Posts Tagged ‘Executive Retreat’

Why Off-Site?

Thursday, July 28th, 2011

One of the best things I get to do as an Exec­u­tive Coach at Build­ing Cham­pi­ons is to facil­i­tate Exec­u­tive Retreats. I love see­ing how each unique mem­ber of the exec­u­tive team trans­forms just hours after the retreat launches. I wish I could say that my coach­ing was solely respon­si­ble for this beau­ti­ful trans­for­ma­tion, but it is not.

There is some­thing mag­i­cal that hap­pens when a small group of tal­ented and busy lead­ers pull away from their desks, leave their offices, trade in their suits for jeans and check out of their homes and into an envi­ron­ment that is dif­fer­ent than the norm for a day or two.

The expe­ri­ence of an off-site retreat can be of incred­i­ble value.

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25% Fun

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010

Last week I sent a few Tweets from Col­orado Springs where I was facil­i­tat­ing an exec­u­tive retreat with a won­der­ful group of clients. If you hap­pen to fol­low me on Twit­ter, you may have seen this pic­ture of me with a sweet Rain­bow Trout in my hands. The cap­tion read, “Fun exec­u­tive retreat today!”

I got some inter­est­ing com­ments after shar­ing that pic­ture. I heard every­thing from “You charge for this?” to “What a boondoggle!”

Today, I want to share my obser­va­tions about excel­lent lead­er­ship, mag­netic cul­tures, respectable results, and fun.

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