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It’s no surprise to us that 34% of teams cited "Improving Connection & Belonging" as the primary driver for offsites. 🤝✨ The signals are everywhere: 🚀 Yuval Noah Harari talks about The Power of Truth in the Age of AI. 📈 Julius Solaris documents the rise in events, directly correlated with the growth of AI: the more AI, the more in-person events. ✈️ Steven Bartlett’s Flight Fund is purposefully investing in IRL communities alongside AI. Distributed teams, working remotely in a digital world, are focusing on building stronger interpersonal bonds through regular offsites. And it all begins with trust. We can have infinite connections online. But connection and belonging -trust - comes from ongoing effort, according to the CIPD Trust and psychological safety evidence review. At WorkTripp, we purposefully give teams the info they need to work out how to create the optimum offsite design. So, rather than rushing to planning and looking ahead, if they need to spend more time on connection, trust and belonging - they do. After all, what good is a giant plan if there’s no buy-in? Take Cognivate, for example. It's an amazing neurorehabilitation service. The distributed team consists of therapists who rarely have the opportunity to meet each other, except during fortnightly virtual clinical meetings. The primary goal of their offsite? Connection—connecting with each other, themselves, and their surroundings. 🌿 And Lydia Storr-Meddings and team smashed it. Their offsite wasn’t just about gathering—it was about creating real bonds, trust, and shared purpose that would carry their mission forward. 🌱✨ Curious to learn how offsite goals shift based on team size, stage, or sector? Download the WorkTripp Offsite Trends Report — link in the comments! 📥👇 #RemoteWork #PeopleFirst #ScaleUps #BCorp

How often do you go on offsites? We asked guests at Operations Nation #cONference and this is what they told us! Shout-out to all the brilliant ops leaders in this video. #COOs #PeopleOps #BizOps Joris van Kruijssen Rob Day Claudia Cafeo 🏳️🌈 Brandon Mensinga Alicia Grimes

Offsite cadence - what does yours look like? In the fast-paced world of scaling companies, establishing a rhythm for team gatherings is key to avoiding the constant grind of day-to-day operations. As organisational psychologist Adam Grant puts it, “When there’s not a rhythm, there’s a treadmill.” Regular offsites offer a strategic way to step off that treadmill, allowing leaders to regroup, refocus, and drive their teams forward with renewed clarity and purpose. But in your opinion, who's doing it best? 🤔 Do you know a team who's perfected this end of quarter dance? Tag them below. Let's share the how on what makes this possible (and valuable). 🙌👇 💡What we found from the data in our WorkTripp Offsite Trends Report: 🔄 Quarterly Offsites as a Best Practice: With clear peaks around March, June, September, and October, the data suggests that many companies are adopting quarterly offsite cadences to keep their distributed teams engaged and aligned. We're passionate about moving offsites from a one-off transaction, to a meaningful part of how we work -with results to boot. ( 🔗 to the full report in the comments). "Quarterly team gatherings work, and are essential for distributed teams" - Brian Elliott, CEO at Work Forward #HybridWork #RemoteWork #ScaleUps #BCorp #peoplefirst

In order to sustain a distributed work model, we need to have the best of both worlds. Collective benefits like connection with individual benefits like flexibility and better work-life balance. That’s why we built WorkTripp®. We were excited to chat to the Talent Hunters podcast recently about how the best distributed teams are using offsites to leverage talent and sustained growth. 🎧 Love to know what you think of this episode! Link in the comments. MRI Network Global Search #Offsites #Podcast #ScaleUps #TalentHunters

It's out! ✅ We crunched the WorkTripp data, so we can share the 2024 Offsite Trends Report with you - packed with data and insights on how top companies are planning their offsites for maximum impact. 📊 Why Download the Report? 👉 Discover the top goals behind offsite planning for scale-ups and innovative companies 👉 See how budgets, team sizes, and planning windows vary across industries like tech, fintech, and consulting 👉 Get data-backed strategies for aligning your team through intentional gathering modalities 👉 Learn how COOs, People Advocates, and Founders are driving team cohesion and success through offsites Key Insights Include: 📅 The most popular months for offsites and why they matter for your planning ⏳ Average planning times by role (COOs are some of the most squeezed!) 📈 How team size and sector impact your offsite goals and strategies 💡 Strategic tips for planning your budget and offsite cadence Ready to transform your offsites? 🚀 Download the report and elevate your team’s performance for long-term success! 🔗 https://lnkd.in/eYbGe5S3 Let us know what you think? Share away with others. #OffsitePlanning #FutureOfWork #TeamSuccess #LeadershipInsights

