Corporate retreats on the rise for today’s senior executive

Monday 29 February 2016

Corporate retreats on the rise for today’s senior executive

A perception that a senior executive corporate retreat is a lavish recreational getaway is a thing of the past, according to corporate team building expert Dwain Richardson.

Richardson, who is the managing director of Corporate Challenge Events, believes there is growing demand in New Zealand and Australia for corporate retreats and executive team building programs so today’s leaders can adapt to fast-changing business environments.

Richardson agrees with commentary in a recent article on the Sydney Morning Herald website that corporate retreats are back in vogue.

“With business today evolving and moving faster than ever before due to technology, leaders and senior managers of companies need to ensure the effective operation of their teams and adaptation with their changing environments,” said Richardson.

“Now, more than ever before, team building has become integral for senior executives.

“Corporate retreats are a great way for executive teams to get away from the office and focus on developing or aligning managers with culture, vision, strategies and even processes for the company to operate effectively.

“Simply, today we should view corporate retreats, not as lavish getaways, but as developmental team building programs held away from the workplace.”

Richardson said leadership and management of teams were integral in the functioning of any successful business.

“If there is team unity and cohesion at the senior levels of the company, a platform is set for strong morale and culture, high productivity, effective communication and even plenty of fun in the workplace.

“On the flip side, if there is no team unity at the senior level, this will resonate through the entire company creating conflict, confusion, insecurity, low morale and the list goes on.”

Richardson highlighted the four areas of leadership, innovation, agility and creativity, as vital in team building programs for leaders and decision makers.

“A corporate retreat focusing on leadership, innovation, agility and creativity, will go a long way to develop a senior executive team that can lead others to the best they can be in a fast-changing business world.

“A buzz word in corporate New Zealand and Australia at the moment is ‘agility’. Team building programs with a focus on agility will stretch your team and provide the qualities and knowledge on how to change whilst maintaining your core vision.

“I believe the most effective executive retreats to embrace agility and a changing business world are where ‘science meets adventure’ – combining the science of team development with the adventure of experiential learning.”

Corporate Challenge Events is New Zealand’s leading and largest team building and corporate events organisation.

Corporate Challenge Events offers 38 different team building programs including corporate executive across New Zealand, all of which can be tailored for the needs and objectives of all clients.

The expertise of Corporate Challenge Events also includes the planning and delivery of major conferences to smaller business events, functions and launches.

For more information on Corporate Challenge Events visit www.corpchallenge.co.nz

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