CMA Management, November 1st, 1999
Business retreats are a way to combine planning and team building
Many senior managers are caught in a time bind. They know that business survival calls for a well-thought-out, pre-emptive strategy that takes a long-term view. At the same time, they often spend their days reacting to short-term challenges, putting out fires and trying to cope with a multitude of tasks, all labelled urgent.
How can a company carry out strategic planning or promote organizational learning without breaking stride? The answer lies in short, focused retreats that use dialogue around strategy to create plans, bu...
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