Your Retreat Produced a Beautiful Document. Now What? 

strategic planning retreat

The difference between a facilitation that feels productive and one that actually is.  I want to tell you about a pattern I see at least a dozen times a year.  An organization invests two days and significant resources into an off-site retreat. A skilled facilitator leads the group through a well-designed agenda. Energy is high. The…

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Your Strategic Plan Is Already Broken 

strategic plan is already broken

Not because your team failed. Because of what happened before anyone picked up a pen.  Let me tell you the most common thing I hear from executive directors and CEOs about six months after a strategic planning retreat:  They say it with a kind of tired resignation — like they already know what comes next.…

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