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Leadership Retreats in Greater Atlanta

An in-depth process for taking your leadership team to a new level by strengthening bonds, communication, and vision.

Overview

A successful team retreat should be fun and functional: supplying the team with both an opportunity to dig into important issues without distraction, and space to recharge and reconnect. Our fully facilitated retreats provide a powerful framework for team growth, but are flexible enough to incorporate your content and objectives. In this unique program, your leaders will learn powerful tools for ensuring that their teams are focused, purposeful, effective and working together. Leaders will leave the workshop with a detailed action plan for guiding their team through tough challenges, and into an even better result on the other side. Program includes pre and post event reviews with the team leader, team survey and other support. The longer the retreat, the deeper we can go with the team.

Goals & Outcomes

  • Identify primary goals and KPIs
  • Establish a consistent team vision and clear goals.
  • Define roles and accountability.
  • Create a culture of success and support.

Agenda & Activities

Pre-event Discovery Any surveys, assessments, or interviews needed for the retreat are conducted 2 - 3 weeks in advance.

Pre-event Consult (30 minutes) The team leader and the facilitator will review the group information, align on outcomes for the event, and cover any other details to ensure a successful program.

Welcome & Warm-Ups (10-15 minutes) Atlanta Challenge staff welcome the group and set expectations for the team development day. We then lead some fun warm-up activities that get the group moving and ready to fully participate.

Thinking Styles (30-45 minutes) This is an interactive learning game where participants gain valuable insights into their own thinking and decision-making styles, and how to appreciate and utilize the styles of their team mates. Understanding everyone’s strengths is key to working together effectively. (This segment can be replaced by full personal profiles).

Team Topics (4-5 hours) The group works through a series of exercises and conversations to develop their new approach to teamwork. Modules will be selected based on the needs of your group. Here are some common modules:

  • Team Player Traits (30 minutes) Participants engage in a short discussion and interactive exercises to help identify and incorporate the traits of a true team player (such as reliability, initiative, etc.).
  • Mission Development (45-60 minutes) The team works through a series of exercises and conversations to develop a mission that is compelling and clearly defined so that each person knows what to do.
  • Goal Setting Exercise (45-60 minutes) Participants work through a step-by-step process to develop S.M.A.R.T. goals for the team and themselves.
  • Roles & Responsibilities Exercise (30-45 minutes) Each member of the team charts their primary role on the team and the specific responsibilities they have. Everyone then reviews each person’s list in order to clearly define each person’s team function.
  • Code Of Conduct Exercise (60-90 minutes) The group works through a series of exercises and conversations to develop a Code of Conduct, a group agreement on how they treat each other, handle conflicts, and work together.
  • Action Plans (30-45 minutes) The team develops action plans for reaching their goals and keeping track of their progress.

Final Teamwork Challenge (15-30 minutes each) Teams engage in hands-on activities to immediately practice the agreements developed by the group. The challenges require brainstorming, collaboration, planning, and creative problem-solving as a unit. Specific activities will be presented based on the needs of your team.

Teamwork Review & Wrap-up Activity (5-10 minutes) The team shares their observations about how they performed during the team development day and how to apply those lessons to specific situations at work. We end with a fun but thought provoking activity and a team photo.

Post-event Consult (30 minutes) The team leader and the facilitator review how the group responded to the event, how to maximize the content, and what the leader can do to further support the team.

Details

Length

1/2 day to 2 days

Venue

Indoors or virtual

Group Size

5-500 people

Includes

✓ Professional facilitation.
✓ Impactful discussions.
✓ Application exercises.
✓ Research based materials.
✓ Digital review materials.
✓ Pre and post strategy sessions with leader.
✓ 30-Day follow up with group

“The feedback from the group has been good. They really enjoyed the time
with your team.”

Southern Company

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When A Retreat Is A Good Idea

New
Organizations

Whenever an organization is formed, it is essential to put a solid foundation in place. Without it, the curve to get from forming to storming to norming to performing can take longer and be full of costly mistakes.
But with a clear path forward, a new organization can work through the inevitable growing pains more quickly, performing better in a shorter amount of time.
This allows the organization to reach their targets, meet expectations, and build a strong brand.

Merged
Organizations

When two organizations come together, there is an inevitable clash of ideas, values, systems, goals, and culture. This conflict – whether subtle or outspoken – can cause damage to reputations, the loss of good people, and delays in meeting expectations.
But with a mediated process of bringing the two leadership teams together and facilitating open and constructive conversations, each team can let go of their singular identities and build a unified team.
This mutual collaboration brings the merged team “online” sooner, allowing the work to get done and the team to shine.

Struggling
Organizations

Sometimes organizations get stuck in a bad place where everything seems harder than it should. It is essential that the leaders come together to address conflicts, mistrust, missed targets, high turnover, and low morale are other signs that things are out of alignment.
But with the right process of clearing the air and resetting expectations, an organization can get back to healthy functioning, good communication, and producing results.
This gives the leadership team the tools they need to give the organization the energy to meet their goals, support stakeholders, and be seen as a success.

Aspiring
Organizations

Sometimes an organization decides that “good enough is no longer good enough.” But how do we get from good to great or great to amazing? Plateauing can be dangerous – causing them to lose focus, or become stale and lose impact and good people.
But with the right launch sequence, an organization can break through their current level and reach new heights of accomplishment, processes, and impact.
This allows them to achieve greater levels of productivity, recruit top talent, and drive the organization forward.

When A Retreat Is A Good Idea

Results • Skills • Analytics

Goals – clear, compelling, and relevant.
Metrics – regularly measure performance.
KPIs – Know which stats are vital.
Problem solving – a team process for solutions.

Vision • Strategies • Concepts

Vison – Know where we’re going.
Mission Know why we’re going there.
Strategy – Have a road map for HOW we get there.
Creativity – Have a flexible approach.

Systems • Tools • Practice

Standards – clearly define how the work must be done.
Roles – Agreements on who is responsible for what.
Accountability – Systems for ensuring the work is done as
agreed.
Effective Delegation – assigning and tracking responsibilities.

Culture • Support • Discussions

Values – What is most important to the team?
Culture – What environment are we intentionally building?
Conflict resolution – how do we move past friction in a
healthy way?
Support – Making sure everyone is getting what they need.

How long should our retreat be?

DurationIn-PersonVirtual
Half-DayGreat for teams that have very busy schedules and can’t be away for long. Best for teams with smaller issues to tackle, challenges with less complexity and lower emotion.$5,800$4,350
Full-DayA full day is appropriate for teams that have a moderate amount of “heavy lifting” to do. Target 2-3 key areas and adequately work through the challenges and create team cohesion around new structure.$8,400$6,300
Two-DayThis is for teams that have a lot of ground to cover. This time frame allows for a deep dive into a wide range of topics and allows for processing of more personal challenges or aspirations. Big commitment allows for big changes.$15,200$11,400
The Team Retreat Process

✓ Needs assessment call
✓ Proposal submitted (and accepted)
✓ Leadership team member survey.
✓ Individual assessments
✓ Pre-event consultation with primary leader.
✓ Retreat held.
✓ Post-event consultation with primary leader.
✓ 30-Day follow up session with leadership team (virtual, 45-60 minutes).

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Atlanta Challenge specializes in providing team building, leadership development, and executive coaching events, programs, workshops, and training. Our services and founder, Shawn Clark, have enhanced communication and productivity for over 4,000 teams in both in-person and virtual environments since 1999.
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