You probably still remember…
🔶 The fantastic Away Day that created lots of ideas and plans
🔶 The meeting that produced a cracking idea everyone agreed with
It happens so often. All goes well and everything is positive but after the event enthusiasm and momentum rapidly evaporates. It’s not that the good idea suddenly became a bad one. It happens for a number of reasons:
❌ The first steps weren't clear
❌ Responsibilities weren't assigned
❌Not everyone was clear on what was in it for them
You can pretty much sum it up with, no momentum was gained and maintained.
It's not how to do Away Days. It's not how you treat your great ideas.
Making sure what comes out of your Away Days and meetings have a lasting impact is the way to measure success.
You need to start with gaining momentum by always building in, or asking your facilitator to:
🔷 Articulate the clear goal or point you're aiming for
🔷 Describe, so everyone understands, the benefit you’ll gain
🔷 Get everyone on board by communicating how it’s relevant to everyone
🔷 Create some tangibles items to takeaway, like a strong outline plan to implement
You'll then maintain momentum by:
🔷 Keep reporting on progress, to everyone
🔷 Celebrating the small wins, they can be more important than the big ones
🔷 Always being clear on and communicating what the next step is
If you have great ideas, do everything needed to make them last.
That's what we do with great ideas.
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