A Fayette County marketing team entered a team in the Peachtree City Dragon Boat Festival some years ago. It started out casual and silly, but once they were on the water, everything changed. They saw—instantly—that if they didn't get in sync, they wouldn’t move. During training, I coached them through drills and a short race. Back on shore, the supervisor said, "That was the first time we've ever really functioned as a team! It's even changing how we talk to each other!". I'm a US competition-certified paddling coach, and I’m a good referral for your HR manager friend, Sally who’s planning a team-building event in Q3. She wants a high-impact result for her employees, but she’s working with a tight budget. Sally's excited about her workplace and she wears company-branded polos in every color of the rainbow. Ask her, “Would your group get more from something active—like a boat race—or from another whiteboard workshop?” I’m Jessica Walker with the Peach State Dragon Boat Academy. Let’s Catch a Dragon. Save a Life.