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Having spent 25 years of my life working for the govt I had to endure more than my fair share of "team building" events. 99% of them left employees even more pissed off than before at the inept management. We did have one supervisor that would occasionally take us all to breakfast for a unit meeting or maybe all go bowling. Much more successful than some HR designed exercise in futility.
Well would have been fun if the other team didn't win by cheating.... they of course denied
 
So I’ve been seeing this electric wall calendar advertised on the TeeVee lately, and went shopping for you….

Couldn’t find the exact one, in fact I’m not even sure of the name, but found The Six Best on the interweb! Enjoy!

Heading home. It was a quick week out. I usually have a ton planned but realized I need to get a jacket for an upcoming wedding, some brandy glasses for my gift from my friend, an attachment to my Dremal tool to Shari those new pottings…the list goes on…I’ve procrastinated on getting our hotel rooms for the wedding and the tix for the trip to NM…oh boy🙃. SWhoMBO will not be pleased!😂.

St Augustine MZ for ye today…

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You better get busy, H!

K+ and I can patch you up but we can't raise the dead if you run seriously afoul of SWMBO! That's waaaaaay above pur pay grade! 😆😅🤣
 
Here is my dirty secret. I used to be in HR and in learning and development. People would ask for team building all the time. I used to say yes, till I started saying no.

Because the issue is that managers don’t want to have tough conversations with single individuals and instead they think that “feel good team building” will help a working environment. What they need to understand that they need to effectively manage, set expectations and make a culture of candor for their teams.

No feels goody horseshit will change that.

So I changed my tune. They could have feel goody horseshit that won’t change anything, or they could change the way they managed. It’s really as simple as that.

You get the results you tolerate.

This is what I am no longer in HR.

End of sermon.

Have fun brewing, K!
I hated when everyone had to go through bullshit "team building" days just because the manager couldn't/wouldn't manage effectively. 🙄😤
 
Well my bosses boss was there and had a drink so I took it as ok to do
Good news...
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Nicely done
They're not blooming yet. It's still too early and cold. But, I DO have shoots coming up!
That's a good start
K+ and I can patch you up but we can't raise the dead if you run seriously afoul of SWMBO! That's waaaaaay above pur pay grade!
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Can we please skip the 3am for one day?
Official permission granted to any/all: You may skip the 3am Meeting.
Expiration Date: None!
I hated when everyone had to go through bullshit "team building" days just because the manager couldn't/wouldn't manage effectively. 🙄😤
Right? Sadly, I'd say at least 97% of all the managers I've ever had do the BS Team Building exercises. :rolleyes:
 
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