If your team feels disconnected, a well-designed offsite can realign and reenergize them—but only if you go beyond logistics. Ask yourself these five questions to inform your planning and make the time count.
How do I want my team to feel? Design the day with emotional outcomes in mind. Whether it’s feeling valued, connected, or energized, those intentions should shape your space, agenda, and tone.
What’s getting in the way of success? Use the offsite to surface blockers. Misaligned processes or unclear roles? Bring real issues to the table and equip the team with tools to address them, live.
What behavior shift do I want to see? Lasting change comes from visible behavior shifts. Identify the new norms or habits you want to embed, then create space at the offsite to name them and practice them together.
What should the team stop doing? Make space for what matters by identifying low-value work or outdated habits to leave behind.
How will I make it stick? Plan for follow-through. Identify commitments, build in accountability checkpoints, assign ownership, and schedule regular reviews to sustain momentum. |
