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SEC — 01   Team Offsites

I run offsites where the team figures out what's not working.

That includes how each person is showing up.

Curt Steinhorst speaking
SEC — 02   The Problem

Most leadership teams know something is off.

Meetings take too long. Decisions don't hold. Somebody's checked out and everybody knows it.

They've probably tried an offsite. Nice hotel. Tight agenda. Breakout sessions. Everyone's polite. Everyone flies home.

Nothing changes.

This is different.

Team workshop in action
SEC — 03   What Actually Happens

I get the team in a room and we go after the real stuff.

Conversations
The ones that keep getting pushed. The operating patterns nobody's questioned.
The Gap
Between how talented these people are individually and how the room is actually functioning.
The Individual Part
Old wins they're protecting. Assumptions. Habits that used to work and don't anymore. Each person getting honest about how they're showing up.
What Others Skip
Most offsite facilitators skip the individual part. I don't.
Team experience session
People laugh more than they expect to.

Everything above sounds heavy and it's not. The rooms I run are loud and messy and people give each other a hard time.

If it feels like therapy, I'm doing it wrong.

SEC — 04   What I Care About

Did the thing that needed to be said get said?

Does the team leave with decisions that are actually made?

Does each person know what they're going to do differently on Monday?

SEC — 05   Who This Is For

This isn't for every team.

If the goal is a nice day with team building and dinner, there are people who do that well.

This is for teams where something important isn't getting said, and the longer it doesn't get said, the more expensive it gets.

Curt Steinhorst in intense conversation
Curt on stage

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If your team is talented but something important isn't getting said, let's fix that.