Centaur Technology Builds Bikes For Kids in Austin, TX
Children from the Austin YMCA benefited from a great team building event sponsored by Centaur Technology, Inc. The event was a fun, fast-paced team building activity in which the participants from Centaur found themselves involved in several activities that ended with them building 14 bikes. At the end of the program 14 children from an area YMCA were brought in and received the brand new bikes as their very own. It was a great activity with a very touching close.
When a large group is split into teams it is only natural that competition comes into play. Throughout the event it was stressed that nothing was a competition, even the cheering was just an opportunity to display creativity and talent, not a competition. And when the bike building started, it was again stressed that it was not a competition, but rather a goal to build 14 bikes. But it still became a competition as teams raced to see who could get done first. But int he end it was the goal that was accomplished. The group had fun and donated 14 bikes to kids who needed them. When there was competition between the teams the whole process suffered, and momentum toward to goal was reduced. But when teams realized that to reach the goal all 14 teams had to help each other, each person had more enjoyment and the work was done faster. It was a great day, with great lessons and great fun.
