Article: Mixing up teamwork Corporate employees stir, bake and bond

By KAREN HERZOG

Mequon -- Recipe for corporate team-building in a depressed economy:

Send employees to a picturesque horse farm owned by a personal chef with a doctorate in organizational behavior. Divide employees into teams in the farmhouse kitchen and direct each to create a dish for a Cuban-themed meal.

Keep it casual. Offer employees a beer or a glass of wine as they stir rice and beans on the stove, or shape dough with a fragrant meat filling into half-moon pies.

Watch teams negotiate for oven space, communicate about the timing of recipe steps, delegate tasks and troubleshoot the unexpected, such as running out of onions.

If all goes well, everyone gets a bonus of an exceptional meal ...

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