Coaching for Leaders

377: How to Lead an Offsite, with Tom Henschel

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Tom Henschel: The Look & Sound of Leadership

Executive coach Tom Henschel of Essential Communications grooms senior leaders and executive teams. An internationally recognized expert in the field of workplace communications and self-presentation, he has helped thousands of leaders achieve excellence through his work as an executive coach and his top-rated podcast, The Look & Sound of Leadership.

Key Points
  • An offsite doesn’t have to actually be offsite, but it needs to be treated like it is.
  • What do you want the team to know that they don’t know now? Or what do you want them to be able to do that they can’t do now?
  • An offsite is a great way to just talk and have experiences together that you don’t normally have time for.
  • Really skilled facilitation is an art, not a science.
  • Think about the why before the what.
  • A good offsite is the start of a process, not the end of a process.
  • If the offsite is really productive, it creates more work.
  • Leaders should adopt the language of the offsite and use it repeatedly so people don’t forget.
    • Bonus Audio
    • How to balance fun versus professional in an offsite
      • Resources Mentioned
      • Fieldbook of Team Interventions: Step-by-Step Guide to High Performance Teams* by Harry Eggleton and Judy Rice
      • Liberating Structures
      • Overcoming the Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Field Guide for Leaders, Managers, and Facilitators* by Patrick Lencioni
      • The Thiagi Group
      • Leading Offsites episode from The Look & Sound of Leadership
        • Related Episodes
        • The Four Unique Types of Teams, with Susan Gerke (episode 138)
        • How to Create Team Guidelines, with Susan Gerke (episode 192)
        • How to Lead Through Uncertainty and Change, with Jacqueline Farrington (episode 224)
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