What makes a strategic planning session actually lead to change?
In this episode of Build Better Teams, Shannon Russell takes you behind the scenes of a recent three-hour strategic planning workshop she facilitated for a leadership team in Oklahoma City using the LEGO® Serious Play® method.
Instead of spending hours talking through PowerPoint slides, taking notes, and leaving with more questions than answers, the leadership team used hands-on strategic planning to explore where their organization is today, identify challenges and opportunities, and build a shared vision for the future.
Shannon explains how visual thinking, equal participation, and collaborative problem-solving can help leadership teams create stronger alignment, clearer priorities, and greater accountability after the meeting ends.
In This Episode You'll Learn:
• What an interactive strategic planning workshop actually looks like
• Why traditional strategic planning meetings often fail to create action
• How LEGO® Serious Play® helps teams visualize complex ideas and challenges
• Why every voice should be included in strategic planning
• How leaders can create a shared organizational vision
• Why hands-on facilitation encourages curiosity instead of defensiveness
• How strategic planning improves team alignment and accountability
• Why people are more invested in strategies they help create
• Three strategic planning lessons every leader can use with their own team
If you're planning a leadership retreat, company offsite, strategic planning session, or executive team workshop, this episode offers a different way to create meaningful conversations and turn ideas into clear direction.
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