TEAM DEVELOPMENT FOR REAL

The experience of a top team‐building strategy spanning two years is described from two viewpoints: the company′s, Bendix Safety Restraints, and the providers, Sundridge Park Management Centre′s Team Building Services Unit. The development of a client‐consultant collaborative relationship is traced, which has enabled the achievement of significant strategic change goals and helped to enhance the human resource development function. Team‐building workshops are described, including two for the top director team and two integrated workshops of directors with senior managers. A tracking of learning and “bottom line” benefits is described together with an outline of planned initiatives for the future.