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Facilitating your team-building retreat

Facilitating your team-building retreat

From the course: Management Tips

Facilitating your team-building retreat

If you want to host a team building retreat with real impact great planning is essential. Having said that without knowing how to facilitate the meeting itself the very best of plans can easily fizzle out. Let's think for just a moment about great facilitation. Your first task is to choose an inside facilitator or an outside facilitator. Both have pros and cons. The inside person is familiar with the players in the room and knows the issues that define the current working environment. On the other hand, an outside professional might have better facilitation skills, and they certainly won't be afraid of any sacred cows insiders might avoid. The day of the event after any introductions, it's time for you to discuss the purpose of the meeting, the agenda, and relevant behavioral norms. Be sure everyone is clear on the overriding reason why they are there. Use the agenda to give them clarity about timing for all activities and breaks. And discuss norms so everyone is clear about expected…

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