EXPERTISE · EXECUTIVE RETREAT STRATEGIST
Executive Retreat Strategist
Jeremy Brooks approaches executive retreats as an opportunity to work differently together. The destination supports the design; the starting point is the change the leadership team needs to make.
THE EXPERIENCE
Name the change before you choose the place.
Ask what should be different the Monday after the retreat. Choose one primary change and a small number of supporting priorities. Decisions about the agenda and setting should follow that purpose.
Reconnect people before opening the hardest conversations. Protect time for strategy and decisions, allow ideas to settle through shared experiences and close with clear commitments, owners and first steps.
THOUGHTFUL DESIGN. CONFIDENT DELIVERY.
An approach shaped around your audience.
Build connection deliberately
Mix people beyond their usual alliances. Use shared experiences and considered conversation prompts to help leaders learn about one another as people. Connection supports the quality of later disagreements and decisions.
Make the retreat survive the flight home
Capture decisions while they are fresh, assign ownership and agree an early checkpoint. Logistics, travel buffers, weather alternatives and space for reflection should reinforce the purpose of the retreat.
JEREMY’S PERSPECTIVE
How I Design Executive Retreats That Change How a Leadership Team Works
An executive retreat strategist on designing offsites that change how a leadership team actually works – not just how it feels for a weekend.
LET’S CREATE SOMETHING THAT MATTERS
An experience people feel.
A purpose they remember.
Tell us about your audience, your goals and the moment you want to create.