For any business to thrive, it needs its core group of people—the ones whose capabilities are most critical to success—to be highly engaged in pursuing a common vision of success. For as long as anyone can remember, the top management team has been seen as this critical group, and the way to achieve the “mind meld” has been through executive off-sites. Though the specifics vary from one company to the next, these corporate leadership retreats are a combination of social bonding and behind-closed-doors discussion of strategy.
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For any business to thrive, it needs its core group of people—the ones whose capabilities are most critical to success—to be highly engaged in pursuing a common vision of success. For as long as anyone can remember, the top management team has been seen as this critical group, and the way to achieve the “mind […]
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