A) Exciting brainstorming sessions. B) Good chance to hear a lot of sighing. C) Opportunity to get creative about denial. D) Away from the confines of the office, managers can come up with solutions to all business problems. E) Sometimes the catered lunch is exceptional. F) You get a chance to see who really cares. G) You get to see who regards the customers as a problem. H) Sometimes trust exercises can seem a lot like inappropriate touching. I) Someone always cracks everyone up by saying "What ever happened to all those ideas to seize the future that we talked about at last year's retreat?" J) You get to see who has truly mastered the art of blame. K) You get a chance to stun your fellow managers by being positive. L) Snide allusions to the current budget. M) There's always the chance to be the last person in American business to say "Well, that's not how we've done it in the past." N) Top boss snarling "Not my tempo!" O) Managers can take comfort in the fact that, bleak as things might be, at least we aren't going down without a fight. P) Other.

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