Executive Development Retreat
Executive Develop
Length
Where
How many people
Organization
2.5 weeks or 15 days
Northern Minnesota
60 male executives from different companies/industries throughout the US
60 people broken into 5 groups of 12, each group has one leader
Educational Activities: case studies, business game, etc
Activities/sessions Athletical Activities: 25 mile running
Sensitivity Training
Characters
Mark (Group
Leader)
Wally (Group
Student Leader)
Professional Background/Job Title top-level corporate executive mid level manager; no formal technical training no formal technical training, but had experience as a corporate president
Financial Analyst
Dave
Jim
Bob
Manager of Production and Operation of men's apparel Larry
Director of Public Relations of a steel producer; liberal arts background
Rich
Internal Financial Consultant, attended HBS
Wayne
Personnel Director
Ollie
Marketing Manager
Gary (Chairman of
Athletics)
Burrell (Academic
Chairman and
Basketball Coach)
Executive VP for a pipeline supplier
Personnel and Public Relations Manager
Manager of Engineering for a electronics manufacturer Divisional Director of Industrial Relations, no formal education for that job
Paul
John
1
2
3
4
A few incidents
Group Goals strive to rank first among all other groups to be best in sports everyone run at least 25 miles maintain harmonious atmosphere
1
On a self-evaluation afternoon toward the end of first week, everybody in the group knew the weaknes to place the blame on anyone. Harmonious atmosphere maitained, but an opportunity of evaluating ind
2
A few days later, on a group project called "Project X", the group scored 0 for 5. One comment from Lar
Executive Development Retreat
es/industries throughout the US group has one leader s game, etc
Leadership led a team to become the top group at the retreat before reluctant to assume leadership
Personality
Student Ranking
Speaking Ranking
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__
__
__
__
be afraid of hurting others' feeling
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average
Length
Where
How many people
Organization
2.5 weeks or 15 days
Northern Minnesota
60 male executives from different companies/industries throughout the US
60 people broken into 5 groups of 12, each group has one leader
Educational Activities: case studies, business game, etc
Activities/sessions Athletical Activities: 25 mile running
Sensitivity Training
Characters
Mark (Group
Leader)
Wally (Group
Student Leader)
Professional Background/Job Title top-level corporate executive mid level manager; no formal technical training no formal technical training, but had experience as a corporate president
Financial Analyst
Dave
Jim
Bob
Manager of Production and Operation of men's apparel Larry
Director of Public Relations of a steel producer; liberal arts background
Rich
Internal Financial Consultant, attended HBS
Wayne
Personnel Director
Ollie
Marketing Manager
Gary (Chairman of
Athletics)
Burrell (Academic
Chairman and
Basketball Coach)
Executive VP for a pipeline supplier
Personnel and Public Relations Manager
Manager of Engineering for a electronics manufacturer Divisional Director of Industrial Relations, no formal education for that job
Paul
John
1
2
3
4
A few incidents
Group Goals strive to rank first among all other groups to be best in sports everyone run at least 25 miles maintain harmonious atmosphere
1
On a self-evaluation afternoon toward the end of first week, everybody in the group knew the weaknes to place the blame on anyone. Harmonious atmosphere maitained, but an opportunity of evaluating ind
2
A few days later, on a group project called "Project X", the group scored 0 for 5. One comment from Lar
Executive Development Retreat
es/industries throughout the US group has one leader s game, etc
Leadership led a team to become the top group at the retreat before reluctant to assume leadership
Personality
Student Ranking
Speaking Ranking
__
__
__
__
__
be afraid of hurting others' feeling
__
__
average