If you don't know about Female Founders Rise where have you been this whole time?! Female Founders Rise is a community of nearly 8000 female and non-binary founders building growth businesses. What's even better than that, they've just launched a directory of tech businesses led by women inc. Business Strategy, Coaching, Creative, Sales and Operations. Oh! And WorkTripp® for offsites, of course! You can have a search around here: https://lnkd.in/eedr4iK5 #FemaleFounders #FemaleLeaders #Search

💡 Did you know that the average per-person budget for offsites is £531.44, with £300 as the typical midpoint for most team events? 💡 Curious to see how this spend shifts between VCs, Consulting, and FinTech companies? Well... our Offsite Trends Report drops tomorrow! 🚀 You’ll get insights on: 📅 Optimal offsite cadence 💰 Strategic budget planning & timing 🎯 Top offsite goals — all broken down by job type and sector. Stay tuned! #ScaleUps #TeamOffsites #AI Operations Nation London COO Roundtable Operations Room Between Two COO's

We know that the second half of the year is one of the busiest times of the year for team gathering planning... (WorkTripp offsite trends report coming soon! 👀 👀 ) Why not give yourself some breathing space by partnering with one of our amazing offsite community partners, with decades of experience in offsite design, pace and programming? Shortcut to: 😊 Culture-fit design 💯 Proven outcomes 🚤 Accelerant to your milestones "Had a huge impact on the founders, the leadership team, the company and my own mindset." Chat direct via the QR code below. #teamoffsites #hybridwork #ScaleUps

"𝐼 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑏𝑖𝑔𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑥 𝑜𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛 𝑜𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑒." - Allison Vendt, VP, People Operations / Future of Work at Dropbox Shout out to Allison Vendt, leading the way on intentional gathering. Here's the summary from her session at Running Remote last week for all our favourite followers... 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬: Dropbox has identified that meeting every quarter is optimal for maintaining engagement and productivity in their remote-first setting. Three Gathering Modalities: 1️⃣ 𝐎𝐟𝐟-𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬: Strategic meetings aimed at bigger picture planning and critical business strategies. >>>Off-sites are particularly effective in building trust and enhancing communication. 2️⃣ 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐬: Focus on team bonding and innovation. >>>Retreats are crucial for strengthening interpersonal relationships among team members. 3️⃣ 𝐂𝐨𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐖𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐬: These gatherings are for outcome-based goals and urgent deliverables, facilitating quick decision-making. >>>Coworking sessions advance project progress and decision-making. Initiatives to Support Gatherings: 🧠 𝐎𝐟𝐟-𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦: Provides end-to-end support for organizing gatherings, including location scouting, event space booking, programming, and travel. 📦 𝐎𝐟𝐟-𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐈𝐧-𝐀-𝐁𝐨𝐱: A self-serve resource that democratizes access to the planning tools and playbooks used by the off-site planning team. 📆 𝐂𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐦 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐬: Enhances visibility of scheduled gatherings across the organization, making it easier for teams to coordinate their meetings. Impact of Gatherings: 📊 A significant majority (87%) of employees feel they have a greater impact working under this virtual-first model compared to other working models. 📈 Gathering enhances team dynamics with 86% of employees affirming that these meetings significantly improve team effectiveness. This certainly chimes with what we see via WorkTripp®. (We're even called the quarterly offsite platform for teams 🙌 ). Most teams that engage with us balance strategic and social needs, ideally maintaining a quarterly cadence whenever possible. (Many don't have the resources for an offsite planning team, and would agree that "this is a new skill set for many"). If that's you and you want help tooling up to achieve this level of intentional design, we're here to help! And, well done Dropbox for leading the way 👏 #Offsites #Hybrid #Remote

It's Friday! 🎉 Shout-out to all the ScaleUps snagging exceptional, diverse talent from employers enforcing RTO mandates! 🙌 #ScaleUps #Talent #Hybrid