Reasons to Whisk Your Executives Away
Reasons to Whisk Your Executives Away
BoomPop Team · 7/31/2024
At BoomPop, we specialize in planning a variety of retreats and events, including company getaways, networking incentive trips, and Executive Retreats – today’s blog topic of choice. With hundreds of retreats under our belt, we have seen firsthand how executive teams thrive when they intentionally gather in person, especially in a new location.
Why is an executive retreat worth the time and resources? Let’s explore the benefits of whisking your executives away!
Focus on the Big Picture
It’s easy for executives to get pulled into the day-to-day operations and minutiae of the business. But their true value is not in the minutiae; rather, it is in the company vision, strategy, and big picture. Executive retreats are a great way to pull executives out of the day-to-day to focus on the high impact items. It is intentional time away from their usual work environment to focus and strategize at a high level.
While some of this work can be done over Zoom, we have seen that working together in new environments stimulates creativity and divergent thinking (Learn more here: Divergent Thinking).
Gathering in a new place with a specific configuration of executive colleagues helps create an alternate reality where this team can focus on the big picture, away from the noise of their everyday workflows.
These in-depth conversations around a table, in a new environment, will lead to creative, actionable solutions and a unified approach to overcoming obstacles that the team hasn’t had a chance to discuss yet. This may look like: strategizing for a rapidly changing industry or aligning on company mission, culture, and values.
Knowing ahead of time why you want to get your executives together will help you refine content planning. Check out our previous article on Workshops and Facilitations for further inspiration.
Deeper Connection = Deeper Conversations
When we onboard clients to BoomPop, one of the questions we ask at our initial meeting is:
What would make this retreat successful?
One response we hear repeatedly is: We leave the retreat feeling like we know each other better; we understand one another better.
This is important for executives as well. Getting your high-powered team together in a relaxed environment opens up gateways to team bonding - which happens infrequently while we are at work because we are often so focused on the jobs to be done.
But executive team bonding is important for the growth of the business because it fosters trust. And teams that trust each other are more likely to have the difficult conversations that are going to move the business.
Executives will discover themselves immersed in new environments, collaboratively shaping the future of their business all while savoring meals at new establishments and finding joyful moments in team building or playing games.
These shared experiences foster deeper connections and candid communication that may have not been there before. When they return to their desks, they'll have a newfound understanding of their team, enhancing collaboration and perspective beyond the office walls.
Colleagues look up to their executive team to set the tone and pace of the business. An executive retreat is the perfect time to create alignment professionally and personally, enabling executives to lead as one. This, in turn, creates a stronger organization.
That’s why at BoomPop, we encourage your executives to get away from their computers and come together in person. Remember, you don’t have to travel far or spend an exorbitant amount of money to bring everyone together in a new environment, just the will to get away and focus together :)
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