At your next offsite, don't just get on the same page.
Get on the RIGHT one.
Hosting a board offsite, leadership retreat, or team strategy meeting?
The right facilitator can make all the difference.
​
Someone who can:
-
Help structure the issues.
-
Draw out perspectives.
-
Turn flash points into actionable insight.
​
Other professionals can do this.
​
Framework gets you more.
​
You won't just come away with a plan.
​
You'll come away with a strategy.
​
​
Start with WHY:
You're meeting for a reason.
The costs of an offsite go beyond facilitation.
​
Or the venue, catering and transportation.
​
Your greatest expense?
The invaluable time your participants invest, be they your directors, senior leaders, or other key individuals.
​
All this can add up to many tens of thousands—so much that you may start to wonder what it's all for.​
Bottom line?
Offsites aren't just a ritual.
​
You aren't checking a box.
​
Your success turns on what they produce.
Deeper insight.
Stronger relationships.
And above all, a shared idea to guide plans and align activities, so you can get the results you need.
​
An idea called "strategy".
​
This doesn't come about just by getting your best heads together.
It requires an expert blend of art and science to elicit their perspectives, experience, and know-how.
​
This is what your meeting is really about.
​
Unlocking the power of your entire team.
​
If you're really doing it, you need to unlock as much as possible.​​
We don't (just) facilitate.
What Makes Framework Different:
Framework facilitators aren't ​like others you might call on.
​
Yes, we have lots of experience.
​​
Since 2001 we've facilitated hundreds of offsites for teams of all sizes and sectors, from product innovation workshops to global board meetings.​
​
So what do we have beyond the basics you should expect of any facilitator?
​
We're seasoned strategists.
​
We have decades of experience leveraging essential skills, acquired at the world's leading strategy firm then honed as executives ourselves, in the stuff that really matters.
​
Content that should feature front and center in every offsite.
REAL strategy.
​
PRIORITIZED planning.
​
(And the key bit:)
RESULTS.​​​
​.
How We Work:
Our process starts before the meeting, and follows through after.
Like any good facilitator, Framework tailors our game plan to every client situation.
​
But our approach is always informed by three principles.
​​
1. The objective is an actionable governing idea.
​
"Strategy" is often mistaken for a goal ("become the market leader") or a plan ("double growth").
​
In truth, it's neither of these.
​
Real strategy is a coherent hypothesis, to be validated by execution, that aligns both.
​
A working model of where specific know-how and assets can give us an unfair advantage.
​
Something you need a strong take upon—which we help produce as a core deliverable.
​
2. Context is everything.
​
Truly strategic conversations don't happen in isolation.
​
It's critical to understand where the team is starting from, and where we need to go.
​
To this end our strategic facilitators engage all participants well before the offsite itself.
Following up afterwards with the meeting owner to ensure next steps are clear and actionable.
​​
​​
3. Debate is a feature, not a bug.
​
Consensus coming out of the process is always a noble goal.
But it's only going to be useful if contrary views on reality —organizational capability, market opportunities and risks— are duly surfaced.
​
Robert F. Kennedy famously declared:
"It's not enough to allow dissent. We must demand it."
​
​
Management guru Alain de Botton says:
​
"Profit is the reward for grasping an aspect of reality ahead of your peers."
​
This is the goal of your offsite.
Who We Are:
Strategists, Leaders and Advisors.
We're a team of seasoned professionals, with backgrounds in global strategy consulting, executive leadership, and entrepreneurship.
​
We collaborate across time zones and borders to serve clients from regional leaders to the Global 2000.
​
We are also featured TEDx speakers and bestselling authors.
​​
Check out our profiles.
What They Say About Us:
We've worked with some amazing teams.
​
We keep our client list confidential. They include:
-
Fortune 500 firms
-
Growth companies
-
Public sector corporations and agencies
-
Family enterprises
-
Leading non-profits
Private references are available upon request.
​
Here are some of our public accolades:
​​On our people:
​
"I learned a great detail from Stephen while he was at BCG. He always had good foresight and an ability to get to the heart of the matter."
​
- Peter Dawe, Chief Strategy Officer and COO, McCain Foods
​
"I worked with smart people at McKinsey but Stephen has a unique ability to engage his superior intellect with 'street smarts' in a way that is unique to him."
​
- David Way, Portfolio Manager, Fidelity Investments
​
​“Stephen is one of the most intelligent and insightful people I know. He has an uncanny ability to evaluate complex businesses and make actionable, strategic recommendations. Unique to Stephen is his ability to accurately understand and assess corporate cultural challenges and their associated impact on strategic tactics. In addition to his professional talents, he is a pleasure to work with.”
​
- Renée Colyer, Head of Strategy, Canadian Securities Exchange
​
On our approach:
“Drawing on research and experience, Butler and Price show how an authentic and systematic approach can help WHY deliver.”
- Ty Breland, Chief Human Resources Officer, Marriott International
​
​
​“Demystifies employee engagement for productivity-seeking leaders... a practical blueprint... and a force multiplier.”
​
- David Takahashi, President, Highbridge Human Capital
​
​
​“[It] combines incisive research insight with deep frontline experience to produce the kind of practical, evidence-based approach leaders have been hungering for—one that goes beyond merely articulating purpose to the real work of implementation.”
​
- Dan Witters, Research Director,
Gallup National Health and Well-Being Index
​
​​On working with us:
​
“The advice on our business transformation program enabled the company to quickly go from 'start-up to scale-up' by more than doubling headcount within a year.”
​
- Matthew Protti, Co-founder and Executive Chair, Blacksquare
​​
​“We worked with Stephen for about two years on, among other things, strategic drivers and data collection for the creation of dashboards. Stephen has the innate ability to think outside standard parameters and ask questions that generate inspired creative solutions and actions.”
​
- Cathleen Peter-Swart, VP Corporate Services & People Champion, Westcor
​
​
​“I was impressed with Stephen's thoroughness, intellectual capacity and his ability to gather business insight. He was able, in a very short period of time, to gain the complete trust of my upper management team. Highly recommended.”
​
- Terry Pallier, CEO, ActionCoach Canada​​
​
Let's have a chat.
​​​Get your free consultation today.
Thirty minutes. No charge. No obligation.
​
What have you got to lose?
Let's figure out how you can make your next offsite a gold standard experience.
​
And how Framework can help you produce the best strategy you've ever had.
​​