Intelligent team building: Why do team building when you can just take your team out for lunch?

A stinging article recently appeared in a major newspaper and HBR describing why some team building exercises can be a waste of time and money. A poll referred to in the article revealed that only 5% of the people surveyed say team building programs are effective, 68% say they are not effective, and 27% say it depends on the activity. When considering these apparently damning results, though, it ...