Retreats
Why A Retreat?
Are
you getting maximum performance from your management team?
Ask yourself these questions:
- Are you taking your senior management
team and/or board of directors away on a regular basis
to strategize the organization's future?
- On your retreats, do you set and
achieve your objectives for the session?
- Do you have a good balance between
fun and getting results?
- Are you infusing your leadership
with the latest in management theories and practices?
- Do you leave your retreats with
a clear sense of direction, focus, and how to move forward?
- Do your retreats have real impact
on the real work of your organization ?
If
you answered "no" to any of these questions, you
are not taking full advantage of your management team's
capabilities and possibly under-performing as
an organization.
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Our
experience with many organizations is that the annual
retreat can be an extremely effective management
tool that builds consensus among
the management team while focusing on key
strategic issues. Experience also tells
us that the use of an outside facilitator can take
your retreat to another
level altogether. But whether this happens depends
on facilitators that have the knowledge
base, the facilitation skills, and a strong desire
to exceed a client's expectations. We can provide
these for you.
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What You Get
The
annual retreat has long been
recognized as a vital component of an organization's long
term performance. It can be used to:
- Clarify and articulate the vision
of the organization
- Discuss significant trends
and possible responses
- Provide an honest self-assessment
of the organization
- Gain a consensus on key
issues and map out plans to address them
- Provide a format for training
of key staff members
- Kick off the annual planning
process
- Build a sense of teamwork
and camaraderie
- Revitalize commitment and
energy to the organization's mission
But effective,
meaningful retreats
don't just happen. They require careful planning, a commitment
of time and resources, and high impact facilitation that
keeps the group on track and moving toward desired goals.
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How We Do It
Bill
Lindsley & Co. can ensure your retreat
is a profitable, challenging and fulfilling
experience. We can help you design a format
and agenda that will meet your organization's
particular needs. We can help you locate retreat
sites and even plan the entire event if
you wish.
Our
typical process starts with one-on-one, confidential
interviews with retreat
participants. We may also gather additional data
to assess the situation. We then
sit down with the senior management to determine the retreat
objectives and agenda.
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The actual retreat
process typically involves a combination of meetings
using the entire group as well as smaller
breakout sessions. This process is crucial
in getting critical input from every
participant and encouraging ownership of
the final product. Depending on the length of the
retreat,
we may build in some recreational time for the group,
which aids the creative process and builds camaraderie.
Generally, some amount of training is built into the
process, based on the specific needs of the planning
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Following
the retreat,
you receive a report outlining the results,
along with appropriate observations and recommendations. Participants
are surveyed for feedback. This
information is provided to management as well.
We
are available to perform any follow-up services
as needed; from leading or facilitating the planning process,
to market research,
coaching
and training.
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Satisfied Clients
We have conducted
scores of retreats
for all types of organizations, from multi-divisional
corporations to not-for-profit boards. Here is a sampling
of what our clients had to say:
"Bill
Lindsley helped a number of Willis Group companies define
their vision and set clear objectives in a changing marketplace."
Ken Pinkston, Chairman, Willis Corporation
"At
the retreat, the information you shared about vision,
mission, purpose, and plan really helped set the stage
for the work ahead...we were able to identify the issues,
and you were there to clarify, instruct, and mediate opinions..
" Carl R. Roberts, President, Southwestern
Professional Services
"As
a result of our retreat (with stockholders and managers)
we were able to look at a lot of issues confronting our
company and developed some major initiatives in important
areas of our company." David Rollins,
President, Nashville Wire Products,Inc.
"Our decision
to use Bill's expertise in our strategic planning process
was a landmark decision that will help us to better realize
the full potential of the organization. His guidance has
been of immense value." Steve Avery,
President, Aladdin TempRite, Welbilt Industries
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Where
to go? The possibilities are unlimited....
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If
in Middle Tennessee,
here are some favorite locations:
Hachland
Hill Vineyard
Visit
Hachland Hill Vineyard Corporate Retreat - "Where Nature
Nourishes The Mind". 
Hachland Hill Vineyard is like no other meeting facility
you have visited. We take only one group at a time. Guests
enjoy a good night's sleep on one of 40 antique beds.
We feature very comfortable executive conference chairs.
