Executive team offsites can be high leverage moments for a leadership team, but only when the right work happens before everyone enters the room. For senior People leaders, the offsite is also a chance to show strategic value by shaping how the executive team works together.

In this monthly PLA workshop, Andrew Bartlow will be joined by Jared Kleinert, founder & CEO of Offsite, to explore how HR leaders can help design and deliver executive offsites that actually improve how the team operates.

We'll discuss:

• What a successful executive offsite should accomplish, and what belongs on the agenda

• How to distinguish between strategy, team effectiveness, decision making, relationship building, and other possible objectives

• The HR leader's role before, during, and after the offsite

• How to partner with the CEO and executive team to diagnose what the team actually needs

• Common offsite failure modes, including overloaded agendas, unclear outcomes, and sessions that feel productive but change very little

• Practical considerations around format, location, facilitation, and creating the right environment for candid discussion

Andrew will share lessons from designing and facilitating executive team sessions. Offsite will share what it has learned from helping companies plan and run hundreds of leadership gatherings, including how to choose the right location and format and handle the logistics so the team can focus on the work.

As always, this will be highly interactive. Come prepared to compare notes, share what has worked and what hasn't, and bring an upcoming executive offsite or leadership team challenge to workshop with the group.

About Offsite: Offsite helps companies plan team and leadership retreats, with a done-for-you planning service and a marketplace of venues and vendors in 25+ countries. Learn more at www.offsite.com

Jared’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredkleinert/