Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    Retreats That Work: Everything You Need to Know About Planning and Leading Great Offsites
    Retreats That Work: Everything You Need to Know About Planning and Leading Great Offsites
    Retreats That Work: Everything You Need to Know About Planning and Leading Great Offsites
    Ebook828 pages10 hours

    Retreats That Work: Everything You Need to Know About Planning and Leading Great Offsites

    By Merianne Liteman, Sheila Campbell and Jeffrey Liteman

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    Based on the best-selling first edition, this greatly expanded and updated version contains forty-seven new activities, more information about how to design and lead retreats, and additional suggestions for how to recover when things go wrong. A CD-ROM allows you to print out chapters for distribution to key leaders, duplicate templates, and produce handouts for specific exercises.

    Whether you're planning to lead an offsite retreat for the first time or the ninety-ninth time, this easy-to-use, one-stop resource provides:

    • Step-by-step instructions for leading a wide variety of tested exercises.
    • Insight into establishing effective working relationships with clients.
    • Information on what to include in your retreat designs.
    • Suggestions for encouraging participants to speak up and play an active role.
    • Tools for managing conflict.
    • Guidance on making decisions during a retreat and changing course when necessary.
    • Strategies for developing and implementing action plans.
    • Tips for follow-up so you can keep the change train on track.
    Order your copy of this practical guide today!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWiley
    Release dateJun 29, 2012
    ISBN9781118429488
    Retreats That Work: Everything You Need to Know About Planning and Leading Great Offsites

    Related to Retreats That Work

    Related ebooks

    Training For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      How to Find (or Design) a Mastermind

      May 23, 2018

      Focus on the Facilitator As the mastermind group’s gatekeeper and de facto leader, the often-paid facilitator acts as a sort of business therapist. Look for business coaches or larger organizations in your area, and ask whether they facilitate group

      1 min read

    • Article

      Your EAT Is What You Are

      Oct 23, 2019

      Your EAT Is What You Are
      2 min read

    • Article

      Craving Connection

      Feb 25, 2018

      Craving Connection
      6 min read

    • Article

      Unlocking Employee Potential: A FRAMEWORK FOR SUCCESS

      May 1, 2021

      FOSTERING THE WELL-BEING and resiliency of employees has long been an important element of the best business models. Now, in part due to the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has become even more of a necessity. Encouragingly, business

      7 min read

    • Article

      Claiming Your 4 Superpowers

      Jan 21, 2021

      Claiming Your 4 Superpowers
      4 min read

    • Article

      How To Produce Impactful Presentations

      Apr 20, 2022

      In today’s tech-saturated, digitally-[dis] connected world it is authentic human connection that gives you or your team that competitive advantage. Everyone has a natural ability to connect, yet many people shy away from the spotlight. Most people ar

      1 min read

    • Article

      “I Love My Job But Can’t Stand The Networking”

      Mar 24, 2020

      Q After years of training, I have qualified as a lawyer. I enjoy the work and I am good at it, but I struggle with all the ‘peripheral’ bits. For example, I am expected to bring in new clients, which means networking, and I feel that I’m not very goo

      4 min read

    • Article

      STOP Beating Yourself Up!

      May 13, 2019

      STOP Beating Yourself Up!
      4 min read

    • Article

      What It Takes

      Sep 1, 2018

      Gallup has identified 10 traits that best characterize entrepreneurs. In an exhaustive survey, Inc. and Gallup zeroed in on founders from this year’s Inc. 5000 who best embody them.

      11 min read

    • Article

      Out Of Focus

      Dec 3, 2019

      Out Of Focus
      5 min read

    • Article

      Roadblock to Revenue Growth

      Jun 17, 2018

      Roadblock to Revenue Growth
      1 min read

    • Article

      Beyond Belief

      Feb 10, 2021

      Beyond Belief
      5 min read

    • Article

      Coaching: What Is It And Does It Work?

      Sep 30, 2020

      Business coaching is big business. Two years ago, the International Coaching Federation had 53,000 members and estimated that there were 100,000 life coaches in the world. Another estimate of note is that it is currently a Billion Dollar business, es

      8 min read

    • Article

      4 Steps to Leadership

      Sep 1, 2022

      4 Steps to Leadership
      3 min read

    • Article

      We’ve Seen The Future

      Aug 12, 2020

      The future of work arrived out of nowhere, on the back of a once-in-a-century pandemic. Team dynamics got challenged as members dealt with illness, trauma, and crisis. We’ve all been forced to rapidly and radically adapt to new working norms. The Fer

      4 min read

    • Article

      Can You Teach Leadership?

