Executive Retreats – Planning Work and Play for the Executives

The top management of a company involves senior executives of the company and the Board of Directors. Executive retreats for the top management helps in defining the future course of the company. This provides an opportunity for taking decisions within a short period of time as most of the management team will be present to discuss on the various aspects of the business. Hence, while planning for executive retreats, it is important to make available the best accommodations and also prepare an agenda focusing on the key areas.  Given below are some tips for planning a work and play executive retreats.

1. Finalize a date only after ensuring the availability of a majority of the top executives for the executive retreat.
2. Ensure that the short listed provides you good accommodations with all the basic requirements.
3. Create the agenda in a manner that the total work is divided into various sections amongst the executives. Make sure that a complete agenda is fixed for each section by assigning a facilitator for each section.
4. Create separate folders containing the agenda for the executive retreat along with stationery items and other such meeting items.

Finally, circulate a note to all the executives confirming the venue, the dates and the agenda for the meeting.