The journey of team building contains a certain dynamic that can help empower your team members in their personal lives and the legacy they will ultimately leave behind. Let me illustrate.
Someone once told me about a funeral they had attended. It wasnt so much that they knew the woman who had passed away, but she was the mother of a member of their team and out of respect they attended the funeral.
Appropriate songs were sung and the minister stepped to the pulpit where he began to deliver the womans eulogy. It was easy to see he struggled with what to say. As it turns out it wasnt that he was emotional, he just didnt know the woman well and very few relatives could recall deeds of heroics or selflessness she had exhibited over the years. Her life might well have been described as self absorbed and unremarkable.
In the end the minister briefly mentioned her role as mother and an employee at a local factory, but then he said something rather peculiar, She was really good at bingo.
Bingo, by its very nature is a game of chance. There is no prevailing skill in playing the game. Letters and numbers are called and you fill in the blanks until someone...