I’ve worked in a lot of stressful, busy environments, but the hands-down crazy-making winner was my computer forensics business. We had techs in the field, staff in the office, and people who needed answers and analysis yesterday. It was full-tilt frantic most days. So many different personalities and competing demands on resources made for quite a bit of tension, and it occurred to me that we could use a little team-building work.
So I planned a company retreat. Over the years I was able to refine our retreat, making it both enormously productive and tons of fun. I even had employees who looked forward to it more than they did their own vacations. Here’s how I did it.
