The World’s Worst Motivational Exercises

What do waterboarding, burning, beating, and kidnapping all have in common?

If you said, “they are all controversial tools in the war on terror,” you would be wrong.

If you said, “they were all used as teambuilding and motivational corporate activities,” you would be correct!

Cracked.com posted this very funny – and yet disturbing – article about 6 Motivational Exercises That Went Horribly Wrong.

Yes, all four of the above torture acts, along with two more, are on the list.

After you read the article, you will probably think three things:

1. “It is sad that people exist in the world who think some of these things were good motivational ideas”
2. “It is amazing what people will do when commanded to by an authority figure – or when they feel their job is on the line”
3. “Boy, I am glad I don’t work for any of those companies!”

Kind of makes hiring a Motivational Smart Ass as your conference speaker or using improv comedy at your next teambuilding or training retreat seem like a no-brainer, doesn’t it?