Tanglewood Conservatories will be closed on Friday March 21st for our annual company bowling tournament. After a hearty breakfast, the entire company will head out to the local bowling alley for the much awaited affair.

We hold this event at least once a year with everyone from the company in attendance. Besides being just plain fun, it’s a great opportunity to bring everyone together outside of the usual work environment – where everyone’s “role” is already well “rehearsed”.

Teams are purposely chosen with the aim of breaking down the distinctions between functional groups in the company. Someone from our shop staff will be paired with someone from the office or with someone from engineering staff. This gives everyone a great chance to get to know and compete with others that they would not normally mix with.

The experience can go a long way towards fostering greater cohesion and cooperation in our normal work conservatory projects. Because the custom conservatories we build are so different from one another, it requires a high degree of input from many individuals throughout the process. I’ve found that our ability to perform efficiently throughout this process is directly related to everyone’s sense of connection to it and thus to our ability to perform as a cohesive team.

We’ll post pictures afterwards of the winners soon.

In the summer, it’ll be a horseshoe pitching tournament!

-Alan