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Top Five Mistakes Executives Make When Planning/Executing a Retreat:

One of my executive coaching clients recently hired me to help his team plan their fall department wide retreat. In our conversation today one of his team memberse asked me, "What do you see as the top five mistakes teams make when planning and executing a retreat?" Here was my answer:

Top Five Mistakes Executives Make When Planning/Executing a Retreat:
  1. Presenters present information in a lecture/talking head format (boring…) (Presentation Tips)
  2. Retreat is not planned/tied to some specific outcomes
  3. See the retreat as an event (the end) not a process (the beginning)
  4. The ending of the retreat is a let down
  5. Little or no action happens after the retreat (or slow to act on ideas) (Organize/Plan)

Next time you begin planning a retreat consider avoiding these.

Do you have any examples of other retreat mistakes you have seen? Let me know. E-mail me at Patrick@PatrickDonadio.com

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