Corporate Retreats

In today’s environment nothing is static; it is becoming common for changes to happen at a pace faster than the abilities of the leader grow.  In other words, if leaders do not develop themselves both deeply and quickly, their jobs can rapidly outgrow them.  Corporate Retreats are about much more than simple team building. Each retreat session blends three critical elements of success: Change Management, Team Alignment and Leadership Development.  

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

TEAM ALIGNMENT

LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
We customize your Corporate Retreat to align with the goals, challenges and environment of your organization. We include lodging, catering and meeting space at Mystic Waters, or we can bring our facilitators to the site of your choice.

WHAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH

  • Smoother implementation of large project
  • Working sessions to establish team goals
  • Joint decision making around controversial topics
  • Uncovering hidden "landmines" that block progress
  • Using conflict to accelerate change
  • Identifying emerging risks in a project
  • Provide a forum for people to voice their concerns - before they become a derailer​

THE PROCESS

  1. We work on key decisions or actions the team needs to take.
  2. We ask tough questions so the team can voice concerns in a safe environment.
  3. We provide tactics training for difficult issues, which build leadership skills.
  4. We document all the work in a comprehensive report for accountability
Results: Better Team. Better Leaders. Fewer Breakdowns

Objectives

We set clear objectives for each session, so that the team is clear on the purpose and context for the session.  We take into account the internal and external forces driving the business, as well as the culture, challenges and goals that matter to the team.  Objectives are driven by both the work and learning goals established in this process.

Design

We design each meeting to accomplish the dual goals of the work and learning.  While every meeting is highly customized, we use a series of design principles that set the conditions for hard conversations, key decisions, and useful feedback to accelerate progress, growth and change.

Facilitation​

We facilitate our meetings to maximize involvement of every member of the team or group. Meetings are conducted to provide space for brainstorming and thinking together, as well as problem-solving and decision-making. Facilitators are highly skilled and able to customize on the fly as needed in order to fulfill the objectives of the team, while at the same time, providing meaningful learning content that applies to the situation,

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Action

We finish each meeting with a focused set of steps and a comprehensive report of the meeting.  The report includes the activities from the session, as well as the decisions and any learning content that was included in the session.  Over time, these reports serve as a chronicle of the journey that the team has taken together. We include the option for follow-up coaching in an "on-demand" format so that the team members can stick to their commitments.

PREVIOUS CLIENTS

"The Team Alignment engagement was one of the critical success factors of our successful software implementation. Lynn is much more than a facilitator. She has this ability or sense to recognize what we are not talking about or trying to avoid and make "it" safe so that we can make tough decisions that accelerate our work, make our team work better together and make us better as leaders. Every meeting, we wondered how to find the time to do this and at the end of every meeting, we left feeling energized, motivated, and overflowing with ideas. We then realized that we couldn't afford NOT to do it. 
-Roger Sipe, Lexington Medical, SVP of Operations

"Time like today is such a rewarding investment and I felt like we grew significantly in just the few hours we were there. I feel much more focused on what next steps should be, and better yet, with the buy-in from my team. 
 
I realize even now that teams are just like an engine in a car - routine maintenance isn’t a sign of weakness, it’s a method for maintaining strength and longevity - and teams need maintenance just like engines in order to keep performing at our peak. I will definitely be a repeat customer! Many thanks again"
-Michelle Yelton: McConnell Group

"I just wanted to express my thanks for such an outstanding retreat for the HNG Foundation Board of Directors.
You led a group of diverse individuals with a wide spectrum of opinions skillfully and enthusiastically to produce, at the end of the day, a directional plan for moving forward.
Your techniques of soliciting and blending ideas resulting in a a new (and to some of us, revolutionary) approach to the business of fundraising and giving back to the community was creative, professional and productive.
You allowed us to disagree but ultimately achieved common ground to overcome an unproductive inertia in taking our mission to the next level. You've got me energize with renewed purpose."
-Mayor Bob
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You really do a great job of re-energizing our teams and helping us to re-align expectations and goals. You have been a breath of fresh air every 6-8 weeks during this project.  
 
Thanks again for all that you do in helping us to realize our true potential as a team.
-COO, Large Hospital System
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