The benefits of corporate cookery
10/03/2010
Corporate cooking is performance art, where finite time, labour, and resources are tightly choreographed to produce an excellent result on time.
The corporate cookery team will learn to work as a team, set aside normal roles, plan carefully, cooperate closely, ask for and give help as needed, deal with mistakes and adjust quickly, and follow the strategy, the recipes and instructions.
We are not going to make production chefs out of the team, but we are going to lead the team through the process, and instruct, support and guide them to produce an excellent gourmet dinner.
Your team will experience the fact that in this environment, no leader or manager can succeed without the full support of the team. Each group member will have to set aside individual aspirations for "culinary stardom" and instead think about the team. Those who do have culinary skills may be selected by the team to lead team sections.
The benefits of preparing a delicious meal are obvious. In this case many other benefits accrue, such as the ability to evaluate the team's performance on the spot, throughout the process and after enjoying the results. We are also serving each other.
We will rely on a thorough commentary of the dinner, and on the process and what has been learned. The convivial mood of cooking and dining together is very rewarding for the team.