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Leadership Retreats: Mistakes to Avoid
Hiring a Business Growth Speaker:10 Good Questions to Ask
About this episode:
Gain helpful insights on the top reasons why leadership retreats fail to move the needle. Get some insider perspective on changes you can make to increase your ROI on your offsite.
(Note: We are not event planners; the focus of the session is on retreat content design and delivery.)
Part 1
Part 2
Retreat Planning Resources
Here are some resources to help you plan your best-yet leadership retreat.
CHOOSING A FACILITATOR
What should you be asking a potential executive offsite facilitator?
What would a good answer look like? And what would a right-fit-for-your-organization answer look like?
Download the 10 Tough Questions to Ask a Retreat Facilitator.
RETREAT KICKOFF SCRIPT
CEO Retreat Opening Remarks Blueprint
Gather your thoughts and give yourself the piece of mind that you will kick off your retreat like a pro with this retreat opening remarks outline.
Download the CEO Retreat Opening Remarks Blueprint and kick off an impactful retreat.
AVOID COMMON MISTAKES
7 Mistakes to Avoid on Your Leadership Retreat
Avoid these common offsite planning mistakes to make sure your retreat investment goes smoothly and has max impact on your organization.
Download the 7 Retreat Mistakes to Avoid at your executive offsite .
Hiring a Business Growth Speaker:10 Good Questions to Ask
Topics Discussed in the above recording (with timestamps)
• Opening remarks (01:04 )
• Corporate Values: Being strategic to highlight and reinforce desired corporate values and behaviors into the retreat design (07:01 )
• Addressing the elephant in the room (09:35 )
• “Team building activities” vs REAL team building vs relationship building (12:02)
• Managing expectations: What are the expectations that are too high (or too low) for a retreat? (21:06)
• Retreat issues or management issues: Helping management to maintain retreat momentum (26:31)
• Pre and post work for retreats (28:11)
• Interviews and co-creation of the retreat with retreat (29:55)
• How a retreat facilitator can help leadership performance post retreat (01:02)
• Using an internal facilitator vs an external facilitator (04:02)
• What’s one thing that you’d change (if you could) about the way that people do/think or feel about the retreats that they’re planning? (11:48)
• What is your advice on the time horizon of a new strategic plan? How rigid should it be vs evergreen? (17:03)
• The impact of alcohol on retreat success: Should drinking be part of the agenda? (26:38)
What people said about the session
Hiring a Business Growth Speaker:10 Good Questions to Ask
“High value content! Lot's of valuable insights! Thanks Ronja and Randall.” – Ali Abbas, Founder, Abbas Advantage
“Thanks Randall and Ronja for the great session and insights. This was super helpful for future planning, and for ideas I’m currently exploring.” – Ren Scott, Senior Design Consultant, OCAD U CO
“You have given lots to think about! Thank you!” – Cathi Horner, Program Director, Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association
“Thank you so much! It was great spending the hour with you and learning from you." – Howard Mammon, Executive Director, Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks
“Thank you so much. The insight is valuable." – Johanna Deboer, CEO/Principal Consultant, Deboer Consulting
“This has been a great conversation. Love all the advice that you are giving. It’s giving me good things to think about." – Paul Lansbergen, Senior Consultant, AMCES Association Consulting Services
Tariffs & Your Business: How should we react?
Leadership Retreats: Mistakes to Avoid
About this episode:
Gain helpful insights on the top reasons why leadership retreats fail to move the needle. Get some insider perspective on changes you can make to increase your ROI on your offsite.
(Note: We are not event planners; the focus of the session is on retreat content design and delivery.)
Part 1
Topics Discussed (with timestamps)
• Opening remarks (01:04)
• Corporate Values: Being strategic to highlight and reinforce desired corporate values and behaviours into the retreat design (07:01)
• Addressing the elephant in the room (09:35)
• “Team building activities” vs REAL time building vs relationship building (12:02)
• Managing expectations: What are too high (or too low) expectations from a retreat? (21:06)
• Retreat issues or management issues: Helping management to maintain retreat momentum (26:31)
• Pre and post work for retreats (28:11)
• Interviews and co-creation of the retreat with retreat (29:55)
Part 2
Topics Discussed (with timestamps)
• How a retreat facilitator can help leadership performance post retreat (01:02)
• Using an internal facilitator vs an external facilitator (04:02)
• What’s one thing that you’d change (if you could) about the way that people do/think or feel about the retreats that they’re planning? (11:48)
• The impact of alcohol on retreat success: Should drinking be part of the agenda? (26:38)
What people said about this session
“You have given lots to think about! Thank you!” – Cathi Horner, Program Director, Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors - National Association
“High value content! Lot's of valuable insights! Thanks Ronja and Randall.” – Ali Abbas, Founder, Abbas Advantage
“Thanks Randall and Ronja for the great session and insights. This was super helpful for future planning, and for ideas I’m currently exploring.” – Ren Scott, Senior Design Consultant, OCAD U CO
“This has been a great conversation. Love all the advice that you are giving. It’s giving me good things to think about." – Paul Lansbergen, Senior Consultant, AMCES Association Consulting Services
“Thank you so much! It was great spending the hour with you and learning from you." – Howard Mammon, Executive Director, Toronto Hebrew Memorial Parks
“Thank you so much. The insight is valuable." – Johanna Deboer, CEO/Principal Consultant, Deboer Consulting
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