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Too Many Executive Teams Go On A Management Retreat And They End Up Being Just That
| Having nice chats in nice surroundings is pleasant and fun – but the value of most management retreats is marginal at best in terms of effecting changes in behavior and therefore improving results. Usually retreats are just that – management gets away from the issues by retreating, and while having "retreated" take no meaningful action.
A leadership get-away can be sound and useful when executives remove themselves from their daily business to focus instead on strategic and tactical issues that are of great importance to their organization. Instead of calling such meetings retreats I would much prefer calling them advances but only when leadership planning and action sessions deliver:- specific objectives and goals
- specific and detailed plans and strategies to achieve these goals
- clear deliverables and milestones to measure progress toward achieving goals
- and cost-benefit analysis for the chosen strategies.
Taking action in a planned and coherent way during such a leadership get-away will also result in the much sought after "team building". The ability of team members to put together a plan, engage the organization to act on that plan and deliver cost effective results will build and solidify a leadership team.
Retreating is a nice chat in nice surroundings. Advancing is a meaningful planning session that delivers results to the organization's bottom line. |
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