Offsite organisers
How many books do we need for a leadership offsite, and what do we do with them?
One copy per person attending, plus a few extras. And the question of what you do with them matters more than the number. Books that get distributed at an offsite and then sit in people’s bags, half-read, are a waste of the investment. Books that become the basis for a structured conversation produce genuine value. The difference is entirely in how the session is designed.
Framework: Brian Hartzer’s Leadership Star · Practices: All five practices
Plan the book session before you order the books
Work out how you’ll use the book at the offsite first. Will you do a discussion session using prepared questions? A facilitated reflection exercise? A commitment round where managers name one thing they’ll change? Once you know that, the number of books and the logistics around them become simple.
Give people the book before the event
Reading a book and then discussing it the same day rarely produces good discussion. Send the books in advance with three or four focused questions to consider while reading. People arrive with perspectives. The conversation starts at a different level.
Leave them with a way to keep using it
The most valuable thing you can do after distributing books at an offsite is give people a reason to come back to them. A follow-up session four to six weeks later, focused on what changed, is worth more than the original discussion. It also signals that the investment was about behaviour change, not the event itself.
At your last leadership offsite, what was the mechanism that connected the content to something that actually changed in how your managers led their teams?
Books for your team
Special prices are available for bulk and organisational orders. Tell us the quantity, the delivery country and when you need them, and we will confirm the options.