The participants, about 50 gathered before the host. Presents one by one the instruments of an orchestra of samba: drums and tambourines, bells and other maracas, he explains the rhythms. At the given signal, all took the instrument they choose. Future musicians are then "arranged" by family of rhythms. And invited to play together, by following the instructions of the conductor. "The objective is to bring employees from one company to work effectively together," says Guy Bergeaud, CEO of Eagle's Flight, organizer of the training entitled "beats work" (literally: work on the rhythm). After an hour and a half, participants play together the boisterous sambas. A drum Player lost his serious air from the beginning: he vigorously strikes in tempo. A large blonde woman shakes her Bell, but applied air outlining dance steps.
For Dominique Gruyer, head of the "environment and living environment" (LCA) of the General Council of Hauts-de-Seine, is net: "If one is to create synergies and strengthen the team spirit, such training, half-day if it includes the debriefing is more effective than three days of classical seminar." Even if its price is slightly higher (per person, including 85 euros HT for a group of 30 to 40 people). Employees learn to listen to and forward together, at the same pace: it must not start time in advance, go either too fast or too slowly. Each must be merged across. As in business. From the bench, after observing the effectiveness of the Orchestra "for themselves", Dominique Gruyer decided to propose this meeting in the next days training of its 400 frames LCA: "because in a very reduced time it comes to highlight the problems of team and that each takes exactly the extent of the individual and collective implications of issues and strategies." However, there is no lack of prevention.

A few internal resistance
"First, those responsible for training little know these new practices, then they break a certain image of serious," she continues. In UFG, a subsidiary of the Credit Mutuel Nord Europe Group, Florence Simon, head of internal communications, says have faced some internal resistance, "quickly lifted when I showed the video of demonstration.".
And worth the candle. "Everything is matter of return on investment", explains Tony Peticca, Eagle's flight. Of what the company expects the session. "There is not that orchestras." In frequency more, for example, on the occasion of the anniversary of its ten years, the company wanted involve colleagues in a new strategy and announce it by combining the teams: "team building" was built around the painting of a fresco. "Each part of the fresco was to be homogeneous, question forms and colors, with its neighbour. Hence the need for employees to build together. Therefore, each had to work carefully with the team that had the next room. Person did all of the indications: some were informed of the colors of other forms. The whole chain can assemble both the shapes and colors. Meeting once, first hidden under a sheet, the painting was unveiled to teams. The conscience of the achievement of a work, presented in a rather festive manner, very positively experienced by employees. Increasingly, employers have recourse to this type of experience. Accenture recently performed it in London. In Lucien Barrière, fresco has thus been reproduced in greeting card.
Julie Boutilié, in charge of the commercial development of the team building event in Eagle's Flight, but faces some difficulties: "directions of companies fear losing a bit of their power by organizing trainings also playful and participatory;" the other fear, it is a failure in proportion to the spectacular nature of the event. "Where breakfasts organization in which companies can make a" live"experience And reassurance on the fact that training processes are sufficiently "curled" so that it always leads to the result expected, without creating frustration: "It is certain that execution will mobilize teams in the right direction," says Guy Bergeaud. "It was bluffé: the magical", confirms Florence Simon.
He arrived that the participants, duly trained in the morning, parade music evening before shareholders. Samba for everyone!