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SAMPLE Corporate Retreat
AGENDA & TOPICS - Day One
Welcome & Introductions
• Welcome, Overview, Review Goals and Agenda
• Introduction to Soft Skills, their application in today’s workplace
Morning Session - Developing and using PERCEPTION
• Role of background knowledge, preparation
• Group dynamics, individual behaviors and hierarchy
• Establishing an identity and presence
• Identifying opportunities and making connections
Key Lessons: combining knowledge with observation, listening with all your senses,
absorbing information while avoiding judgment and categorization
Afternoon Session - Understanding and maximizing COMMUNICATION effectiveness
• Communication styles, social styles, standard approaches
• Impedance matching, establishing and understanding feedback
• Active listening, listening for context and truth
• Structuring interactions to create outcomes
Key Lessons: subtlety of awareness, what we bring to interactions, how we perceive and are
perceived, using the power of connected communication.
AGENDA & TOPICS - Day Two
Welcome & Day One Review
Morning Session – Understanding TEAMWORK: structures and application
• Team structures, applicability
• Effect of organizational structure on teams (and vice-versa)
• Roles, internal and external communications
• Creating efficient, effective teams
Key Lessons: impact of team structure and coherence, clear communications
Afternoon Session – Understanding and developing your LEADERSHIP style
• Leadership versus management, leadership models, styles, and types
• Other roles; directing, delegating, decision making, mentoring, coaching,
• Characteristics of good and not-so-good leaders
• Finding alignment, projecting intent, conveying authenticity
Key Lesson: personal power flows from the alignment of conviction, intent, and perception
FINAL WRAP UP AND CLOSING
• Review the workshop lessons and tools