      Dec 2, 2022

      Can You Teach Leadership?
      9 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for Retreats That Work

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      Retreats That Work - Merianne Liteman

      Hdbook_preview_excerpt.html}˒#בDoڪ̐IQZXV,Ⰺ]e(hEh3Z/?#4kk1+8~'>}MC7Sw'o>9}ЌպU]?TuwP}ujS[w L4zZgt.?TfjjB7{yow0ꓟ>}+Oն^VTӳO>?ɓ6} Cd~w!nϑlq3#`Oa{ȃ0i՛mz}mu!lW2|M=lTUUs'N?OLnBwgt7l0v2Ir:w}-{aN Yw]ȿ@7U~.iS+nrY'YfӜdbK#v?is9p l-`}[ lÊ;󰱟w"ucӷF7ʒ5AwpSu=\dm!NXIj 63zM3ڷjyC3Cd].zo",:PWf˨G hZdѴ:웮öډlPkDRZ5->mv"asIZzUM/I-*QzIOn0|͸xZ ~#;cȂqEQT 9V8Pٹi[yOj|'‚Sc ecxzѧ[.TպUa!\z9R$ngE-{B5t2ͻV:^Ġ5_,$ * E;y7!9LAFQdl:*G k+]7"~ObN x-w\X ծ<|S,fۈ6ƱR%6mdI9Tko]BS'>eZ9ia uGpT5QA]>8AN?jcw%hm};OkALS2mXZ%y:4;>X94fF|猙uC3SA\+yضi,] mo _?"ɟ+t{vbV!U QC6l;Ylum~PCTau2QXͻ"Qc~gMBd !^wg)(CT7]:i K ﹀3{F\#BUUD~ q-8b36Ae.Pm)4yz$AQenO>ݢ#,L]5B||8>bHKFP>)5DFwS^hkUqJ'LqEDZ[N#%.56(ꏴ-?pd?gt H .v|p\~X_u6ݪ2[fO؞&3o )HL)~1Ǹf߆ɤq(jnVœz4 BC) &L '.ԴG +Ԗ4)zsQ'K8 ZBΏb3/)8c$S:D ĩDVj<bN-Oz">M>,;06J$ #{96z8b@ ./~W'UrְuS 7#nv<.|d.2Ȍ~!6 2 V<(渥} hFc;`gm<=]%=] ' Tqd"O=M `qB]Ui4"&' vE+M=BGyOEÞ\ӎ(L 2X ض|ӀxAfFL!:YbVK<=o awPv @[*un&&¤ +Ci{.c@嚱Sb̧Wks]{9S0{C{āFV\BJ%ɿUKQȒƒ]yfN9ɒEeLJMr8z,}ۼW7-CDl7y_ג= ix4z/Mg#7Xxy=xۏHCt/iT$lx &!GfrQlߧAAs@"Rni?E) .%=5Pv8&x:LުanMUt(SǸ<u 1' KHL+ׂ'x@͘\Okym&-~F"F'nyA՟e%R}橫}qGߥ''vdo@mwlYW. "hpCXS}4~޿3ןS9Rմx@/޼|m/,+>MT{(eE mho0wCB@`V )L0Ut-J"ΛEGL)7fO1D:譎 lL ?SWhLA^ス5t #)QI.>hӰ=붩wx~p$`a+Îa>fߋlh]ׁsFfF9 P4Kqg.9ɭeN. ~, cp{fFCݍՉz9 P!"!&DdO&vfP9C{w%:V.Kr5ktl6BNGb=B F[ '(8lYnBtuy|n̡J/o[0bZvF3 'Ւyq)aM+\4Ќ.8(<v;FQYf1nұ}$퍫Xd5`)=>׽@ M;Dct}+, bLhGS} NL)߾K@W&VՋ/^D63 EF]=A$ 07<'N)cȁ*gZӀvv>z8h*OJ Y:@5?4{ TE0>PDď7uqFP˰J䜁Q!p@Z {p{ͽړᴮf4':,aؒBcȢ#bS1JmyAk6B%vNH\hE&v5w/˕)2oM'G%q_};MXKBֳ8;O2d Cgr0 jչOgp֒yYH1$5%rm p$@N,B{RWDݡtwh$tP5\璜+o)5\_B<01)/ [`ܳs>C}Es1xa;@qh%t?