yes. We deliver across Australia, with programs suited to workplaces, conference venues and outdoor settings. Share the venue details before committing to an activity so we can check the space, access and practical requirements. For outdoor events, we’ll discuss weather planning and available alternatives during preparation, helping you understand the arrangements before the day.
How much time should we allow for corporate team building?
Options range from a 15-minute energiser to a full-day experience. The right timing depends on what you want people to experience and where the program sits in your schedule. We allow for briefing, participation and the conclusion, and discuss any additional elements such as a charity handover. Your proposal sets out the recommended format and duration.
How do you plan for different group sizes and participation needs?
We consider how people will take part within the group. A leadership team and a large conference audience need different arrangements for teams, space and facilitation. Tell us about mobility, sensory or other participation requirements, along with anything your people may feel uncomfortable doing. We’ll discuss suitable programs and adaptations with you before confirming the experience.
What affects the cost of a corporate team building event?
The main factors are the program, participant numbers, location, duration and resources required. Charity donations, venue arrangements and additional sessions can also influence the scope. Sharing your budget early helps us recommend realistic options. We’ll explain the proposed experience and agreed inclusions in your quote so you can assess the investment and present it internally.
What does our organiser need to arrange, and what does CCE handle?
You bring the brief and make the key decisions for your organisation. Your CCE coordinator guides program planning and preparation through our Trusted Play Process. Together, we confirm responsibilities for the venue, attendance, timing and participant information. We organise the agreed program resources and facilitation, with the practical requirements explained before your event.
How can we build on the experience after our team building event?
Give the shared experience a place in everyday work. Revisit an approach that helped the team succeed, recognise a contribution people noticed or try one agreed change in your next project. CCE clients also receive 12 months of Play Hub access, with resources to help leaders keep play present through team conversations, activities and regular moments together.