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1. united is better

   Have you thought about the paper survival exercises; lost at sea, desert survival, stranded on the moon?  These are great ones for making the point that we tend to do better in a team than working in isolation. (they also work better than ants who have six legs and no life, or the pyramids, that were built by slaves who were regularly whipped until they died of exhaustion (maybe inappropriate images!)

    

   I hope this helps

   Rus Slater

   http://www.coach-and-courses.com

2. A Pedants Apologies

   Sorry, but my pedantism wont let this pass. Actualy Russ the Pyramids were not built by slaves, it’s a misconception promoted by Hollywood.

   Here are some intersting insights:

   http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/11/great-pyramid-tombs-slaves-egypt

   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/8451538.stm

   http://www.disinfo.com/2010/01/egypts-chief-archaeologist-says-pyramids-were-not-built-by-slaves/

   http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html

   In fact tomb graffiti indicates that they worked in teams, so the fact they constructed such fantastic structures means you could still use this example but in a contra way.

3. a QI moment…..the klaxons went off and I look like Alan Davies

   I stand corrected, Garry, thanks for educating me in a such a nice way!

   Still, the evidence was that the workers may have been "conscripted" and many showed signs of short, very hard life and an early death so whilst the outcome of their work is undoubtedly brilliant, the skill they showed marvellous and theiur dedication inspiring, I doubt many employees in 21st Century UK Plc would gladly volunteer to emulate such sacrifices!

   Rus