Over 135 Dolce employees got together in beautiful Napa, California, just north of San Francisco, for a Build A Bike team building event.  The participants gathered at one of their properties, the Silverado Resort and Spa.  Dolce Hotels and Resorts is a hospitality company and this was their annual Sales conference that they hold at their various locations around the country.   It was for their sales, revenue managers as well as their human resources team.  The organizer’s intention for the event was to have their group work as a team towards a common goal, communicate effectively and to see the importance of all that coming together.  The participants traveled from all over North America and most of the sales teams know each other, but there are also some new teams this year as well as new associates.  A successful event would be if the group had fun and works well together.

The Dolce participants knew they were having a team building event and knew they were building bikes, but they did not know what else to expect.  They really, really wanted to win and were ready to do whatever it took.  They were able to poke fun at themselves and their competitive spirits, and enjoyed creating cheers to out-do their opponents.  While the Build-A-Bike team building event is not designed to be a competition the Dolce participants still thought they had something to win.  As usual, they realized about half way through that they would not be able to complete the bikes without working together. Eventually they overcame the idea that they could do it by themselves and helped the opposing teams to complete the challenges. The bikes were built with the same high level of quality that the Dolce group brings to every thing they do.

While the event lasted only two hours, the teams came away with valuable lessons about teamwork and working together. Their hard work was paid off when they presented 20 brand new bikes to children from the Boys and Girls Club of Napa Valley. Seeing the faces of the boys and girls with their new bikes was all they needed to know that their hard work was worth it all. By the end of the event the participants were wiping their tears of joy away and thanking me profusely for the opportunity. Thank you to the Dolce group for a very rewarding Build-A-Bike team building event!

Lisa Rezac is Vice President of Instruction for the Western region. She is based in Seattle, Washington and also teaches in Portland, San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Diego and other Western cities.

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