At Bulletproof, we’ve found that running offsites has been tremendously beneficial for the c-level team and for Bulletproof in general. A noted in my first post – Why we did it – we researched and worked out how we would run our offsite and what we’d aim to get from it. We came up with… Read More
Running an effective offsite – Part 4: Set the goals
In my previous post in this series about our experiences running an offsite, I talked about how we reviewed the company vision and values. In this article, I talk about the next step you might want to think about, which is breaking the vision down into goals. Our experience is that goals should be shared… Read More
Running an effective offsite – Part 3: Review the values
This is the 4th post in a series about running a company offsite. In my first post, I talked about why you might want to run an offsite. In the next post, I discussed setting the ground rules, while in the last post I talked about reviewing and testing the company Vision. When trying to… Read More
Running an effective offsite – Part 2: Review the Vision
In the last post, I talked about the important ground rules that could be considered when setting up an offsite, having previously discussed the reasons for holding an offsite, and some of the basic logistics. In this post, I discuss the process that we followed for setting an agenda — having set the scene and the… Read More
Running an effective offsite – Part 1: Setting the Ground Rules
In my previous post, I discussed the reasons for running an offsite. In this post, I continue the discussion by looking at the setting of ground rules. Ground rules are important, because they make it easy to answer the questions “Should we be discussing this here?”, and “What’s best way to make sure everyone is… Read More