‰k,4X I<~̶HPFwP<+׷ r]:H>ֆ% hXAL]PږPEu ]뿭>YNhyB%?@O6-IFdR2!Xm$ZX\"خ u|7E_.C!7 p2Hj LCV)ukP◲p_8ii6 b<錼IΝ1"m5NFV6 * ~^g2xspuc3Ģ̳Ebs $ ۊ;A_ ;moL3oW"rcޓ>, <S rƜfOahq4,Y*pq!<1Y5~܍M[HXsO".pI&~i|bބq!jjA+}Xx8)ix9yuŖIʸ}_w)'n$<g -H69X' عbiyIYTo)!2`P{Y>PD7-~-%e ^E(ӯa1[%e)ڎ32&ycP>tlS,n**$)n198DZqQWјbk# rGzk%nv!q/:Ϫ-l}rRT,FמcI{ڻ$m=Bx!,1L @4a0O^gEasA:.,fU(0){4ۄij[ZB?˔GU) F&$HfR ,RddMx23c{3uU{2I2R4*'fZLdxj;>wVHPƋϫ2r`iϭ+nHM VG<[?.t7D_D%5 Mcv}k%"d3gX 1AlQt*eyZhWMj1Uhq"8VMƤ  ֌ڙcuȺzj-'í#"PKBYB+n|@J_9T8!ۀEVm-k/676@L"{ +ep&ʶܦM"vҩ_E~k;2>d<Uie)`۪vf'8}5]o(tKWyd~81?QNr^u |ѕ #oZcDl7PJgCF@C/lS CiJ,WIy4Ճź nb5ftÂ>Œdh;<<-ˈF|D Xw QY϶+sW3h>c\1S}GQMbT% P8>™s4l]"BDP~,@j[%^ 7c0eH^P49Kd<.6Lόf#6JGXT]m/:S2(zzHOX D|yQӘ)ҺmZO=4=3v+׆,ܹ2U̅`^j ęzïEU$P+1'd_i;دZ~J&K{I5ѕQÎ[%<PYg/x^v;;hv\)b%Q\/&}wwm}AQt6!E AUpӢƬ]jMM2njQ3ƚ%CE_Ă:Bv_&$nю E Kuod8,%ϷV p? #Ш}[Jv  RvM lv:`m#e^Dm%C#XZ 3 t'k&z1!b/mU:;Fv*-d_Y,-@鴤}M[ rTЃkMVZy-3kZ"h&=M-ND7Ua:$>ʝ50rJS:lsemp.(5ԓLHyHȯ尀vE/RPj]}0YGC9yƋ pk)· b]: ȆOٚ('xܝhUS`c$߅ri+Ig7 crmFzCXf1?``3u UQ>56 Kӛ30i6JښCC KcøѽEüEg=ֳ.ąak8{vfDMJֽwuU-Ynˬ[X\9R))> *k6F^ۯ=ˆr0f,hV(o̥'nXͥ@Ĵ3 9&9^JՎ4+/䇿n=>E]KnϛN1VyǮk L:3Tb@Gw}@}ZorU ]uPWܵf1ͪB#D89]eFVeݿ3'ֳd Skt;R١s uFgUJ*M/&sc]Fr\̢kՌ>EF}~@?މNQ)Ur(+.wgz=úюRƻd]tbYZ@o =gY,;)KEibTWNvklC:~t"ޚ1 W_$JQְW-Qj:Aj"^>36 s݊_B7")2sio%oYɏwg"H]z1Ze KsЏ幃e^i~VJpR P ?h|'5ΫFF5oS~XeOyG t9eH\hCX]|^ecD?OK^T~{G+q|'gj+IqgeRΝe7Ԇ@g3C#XfeQZ(ZtLlsHғ_n[w/[{H8x y' 9</fFH:zǪ'~LY';}}zsCɇݯD&O/wM&ƨCwd>zt\Bny 7ؠN_ aX|,.ww"$] Gu$ u-"@+?C$)5^egb9ٻjaQ穬F7$|Hj%lG,CLB!NVT'!,tGr|؊^r!Sk;AjWo- cL՚KvDFR/4# z)r_}ݟ&%eݻ"Ȧn ;ͱjTYea= ya F8bh1WpwmEW9D} rR&C^G3gjxm7x\T^)xlLD{DTiд\w[4v'<6Kfwݍ ?!Q\.ѡ(lubqqM+]'2kwk6ƛ҄0آIe|zfoa[k.x{) \z#KGu"%~".wn5NF@qFVO'?}jndޮs}}cc{RP^[Tuqe:(S!_{a(ΊajDAc1q?98mK#x/b5|t:$-a7o3"b^E{nm)D?