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Teambuilding in the Limelight

May 3rd, 2007 by James Coakes

In July 2006, The Mail on Sunday carried an article entitled ‘Defra sends its bickering staff to meditate in a Buddhist maze’. A spokesman for Defra said that the event was a good way to raise morale and improve performance; however the article showed the activities in the worst possible light, as the overall theme …


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