Meeting Facilitation and Executive Retreats

Best Practices :
1. Right people having the right conversations at the right time. Make sure you have the right people -- no more and no less
2. Tie objectives to strategic and operational business goals
3. Don't just let discussions and presentations ramble on; use effective meeting tools
4. Prepare, Plan, Pre-Work
5. Accountability: Action Plan and Follow-up is part of the process
6. Use a facilitator who is not vested in the outcome so that you can focus on the content of the retreat while someone else takes care of the meeting facilitation process

Meetings involving consensus building and difficult decisions often work better if they are facilitated by someone who does not hold a stake in the outcome of the discussions. Clients have worked with Illuminated to facilitate their meetings on such business needs as strategic planning, work process improvement, strategic change implementation, optimizing team effectiveness, new leader transition, and ERP implementation.

Our associates have both extensive in-house and external consulting experience so we know first hand the constraints and challenges that the business and their HR business partners face when needing to address organizational effectiveness.