Liz Smith

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching

for organizations

Offsites where the real work happens.

Carefully designed and facilitated sessions that help leadership teams address real work — strategic alignment, decision-making, role clarity, trust, or a significant transition — not step away from it.

An outside facilitator means every leader in the room gets to participate instead of running the meeting.

when to bring in a facilitator

The moments that call for one

A newly formed team

Leaders who need to build trust and working agreements quickly — before the lack of them costs the business.

Strategy & alignment

The team needs to leave with real decisions, clear priorities, and honest ownership — not a deck of sticky notes.

Friction the team can't name 

Cross-functional tension, unclear roles, or dynamics that everyone feels and no one raises in the room.

A significant transition

New leadership, reorganization, growth, or change that requires the team to operate differently than before.

how it works

Designed before, facilitated during, embedded after

01

Stakeholder interviews

Confidential conversations with participants surface what's really going on — and what the session must accomplish.

02

Custom session design

An agenda built for your team's actual dynamics and goals, reviewed with the sponsor. Assessments (Leadership Circle, iEQ9 Enneagram) integrated where useful.

03

Live facilitation

One to two days of structured, candid work — with the safety and pacing that let hard topics surface productively.

04

Decisions & commitments

The team leaves with named decisions, owners, and working agreements — captured and shared.

05

Follow-through

A follow-up session weeks later reinforces commitments and addresses what's surfaced since — the difference between a good day and a changed team.

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The insights gained, along with rigorous discussions, resulted in actions that improved our team's trust, communication, and collaboration, and set a solid foundation for our long-term development.

— Engineering leader, Fortune 100 technology company

practical details

Offsite logistics

Team size

Intact leadership teams of 2–20. Larger groups scoped as workshops or programs.

Length

Typically one to two days onsite, plus design time before and a follow-up session after.

Location

Your site, an offsite venue, or virtual where the work allows. I travel.

What does your team need to walk out with?

Tell me about the team, the moment, and what has to be different afterward. We'll design backward from that.

Initial conversations are complimentary and focused on fit.