Team Building Event Mugs

Collaboration

"I never thought I'd see the day, they're taking our suggestions seriously at last!"

We can do ANYTHING if we all work TOGETHER.

'That went well.'

'We're wondering whether you'd fit into our corporate culture!'

'This is a very dysfunctional company. No one will talk aboaut about the elephant in the boardroom!'

'I vote we hang the darn thing upside down and go home!'

'That's part of out in-house, stress management program...'

'Shifting the paradigm didn't work. Time for Plan B...shifting the blame.'

'I like to end these meetings with a group hug, if you'll step out of the cubicles.'

'Before we get started, let's go around the table and practice making eye contact.'

Belief and Trust.

'Asynchronous, collaborative, interactive - we're obviously on a roll.'

'Come on, come on, let's work together!'

'I'm afraid turn out isn't as high as we'd expected...three of them misheard the date, five got the time wrong and everyone from marketing went to a hotel in Norwich by mistake.'

'No, Bob, I haven't noticed you haven't spoken to me in 3 days... I just thought we were getting along.'

"By using the accelerated graphics port with the m202 riser we can implement a data trawl without the 8ot network blah,blah cascading through the network..."

When mediation failed, they tried meditation.

"Starting here, each person whisper to your neighbor the purpose of this meeting and we'll see what we end up with."

'Can I thank everybody for their attention, I think we're finished.'

"How's everybody doing? I'm not boring you, am I?"

Performance management: "We decided to get rid of the carrot and keep the stick."

'I still say there are better ways to decide which positions to eliminate!'

"Let me know when you get tired of berries. We'll work on your people skills."

High Noon at the O.K. Staff Meeting

The first week of the brainstorming session went slowly.

'Binky will be roaming the halls, spreading his own brand of team spirit.'

'We're a pro-inactive group.'

'Thank you, Leo. Nothing like a roar to get us going in the morning.'

"We take confidentiality very seriously in this company."

"OK, once again, for Bob's benefit: Hunting in a pack only works if everybody sticks to the plan!"

'The usual ‘nod, nod, wink, wink' will do, Walter. We don't need the eyebrow twitch and nostril flares.'

"Just look what we can accomplish when we work towards a common goal...LUNCH!"

Boss joining Paint Ball Game

'Point of clarification, sir. Are you still in charge, or have you ceded power to your sock puppet?'