TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose–Describes a team‐building training session for ten members of the UK medical affairs and regional medical advisors division of international pharmaceutical company Takeda.Design/methodology/approach–Explains the reasons for the session, the form it took and the results it achieved.Findings–Details two activities – sculpting a horse's head from a block of ice and designing, making and branding chocolates – which formed the basis of the session.Practical implications–Reveals that team members learned a lot about themselves and each other during the activities. Participants reported feeling closer as a team and communication within the group is now more relaxed.Social implications–Highlights the importance of teams “getting away from the work environment” for a while to carry out team‐building activities.Originality/value–Describes a successful team‐building event carried out in a small division of an international pharmaceutical company.
VL  - 19
IS  - 4
SN  - 0967-0734
DO  - 10.1108/09670731111140720
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09670731111140720
AU  - Whitehead Timmon
PY  - 2011
Y1  - 2011/01/01
TI  - Chocolate‐making melts away the inhibitions at Takeda: Training builds teamwork at pharmaceutical company
T2  - Human Resource Management International Digest
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 27
EP  - 28
Y2  - 2024/09/20
ER  -