Ep 17 – How to Build Connection Using Team Offsite Retreats [Video]

Productivity Coach Clare Kumar shares:

A big question on the minds of organizations is how to rebuild culture and foster effective collaboration. Given that trust is an essential ingredient for a team to work at its best, it’s important to create opportunities to build that trust. Yet, it’s not easy to do. Enter Sally Page, co-founder of UK-based WorkTripp, a company she refers to as the “Airbnb” of team offsites. In this episode, we explore being intentional about event design, the value in cycles of work, and how to not just get people together and but to have them pulling in the same direction.
Sally is an experienced leader of high-performing distributed teams, and WorkTripp is the platform she wished she had much earlier on. Previously VP of Content & Partnerships at Series-C ScaleUp Blinkist, and a Senior Director at Audible, she made a habit of connecting big thinkers – like non-fiction authors and coaches – with avid learners. At remote social enterprise, Hoxby, she helped businesses ensure they were fit for the future of work as Managing Director of Futureproofing.

CHAPTERS
00:06:00 The “Airbnb for offsites”
00:10:30 Cycles of work
00:13:30 Building connection and relationship
00:15:15 Focus on one thing
00:16:00 Get yourself out of the normal environment
00:18:52 A TED talk is not the same experience
00:22:30 Integrating time for connection
00:24:00 Motivation and psychological safety are linked
00:25:47 We need all the emojis
00:27:50 Fostering connection
00:30:18 Start with leadership teams
00:33:39 Onboarding cohorts
00:34:00 Breaking bread and making fire
00:39:15 Scaffolding for diversity
00:40:42 The value of a third space

For active links, visit www.clarekumar.com/podcast

LINKS
WorkTripp
Blinkist
Amy Edmonson
Happy Space Podcast: Ep 18 (coming April 10th!)
Hoxby
Contact Sally Page / WorkTripp

IMAGE CREDITS (for images on Youtube video)
Team at Offsite – BodySwaps at Elmley Nature Reserve – credit WorkTripp
Clare in musical – credit Clare Kumar
Clare on The Social – credit The Social
Sally Page headshot – credit WorkTripp
Man on park bench – credit Depositphotos
Sally Page and Sophie Bailey – credit WorkTripp
WorkTripp, Bedruthen – credit WorkTripp
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Highly sensitive executive coach and productivity catalyst, Clare Kumar, explores the intersection of productivity and inclusivity continually asking how can we invite the richest contribution from all. She coaches individuals in sidestepping burnout and cultivating sustainable performance, and inspires leaders to design inclusive performance thereby inviting teams to reach their full potential. As a speaker, Clare mic-drops “thought balms” in keynotes and workshops, whether virtual or in-person. She invites connection through her online community committed to designing sustainable and inclusive performance, the Happy Space Pod. Why? Because everyone deserves a Happy Space.
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CREDITS
Audio and Video Editing by: To Be Reel
Production Assistant: Luis Rodriguez
Song Credit: Cali by Wataboi from Pixabay