When I first moved to Italy, I had to work with a colleague with whom I could not find common ground. He was a good person, and I am not a bad person, but as people with completely different mindsets, backgrounds, age groups, and work attitudes, we could not get things done.
It affected my settlement in Italy—I just wanted to quit. Dolce Vita was not fun, as I dreaded how I would move through my day. I guess it affected him and the team until one day, our manager asked us to have a night out. Not just a night out, but we had to bring a dish and cook. The manager warned me that I needed to show up.
I sighed, went home, cooked five liters of “borscht”, and went out for the party. The party was okay-ish; it was awkward… until it was over. We rushed to the small Italian elevator designed for two, all six of us.

We pressed ‘B0,’ the lift said, “Oh,” went down, and then we got stuck.
I am claustrophobic. To say that it was bad is an understatement. And this guy being 2 mm from my body was not helping. I was holding the cover of my pan as my shield until I started to lose consciousness.

“Breathe,” he said. I inhaled. “Breathe.” And the… then, he hugged me. The fact that we were already close to each other helped me find extra stability. We hugged as human to human. Then,n something inside us bonded. I looked him in the eyes and saw a person—sincere, kind, and caring. From that day, we worked great together.

None of this would have happened if we hadn’t broken the daily working interaction. To establish bonding, people need to do activities outside the office, something new, challenging, and exciting—like the retreats we offer in Kazakhstan in October and in Oman in September. With all the programs they have, they could be perfect for corporate retreats. Check the details under the section of the Tem Retreats on thsi site or visit our www here: https://sparksretreats.com/upcoming-retreats-kz/

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