Offsite Experience Improves Internal Teamwork and External Reputation

WHAT WE DID

Blue Beyond quickly gained a clear understanding of the client’s desires and got to work designing a custom offsite experience that was engaging and productive for all involved. Tapping into our own facilitation expertise, visual notetaking skills, and proprietary tools, as well as Myers-Briggs assessment exercises, we led a two-day offsite that helped the team breakdown barriers, get aligned, and envision a new future for itself.

Promoted Team Building

• Broke the ice and helped the team get to know each other better using the Blue Beyond Conversation Cards™
• Deepened the team’s understanding of work styles, personalities, differences, and strengths by analyzing and sharing personalized MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) Reports
• Helped the team identify complementary thought partners to leverage going forward and gain new insights to team dynamics

Established Common Ground

• Facilitated discussion around the current state of the team and how they are showing up to stakeholders, identifying key factors and attributes to keep or build on, and those they would work to reduce
• Built alignment on what they stand for by leading an exercise to identify and prioritize their most important team values using the Blue Beyond Values Cards™
• Steered discussion, debate, and alignment on what it means to be a unified team
• Worked with the team to craft their value proposition and align on the unique way they contribute to the business

Envisioned The Future

• Began to define the desired future state by outlining how they want to show up for each other, clients, and the broader organization
• Established conditions for success by guiding the team to identify what they need from each other, their leader, and their working environment to successfully reach the future state
• Helped the team identify potential barriers as well as strategies to overcome them

OUTCOME

“A huge round of applause to Blue Beyond for facilitating and creating our amazing experience which delivered our intended outcome with many surprising bonuses. Thank you for your professionalism and stellar orchestration of our high-spirited bunch along our aggressive, ever-aspiring agenda. You created and adapted perfectly to the dynamics of our team and kept the momentum of our discussions focused and inspired with elevated purpose.” — Team Leader & Director of Product Management

After the offsite, the team felt an immediate impact. With a better understanding of each other’s strengths and an alignment of their core values, the team developed a deeper trust in each other. The hands-on exercises provided an opportunity to interact and collaborate in a way they never had before, leading them to walk away with a stronger sense of team camaraderie, a more natural ability to communicate, and a shared vision for the future. They knew what factors of their team dynamics they wanted to keep and continue to build on, and how to spot red flags.

By arming themselves with new insights, they had increased confidence to make decisions and problem-solve together. Overall the experience provided an opportunity to establish a brand for themselves, agree on what they want to be known for, and show up stronger to stakeholders and the rest of the company moving forward.