Leadership Retreat Partnership
Leadership retreats involve a lot of planning and resources. Many HR Trainers, Managers or Retreat Organizers who hire us know that sometimes individuals leave the retreat without a clear plan of what needs changing, limited in their ideas about how to make those changes, and lacking accountability to see them through once they return to their busy work environment. By including a coaching component in your retreat, you can ensure that your managers develop detailed, easy-to-follow action plans for implementing what they learned at the retreat. And here’s the good news – the addition of coaching won’t add anything to your to-do list! We handle all of the logistics and planning.
"I could never have managed this coaching component without the efforts of Prophet Coaching. Having them coordinate, communicate and get their team up to speed has been an amazing benefit. I have more than my hands full designing, planning and facilitating the retreats. I couldn’t ask anything more from Prophet. Because of them, our people have moved from scepticism to championing the coaching."
Andrew Miller, SYSCO Canada, HR Dir of Training
How Partnering with Coaches Can Enhance the ROI of Your Leadership Retreat
Coaches are not another tool, but the tool to help individuals implement the tools being offered, both internally in the organization and externally at Leadership Retreats.
Because our coaches are external to your organization, they offer a fresh, objective perspective to guide your colleagues towards meaningful action and tangible results. Many of our clients have commented that they see higher results from individuals who are investing time and energy working with their leadership coach, and stronger accountability towards the organization for investing in them in this way.
In this way attendees not only benefit from the content of the retreat, they also learn from coaching professionals how to apply what they learned at the retreat with the opportunity for focused, individual attention.
What you can expect from the coaching relationship
- Carefully screened, certified coaches.
- We manage all aspects of the coaching component, saving HR Trainers, Managers or the Retreat Organizers time and energy.
- Coaches who are licensed to administer standard assessment tools, where requested.
- Referrals on ideal retreat locations, and assistance with other aspects of the retreat, if desired.
BOTTOM LINE: A partnership that helps attendees get the most out of their experience at the leadership retreat, and helps your organization realize a greater return on investment.
Effective leadership retreat requires buy-in from all involved. If the attendees do not understand how much they can gain from opportunities at the retreat, the success of the retreat will be minimal. A coaching component can help with buy-in by making it clear to all in attendance that their time at the retreat will be time well spent.
On some level, we are all resistant to change. Sometimes at the first engagement, individuals are skeptical of how coaching can benefit them. At our Leadership Retreats, individuals get to try on coaching in a collaborative environment, where they won’t feel like the company is forcing them into a coaching relationship, with the stigma of them needing further ‘work’ or the fear that their job is on the line. At our retreats, the attitude toward coaching grows from skepticism to support to something everyone champions. The results are seen back in the work environment where others often remark on the considerable changes and feel inspired to work to earn similar benefits within the organization.
The benefits also extend to companies that are introducing their management to a coach-like approach in their leadership style. They find that offering coaching at a retreat provides a way to test the chemistry of trained coaches with their people, and acts as a launching point for further success with professional coaches.
Email va@distinctplanning.com if you have any upcoming retreat and want to experience the soothing idea of partnering with certified experts who can bring you a whole new world of ideas and results!