_&^jnpJs!4X 1xe5 Ȧ>947^uUx:`nS{N^?i蔐eqY kB"-b* )חN}v *>&,J>fw_7ު_'kN8g5QnfCPߨl Bo%GT^`BMԔԫ(% =ZRsɰƱE$kKc䈄kTdktdlʕCQvIˣ쵾 1VEL~}$P`_f[pk |ݸ^O1,R~JdlRr&Ζ&}oYx|լsN+YLhބS1r|bAxE&z\4I^8*h7/q{6D@i; i:>{Vh% |O4bFo*XtnCiK%V f;xDb_lm-bދYm8D E =ydĬb77)D :~\Yi5s} nˏ1^?FXF-B929vӓyDMDR3ٽW\%0 CG'Dޣ8 JÒ~dm@ Z 咬߭8XRQ]SK4 V-KCo+.S|.9ѽUh) *e([94 cGlZOӔNS':-lwxwdj޹*FmmF Jִp3KGc]H /{ˋq;47)*TF*C)8eIj ?Ȍ"1yVeajǜe0P{cY}/~hTz;)+6nJ$.0dLv%/ nmyCaxcp' ;[Imn-uF=ҍ,$IѤG4܀fw͂"'1݀bcFzxv[BZ<{0YrcqZ!ipQZscvF\H #J0@#]*ۀ[6)gէZ: }rPibE(]W60\s7J~ĽL{Vv┑0Ŧ*0dyGGnx-efGk-muHk+ryP`c7h ,K3lt~s̶16ěo).0>_*9{+Jf7v!&2 @z3i7˯ шE7/sdkb=o ܆%Ğq}O=F&@^[7B++n\mpKIQ;^kM|19->U֏}Ȣ__d .JΖ7OgնzkHE:d)آF{ #%\l3 ^RųlB2XO˟xA y/~+ƂH/gX%D!N',o:f\ 7 HHqWMLJBJ=f訖#Ȝx+D15vyԠ[ߵeD+hHEk2OrѾuV U~$@5pV{x^|l[U9c9k ObUV:܋/^M1zzD+PsޙgGewz[N|=)ޟbl}lCS70yٵa /{fk&Pz3Ԗ>3䵷~7V㧦@6A pf5kn WOӻ^m65rePʢ?rOWa~ H颩tFb6a`βOk8/ǮNZ<S,95Mtf>Iz:y?0\$J^ TRF[e^n&.YzTǶH:kV1^)lC1^%` v yL1ҟ'vAm}Qq[5 '8!ZD?AJ -gvȩg#(MN{ r `fhu} xaq8R4>n*ǭ_+iȔ<-b>ek#zejJ3 {e^{f5Tk֕=~%P 5<]ͬBJ*1IlRo[]Qn;~}6H2_x_a/ 1E]T8{ڢek~Q6Z57j +97Qe᥏pd긚%FnZOb]4++}$޿+nvI&fl*1kXgQyDJDv6c_[MbuU에G1Nm%hE--MH-#qzDEy5Y(Y#^)l]H<aA1qf=vg]mX >,?_`&b-gf5(ENL |OO??tq6IqmC#w~y602c/ 5* p37o0jm 0:xzw %"$ˊCJR ;( Rth8` W۾%<]!b9apRr[2'Aq,?ԹJ?7[wSjn~#Ŕm .rV?8il>o~K;MOtS7V hJRyʗ R6d+42 gT(n u6.g1%zX޵ݤr3tT.Scf)ʹytkLЮ(rlӞ\l&=VF44ͽњ9գ&9"VX:rY7&˦͘}é͔ȸDcwJ<6"h(lb%,bVvXC&a6lTYiuOxM̀h6.ZxnvE `wr$_ꧫ*eIA-:zBl1d70򷂦oYnT|+ĪQ{Q\^ye5G;;_+. vaX u2?? xlGp#{xVGkēʈh1'Fs,Sn(À$L4W8(ӶNobIsh.wK*Ě[%AwcfE񓨔-::ٕqӟ1')TNV"Ǒ_Kno/<L@}E~89ԩ5uP'UI_2V}S/^^++/,^|SKԡЌ3?C]XݎMw~46TM4x(*sYٱ45OLI'O󽞥KrJS[W uEܰ밲 !u)6]&n|#,3@amMjpF`]KoE lw 1=2|BlfFgx 3:8"4QxJ xL\}MU U~8Ji0: ֥cc?kԯFv^½j7Pcd٩JQu7P7]hFV q^cno.7nwf6:ҏIkjX=L:TPȿQ&t?xk4Y=6[jY N0+2=o6"?s2*i6eQea\]J'JQ({Zo˞v#)EF_N,ј堊N Y0N9gqq=zCw8ۅh_?XGb/,Tpm<\="PZj2S=c>% elvUdd8eb"Yϭ|:cFXQq1ŝu):K, j5rXʴ2*q]8AP
      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1