Reflective Retreats:
Planning With Less Pain

The outcomes of a planning process, in our view, should include:

a clear written statement of the decisions reached and who will do what,

an accountability system or a plan to create one,
a group of people who have a sense of unified purpose, and
a commitment to make the organization work better on everyone’s behalf.





To reach that point, the ground should be very well prepared before any retreat takes place. Time with the whole group should only be spent on tasks which cannot be done by smaller units. The more people can read and do in advance, the more focused the conversation can be when they are together.

A retreat is a chance to look at the bigger and broader issues. It shouldn’t be cluttered up with daily details or routine business. Everyone who is there should be there for a reason, and be heard from in the course of the day.

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