Our dining and conference room are both glass and overlook
virgin woods. In the spring, summer and fall guests enjoy
dining on our covered deck and in the winter months warm
up by one of four wood burning fireplaces. The building
is log and stone dating back 200 years, yet updated to
accommodate a high tech meeting. The Vineyard is set on
90 acres of woods with streams and swinging bridges; it
is ideal for mountain biking, hiking and walking.
•
6 medium size conference rooms, 1 large exhibit hall.
•
20 minutes from downtown Nashville
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Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner.
www.Eventsandmeetings.com
615-876-1500
Inn
at Evins Mill Smithville
(60 miles from Nashville Airport)
The
Inn at Evins Mill is a unique bed and breakfast getaway
located in Smithville, TN, near Center Hill Lake. The
inn provides guests all the amenities of a resort in the
intimate setting of a country inn, including
•
bluff
view, award- winning lodging and accommodations, with
spacious creek side decks and spectacular views;
•
gourmet country inn cuisine prepared fresh by
our executive chef, accompanied by a spirit of southern
hospitality and served with a pampered touch;
•
a host
of recreational activities - golfing at RiverWatch, fishing
and boating on Center Hill Lake, canoeing on the Caney
Fork River and hiking to Carmac waterfalls.
www.evinsmill.com
1-800-383-2349
or Nashville 269-3740
Leatherwood
Forge Retreat Center Williamsport
(45
miles southwest of Nashville)
http://leatherwoodforge.com
1-866-583-9231
| Rooms: |
10 rooms sleep up to 20 guests
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| Capacity: |
1 50 for reception |
| Facilities: |
Spacious meeting room |
| Meals: |
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
| Ambience: |
Country lodge |
| Activities: |
Ropes course, hiking, horseback riding, volleyball
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Milky Way Farms
| Location: |
Pulaski, TN |
| Travel: |
75 minutes from Nashville |
| Rooms: |
20 plus 4 cottages |
| Capacity: |
34 |
| Facilities: |
One conference room, and large great room |
| Meals: |
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner. |
| Ambience: |
Country |
| Activities: |
Pond fishing, jogging, hiking, wildlife. Access
to golf. |
| Web: |
www.mywebpage2.com/milkywayfarms
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| Phone: |
(931) 363-9769 |
Parish Patch Farm & Inn
| Location: |
Normandy, TN |
| Travel: |
75 minutes from Nashville |
| Rooms: |
21; Color TV, telephones |
| Capacity: |
66 |
| Facilities: |
One conference room, and large great room. Executive
Conference center, Great Room |
| Meals: |
Elegant country dining at Cortner Mill Restaurant |
| Ambience: |
Country Inn |
| Activities: |
On site Swimming pool, horseshoes, shuffleboard,
trout fishing, hiking, canoeing, bicycling, jogging,
and bird-watching. Golf courses close by. |
| Web: |
www.parishpatch.com
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| Phone: |
1-800-876-3017 |
Peacock Hill Country Inn
| Location: |
College Grove, TN |
| Travel: |
45 minutes from Nashville |
| Rooms: |
10 guest rooms and suites |
| Capacity: |
15 |
| Facilities: |
Pre-Civil War renovated
Farmhouse, two-story log cabin suite, Granary
Suite, and new “old” McCall House located
on a 1,000-acre retreat and working cattle farm. Conference
room, Den, Living Room |
| Meals: |
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner |
| Ambience: |
Country elegance |
| Activities: |
Walking trails, swimming, hot tub, tennis court,
badminton, croquet |
| Web: |
www.bbonline.com/tn/peacock/ |
| Phone: |
1-800-876-3017 |
Our newly renovated conference facility
includes:
• 6,000 Square Ft. of meeting space
• State-of-the-art audio-visual
equipment
• Computer training center with
individual work stations and master
teaching station
• On-site catering and beverage station
• Business center
• Convenient location, ample parking
Willis Corroon Conference Center
| Location: |
Nashville, TN |
| Travel: |
15 minutes from downtown |
| Rooms: |
None – several hotels located within 2 miles,
offer lowest
corporate rate and shuttle assistance. |
| Capacity: |
Unlimited |
| Facilities: |
20,000 square feet of flexible meeting space will
accommodate groups of 10 to 200,
includes ampitheatre and16 meeting rooms |
| Meals: |
Catered |
| Ambience: |
Modern |
| Activities: |
None on site (close to golf and lake) |
| Web: |
www.meetatwillis.com |
| Phone: |
(615) 872-6400 |
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