With the pace of work at an all-time high, leaders often overlook the importance of ensuring that their teams are galvanized and focused around a collective mission. The composition of groups and teams can shift rapidly creating the need to fortify relationships and revisit priorities on a regular basis. To address these realities, we offer a structured teambuilding design that is focused and practical – and an enjoyable change of pace. Because we understand the challenges that teams typically face, we help them diagnose and remedy issues in the following broad areas: goal setting and direction, change management, communication, personality styles, and shared values and norms. Whether you are the leader of a newly formed team or the leader of a mature team that needs a tune-up, a retreat can jumpstart your efforts to ensure that your team is operating at its peak capacity and able to accomplish its goals and objectives with minimal distraction.
A small private school for children with special needs brought Leadership Solutions in to identify key issues impeding the Board's overall effectiveness, and support development of a plan forward. We began by interviewing Board members to better understand their personal experience on the Board, and followed up by facilitating discussions and conducting teambuilding exercises to address the issues that emerged. Additionally, we assisted the Board in revisiting its structure and composition, and identified key actions to ensure the Board remained on target for the current year's goals and objectives. Overall, the retreat was a celebrated success, allowing the Board to regroup and refocus their time and efforts in a direction that would help ensure longer term success for the school they so passionately supported.