Your team offsite won’t deliver sustainable team development.

There I’ve said it.

Yes, they’re typically scheduled and designed with best intentions. But let’s take a look at why a single (even if they are multi-day) session can’t possibly provide the fertile ground required for your team to flourish.

There is no “right time” for an offsite.

Creating self-managing, self-sustaining systems of work seems like a great idea doesn’t it?. Giving people freedom to be creative and solve problems makes sense for both the individual and the customers they serve. You’ll hear no argument from me about putting decision making as close as possible to the customer.

But here’s the thing….

not every individual, function or even organisation is ready for the level of autonomy that comes with holacracy.