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A Special News Report About Life On the Job -- and Trends Taking Shape There The Wall Street Journal Tuesday, November 24, 1998 Rejecting once-popular outdoor leadership programs, companies are offering less strenuous venues, including the kitchen, to build teamwork. Genentech Inc., PG&E Corp. and Wells Fargo Bank are among the companies sending employees to sear salmon or stuff manicotti under the tutelage of a professional chef at Sur La Table in San Francisco. "People are left feeling empty at work if you don't provide some sort of bonding experience," says Peter Luchetti, global head of project finance at Bank of America, San Francisco, whose employees made ice cream and cooked Italian food. They have also played paint-ball tag and built bridges out of paper, he says. A spokeswoman for utility PG&E says the cooking "encouraged people to step out of their traditional roles." This piece appeared on the front page of The Wall Street Journal. I conducted the aforementioned teambuilding event in San Francisco for 50 employees of Bank of America in the Spring of 1998. lc Back to In The News
   
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