Retreats That Work (eBook)

Designing and Conducting Effective Offsites for Groups and Organizations

Sheila Campbell, Merianne Liteman (Autoren)

eBook Download: PDF

2003 | 1. Auflage
352 Seiten
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-7879-6793-2 (ISBN)

Infos

Retreats That Work is a practical, easy-to-use guide, full of step-by-step instructions for leading a wide variety of tested exercises. You'll learn how to design and facilitate retreats that will keep participants energized and on-task. Campbell and Liteman know what can go wrong at a retreat and what to do about it. They know how to turn difficult situations around and how to deal effectively with conflict, difficult participants, and resistance to change. With Retreats That Work, you will too.

Autor

Merianne Liteman and Sheila Campbell design and lead offsite retreats for organizations worldwide. Their clients include Mitsubishi Electric America, the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Fannie Mae, National Geographic Television, the U.S. Department of State, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and Kodak.

Rezensionen

"The book offers a number of exercises that can be incorporated
into retreats to insure they achieve their goals." (Business
Times, March 2003)

"Get ready to dog-ear." (Successful Meetings, March
2003)

"Campbell and Liteman have served up a delightful, wonderfully
written, accessible, and invaluable resource book for retreat
planners. It is jam-packed with ideas, tools, pitfalls to be
avoided, and everything one needs to create Retreats That
Work."

-- Barry Oshry, creator of Power Lab retreat and author,
Seeing Systems and Leading Systems

"This is one of those rare books that will make you wonder what
you did before you had it. It's certain to become the primary
resource for anyone interested in the why's and how's of organizing
retreats."

-- Rayna Aylward, executive director, Mitsubishi Electric
American Foundation

"For companies organizing a retreat, this book should be your
bible. It delivers exactly what it says it will: practical
approaches that assure effective retreats. Would that other
business books were so impressive."

-- Jeffrey LaRiche, chairman and CEO, CASTLE Worldwide,
Inc.

"Well conducted retreats can truly propel an organization and
its team forward. This practical and knowing handbook is a valuable
step-by-step guide to achieve a successful retreat. Its do's and
don'ts cover all the bases."

-- Samuel C. Hoi, president, Otis College of Art and
Design

"Finally, a pragmatic book that outlines how to transform an
offsite retreat into a bottom-line business investment. Very
persuasive and full of practical ideas coming out of the author's
extensive experience with retreats."

-- Tojo Thatchenkery, program chair, research methods
division, Academy of Management and associate professor of
Organizational Learning, George Mason University

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.2.2003
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Berufspädagogik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • Business Self-Help • Ratgeber Wirtschaft • Training & Development • Training & Human Resource Development / Presentation Skills • Training u. Personalentwicklung • Training u. Personalentwicklung / Präsentationsfähigkeiten • Training u. Personalentwicklung / Präsentationsfähigkeiten • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 0-7879-6793-9 / 0787967939
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7879-6793-2 / 9780787967932