Debbie Britt, right, and Cindy Ariel, left, with the retreat facilitators.

By Laura Haight
Communications Director

Operational retreats are a fairly common practice among big business and this fall two DFW regions employed the practice to bring leaders together to discuss a variety of topics.

Chapter leaders in the Mid-Atlantic and West had regional retreats in October.

Debbie Britt and Cindy Ariel, co-leaders in the Mid-Atlantic, brought in two facilitators – both are professional leadership coaches as well as DFW members – to run the program, which included a discussion of what is working at the chapter level and what could be improved, an idea-sharing discussion that “harvested” ideas from each member.

In Arizona, the 14 leaders from 11 Southwest Region chapters meet at regional leader Eileen Brill Wagner’s Phoenix home to share ideas that are working in each chapter, to discuss challenges and brainstorm ideas for how to work together.

We are looking forward to hearing more insights from these meetings. In the meantime, view a photo gallery of both events.