The Daily Mess Team Building
AUG 17, 2022
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August 16, 2022
I heard a commercial based on the evolution of team building at work. It starts with identifying the department leaders being a disconnection to those willing to try. I do remember those team building gatherings where the same three people waddled up to receive their awards. Why do businesses spend thousands of dollars taking their players to obstacle courses and walking trails? No matter the meeting the same three people keep winning while the rest of us take the long and winding road home. The commercial wants listeners to come work for them. They don’t spend their working hours trying to build a team. They want there to be a team at step one. Nobody is going to feel left out due to the constant winners. Sadly, in today’s business world the moment you think you have a winning team? It falls apart. Just like the NBA and NFL free agency rips things to shreds. It reminds me of a group photograph. The smiles and togetherness look good on paper until you take a pen and start scratching off the images of those who’ve left. Before long only three remain. You know who they are.
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