The MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada was the location of this year’s annual vender’s conference for the Symantec Corporation and where I just held the Build-a-Bike team building event for 110 Symantec’s vendors.  Symantec is the largest maker of security software for computers. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and is a Fortune 500 company.  Symantec wanted a team building event to help build collaboration and communication with the vendors and distributors for Symantec.  Building a spirit of cooperation among owners of competing businesses was an internal directive Symantec wanted to develop.  The team building event was uniquely timed to nail home the importance of sharing information.  With the time and resources in short supply, every minute the group spent withholding information and competing against each other was time ticking away at their bottom line, which in this case, was to build twenty bikes for children.  This team building event was a fun and interactive way to help build community among these competing vendors.  I was particularly impressed with not only the vision but the generosity of Symantec Co.   In addition to the 20 bicycles, Symantec donated $10,000.00 to the Boys and Girls clubs of Las Vegas.  This team building event was an exciting way to express their commitment to great leadership in action.

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