Susan Dunlop: Lead Believe Create
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If you haven’t experienced a Strategic Retreat for your growing business before, it is a best practice step-away from business, focused ON business.
Gather the key people in your business, whether that be yourself and significant other; or heads of departments of your growing business.
Come to Noosa for a 2-day+ business retreat away from the maddening crowd, or at least away from the hustle and bustle of your daily business.
In my early days of growing my own business, our first retreats were as few as myself, my non-executive directors (NED), husband, Tom and Advisory Board NED, Duncan Schultz. As we grew the business, I invited division managers and team leaders to the retreat, and the company and team benefited from the focused time together.
Susan sharing some examples of venues and structure: “Even though our business operated local to Noosa, our favourite Strategic Retreat was at Noosa Springs. We held them there for 2 years of our planning. They were the years we invited all the heads of departments along for their first time to contribute to the strategic plan. Those 2 years were in the lead up to the business’ acquisition. I liked that it was so quiet there, the meeting space was generous, we had accommodation for regional managers, the spa, tennis courts, restaurant… loads of good reasons. Another year, quite early on in the business’ growth phase, we booked the top floor of 23 Hasting Street, a 3-bedroom apartment overlooking Noosa Beach. Since then, I’ve found all kinds of other mixtures of accommodation, meeting spaces, dining venues and outdoor spaces, depending on the size of the team and also the business’ budget. The retreats generally incorporate some play, team building, movement – the best work isn’t done sitting around a boardroom table! Lots of changes to structure, so that there’s no settling or zoning out – everyone contributes. Plus room for laughter/learning outdoors. Either the first night or the middle night, we’d generally recommend one early dinner altogether. All in the spirit of getting people to see the business differently, think differently, contribute ideas that they’d maybe not have thought to before.”
Prep Work, Agendas, Logistics, Team Building Activities, Retreat Content, Format, Exercises, Topic Presenters, Facilitation. I will help you with as much or as little as you need.
Easy First Step Today: Book a time to discuss the planned Strategic Retreat here in Noosa, using the Schedule Appointment button below and I’ll be in touch at the time chosen.