Plan your best team offsite yet

Advice from offsite experts and team leaders

We have spoken to hundreds of team leaders, gathering their stories on what makes a great team experience. Combined with insights from our community of world-class suppliers, this is your shortcut to creating the best gathering yet.

The secret to a great offsite is…

  • “You have to find that balance of a high level of curation AND a feedback loop and measurement."

    Q Hamirani, CPO of Paper

  • "Focusing on individual needs AND doing what is needed for the broader team collective.”

    Prof Wendy K Smith, author of Both/And Thinking

  • “Monitoring “was this effective?” Can you see people building a deeper engagement to the team?”

    Tom Hall, GM, Lego Education

  • "I always encourage the leaders to take their leadership hats off and be one of the team... What really doesn't work is when there's a lot of telling, side-based work"

    Ruth Farenga, Author, Next Level Leadership

  • ""Next week we have a big company coming. They'll come for a day and then I know what will happen the next time they come. They'll go, "Actually we want to come overnight"​​.

    Giles Hutchins , Auor, Leading by Nature

  • Stephen Janaway, VP, Engineering, Bloom and Wild

    "Think about what people miss... plan those sorts of activities that will build the connections... It's about making people feel valuable and valued"

    Stephen Janaway, VP, Engineering, Bloom and Wild

  • "Encouraging employees to do someone else's job on our offsites worked really nicely for culture building and also for generating new innovations."

    Sarah Ratner, Founding Team and ex-COO, Lendable

  • "So it's a really interesting balance of showing up as human but also having a role as leader... It helps if there is a facilitator or a coach to play the role of leader in that moment"

    Jim Hughes, Coach, Untamed

  • "A retreat isn't just a break from work; it's an opportunity to deepen our understanding of one another, align our goals, and emerge stronger"

    Elina Teboul, Executive Coach and Author

  • Andy Middleton, Impact Specialist, Unreasonable

    "Working at how we get to thrive, to live our best lives in a way that's connected to community and nature...is a really important piece"​​

    Andy Middleton, Impact Specialist, Unreasonable

  • Laïla von Alvensleben, Remote Work Specialist

    "How do you measure success is something that you want to look at"

    Laïla von Alvensleben, Remote Work Specialist

  • "We work on a quarterly heartbeat."

    Stepen Janaway, VP, Engineering, Bloom & Wild

  • "To create experiences that take a bit of imagination and courage to go beyond the typical corporate environment"

    Andy Middleton, Impact Specialist, Unreasonable

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