A good friend of mine recently organized a three-day offsite for his executive team. First one they’ve ever had as a company and, apparently, it blew their minds. Re-energized and centered the group around an aligned purpose; got them working on the right stuff, and with a renewed vigor. Everything you want to have happen from such an event. I asked my friend what was so ground breaking about their weekend that it would have such a powerful impact. The way he tells it, it was nothing more complicated than answering three questions:
I wonder how much of the impact came from the fact that they simply had a retreat at all. Sometimes setting aside the time to have the conversation is as important as coming up with the right questions.
