As the hit BBC series builds towards the final, I find myself in a cluster of Derbyshire holiday cottages with a team of bright young managers about to discover more about their management style through the medium of cooking.
The original team building activity
This group have given up two days of their hectic schedules to invest time in getting to know each other better and to take time out as a team. By combining proven tools such as the psychometric Strengths Deployment Inventory along with team exercises the group will begin to bond as friends rather than colleagues.
Eating together is probably the original team building activity and when those around the table have all contributed to the feast, each mouthful is all the more satisfying. All too often we separate our behaviour at work from our behaviour with friends more than is necessary. Given we spend up to 60% of our waking lives with our work colleagues shouldn’t we make time to build friendships. After all these are the people that influence our health, wealth and happiness more than any other.
