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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