Consensus best practice for remote and distributed teams is to conduct regular retreats and offsites to drive connection, teamwork, and culture. The work needed to produce and execute these events is much more complex than picking a resort and hoping for the desired result. This is a significant investment for your company and requires hundreds of hours of work to ensure the experience meets your company goals and your team is bought in. In this talk, Bill will discuss how understanding who your team is and what their goals are needs to be aligned with the company’s objective. How designing an offsite with intentional storytelling, expert logistics, culturally immersive insider access, immaculate project management, and delivering with onsite concierge service will have your team exulting “I can’t wait until next year’s offsite!” The result will drive culture and excitement, connectivity, productivity, recruitment, and retention.
