We’re like little children in the office today. The excitement is building, alliances are being created and faux enemies being made. What, you may ask, is all the fuss about?
Well, we’re all getting together for a day of team building on Friday at the brilliantly named Lusty Beg, and we can’t wait.
The wellies are being hunted down, thermals sourced and waterproofs put to one side (being in Ireland, they’re to hand most days). We know who are team mates are and we’re busy honing our competitive streaks as we speak (put those cigarettes down, Ben Jones!). My team is going to win (oh yes we are).
So the plan is that we’ll learn about each other in a way that can’t quite happen in the office. How will Sam cope when his team loses? How will Maeve react when she doesn’t get what she wants? How will Andy feel when his team’s canoe capsizes? (They’re all on a different team, you understand).
Being in team Learning Pool isn’t a 9 to 5. Many of us clock up the air miles together (and train miles, John) on our trips to see customers so we have often seen each other when we’re quiet, stressed or just plain missing our beds. Ben, for example, likes his lunch and Mary likes her mobile phone reception.
So what will Friday bring? Traversing ravines with rope ladders we’ve just created? Getting 6 team members across the freezing lough with only 1 canoe and 1 paddle between us? The anticipation is high.
But whatever happens, it will be a good day. It’s an investment in us, as a team. It will be a chance to let things out and form new ideas about our colleagues; a time to develop our trust in each other.
And, at the end of the day, when everyone’s finished congratulating the winning team (ahem), we can raise a little toast to the Learning Pool customers without whom none of it would be possible.
Janet
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