The Elephant in the Team Building Room

There's often a large, seldom-mentioned elephant in the team building room: Top leadership isn't present. Employees notice when team building is only directed at them and they see the level of commitment leadership has by whether they are present in the room. When leaders are part of the team building activities, they become part of the group as well as the solution. If they're not there the employees think it's just another thing they have to do and leadership doesn't.