What is a good team chant?

A good team chant is under ten words, uses the team's name, and runs on a beat anyone can clap. Call and response works best at work: one person calls a line and the whole team shouts the answer.

What is the difference between a cheer and a chant?

A chant is a short line the group repeats on a beat, often as call and response. A cheer is a single shout, like a word or a short phrase, to start or end something. Cheer squads use both.

What are some short cheer words for a team?

Onward, All in, Ship it, Go time, Nailed it and Let's roll all work as one-breath cheers to close a huddle or a stand-up.

How do you lead a team chant without it feeling awkward?

Go first and go loud, explain the reply once, and run it twice: the second time is always louder. Keep it optional for anyone who would rather clap than shout.

Can you do a team chant on Zoom or Teams?

Yes, but voices lag on a video call, so use a version where the team answers in the chat or on camera: a countdown wave, a chat roll call or an emoji answer.

What is the difference between a team chant and a team motto?

A chant is shouted together in the moment. A motto is a short line you write down, on a slide, a shirt or a channel header. For written lines, see our team mottos guide.

What events suit a team chant?

Sales kickoffs, all-hands meetings, sports days, office olympics and team game nights. Anything with a scoreboard gives a chant something to cheer for, like a hosted Office Olympics.

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Team chants and cheers for work

50 original chants and cheers to copy, for kickoffs, sports days and huddles. Or type your team name and get three of your own.

KraftyLab TeamUpdated Oct 20267 min read

A group of coworkers huddle in a bright office and cheer together with arms raised while one colleague leads the call

A team chant is a short line a group shouts together on a beat, usually as call and response: one person calls, everyone answers. The best ones for work are under ten words, use the team’s name and run on a clap or a stomp anyone can follow. Below are 50 original chants and cheers for sales kickoffs, all-hands meetings, sports days and video calls, all written for coworkers, with nothing aimed at anyone.

Team chant builder

Type your team name, pick the occasion and copy the chant you like.

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A slash marks the next beat, or where the team answers the leader.

No team name yet? The team name generator picks one in a click, and the short ones chant best.

Call-and-response team chants

The leader shouts the first line and the whole team shouts the answer. Swap in your own team name where you see brackets.

Leader: When I say [team name], you say ready! [Team name]! Team: Ready!
Leader: What's the goal? Team: Hit it, then raise it!
Leader: Who's got your back? Team: The whole row does!
Leader: How do we finish? Team: Stronger than we started!
Leader: Is it done? Team: Not till it ships!
Leader: What's the forecast? Team: Clear skies and big wins!
Leader: Small steps? Team: Every day! Big wins? On the way!
Leader: Questions? Team: Ask them! Problems? Solve them!
Leader: Monday? Team: We've got it! Friday? We earned it!
Leader: Who's new this quarter? Team: Welcome in, welcome in!
Leader: Give me a [first letter]! Team: Shout each letter back, then the whole name at once.
Leader: Whose quarter is it? Team: Ours!

Chants for sales kickoffs and all-hands

For the opening minute of a kickoff, the moment a number goes on the screen, or the last slide of the year.

13. Pipeline full, calendar packed, quota met and coming back!
14. Call, connect, close, repeat: that's the rhythm of this team!
15. A no today is a maybe next quarter!
16. New year, new targets, same team, more wins!
17. Customers first, coffee second, everything else third!
18. Hands up if you closed one! Hands up if you're next!
19. Ring the bell, then ring it again!
20. One booth, one pitch, one team, one goal!
21. We don't chase numbers, we set them!
22. Quarter one, here we come, and we're not done!

Sports day and office olympics cheers

Rhyming cheers for a field day, a relay or a games afternoon, plus one for the team that came second.

23. Pass it, pass it, don't you drop it, [team name] is rolling, nobody can stop it!
24. Left foot, right foot, run it in, [team name] is here to win!
25. Win or lose, we brought the snacks!
26. Paper plane ready, aim it right, [team name] is flying out of sight!
27. We're not the fastest, we're not the tallest, but our cheering section isn't the smallest!
28. Second place, first in spirit!
29. Slow and steady, quick and ready, [team name] keeps the score sheet heavy!
30. Water break, then back to the line, [team name] is doing fine!
31. Shoes tied, game face on, [team name] is gone, gone, gone!
32. Good game, good game, see you at the next one!

Coworkers in green t-shirts clap and cheer beside orange cones on a park lawn while a team in orange looks on at a company field day

A chant needs something to cheer for. Our Office Olympics page has 24 free events with rules and scoring to run yourself, or book a live host who runs the whole thing on your video call.

Short cheers and cheer words

One breath each, to close a huddle, a stand-up or a long meeting on a high.

33. Onward!
34. All in!
35. Ship it!
36. Go time!
37. Nailed it!
38. Let's roll!
39. Next one!
40. Done and dusted!
41. On three: team!
42. Heads up, hearts in!
43. Big week, small steps!
44. That's a wrap, team!

Team chants for video calls

Voices lag on Zoom and Teams, so a shouted chant turns into a jumble. These versions put the answer in the chat or on camera instead.

45. Countdown wave. The leader counts down from three on camera, and everyone waves on zero.
46. Chat roll call. Everyone types the team name in the chat at the same moment; the leader reads out who was first.
47. Emoji answer. The leader calls a word like "Quarter?" and everyone answers with one emoji.
48. Mug check. The leader says "Coffee check!" and the team raises whatever is in their mugs.
49. Slow clap build. One person starts a slow clap on camera; everyone joins and speeds up until someone laughs.
50. Unmute on three. Everyone unmutes and shouts the team name together; the jumble is half the fun.

How to write your own team chant

Six steps, about ten minutes, and one brave person to lead it the first time.

Start with the name. One to three syllables shout best. A long name works as a nickname or as initials.
Pick a beat. Four beats is enough: clap, clap, stomp, shout. Say the line over it once.
Keep it under ten words. If people need a slide to remember it, it's a speech, not a chant.
Make it call and response. One person leads, the room answers, so nobody has to learn the whole thing.
Test it out loud. Say it three times fast and cut any word someone trips on.
Keep it kind. Cheer for your team, never against a coworker, a department or a rival's looks.

Want a line to write down rather than shout, for a slide, a shirt or a channel header? That’s a motto: see team mottos and slogans.

Give the team something to cheer about

Chants are loudest when there's a scoreboard. In these hosted games a live host runs the rounds and keeps score.

KraftyLab books one-hour virtual team games with a live host on your video call: Office Olympics, seasonal Fun & Games, or a music quiz from our music games for work. Book about 2 weeks ahead.

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