There are many things that would bring people together and make great team building if only they weren’t highly inappropriate for a business training context!
This article is a tongue-in-cheek look at some things that would make great build teams exceptionally well but that no training provider would dream of (even in or San Francisco or Brighton – the liberal haven in the Sussex, UK where I live). Each of them also illustrates some serious team development points.
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• Read MoreReading through the Internet I came across this article of team building torture Every time I find these articles I am amazed at how some organizations feel this will add to the team commitment. There is also general agreement that Hudgens volunteered for the “team-building exercise,” that he lay on his back with his head [...]
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