7 tips to make your next away day successful

Planning an engaging and productive team experience is crucial for a successful strategy planning day. Here are 7 tips from a facilitator to help you achieve this: 1) Have a balance of bottoms-up and top-down impact on the agenda. 2) Focus on a few big challenges. 3) Make each presentation short and end with an open issue. 4) Invite some clients or customers. 5) Build in some free time. 6) Make the venue interesting and in line with the goals. 7) Ensure everyone knows who is doing what at the end of the session.