Restlark Leadership Offsite, 10 and 11 June 2027
Leadership offsite deck: agenda, pre-reads, decisions
A leadership offsite deck has to make sure everyone arrives knowing the questions, having read the material, and agreeing in advance what decisions the two days must produce. Restlark, an invented booking software company for physiotherapy and massage clinics, sends this deck a week ahead: three questions, six pre-reads totalling 26 pages, and four decisions due by Friday at 16:00.
Every slide, in order
The whole deck as it renders, one slide after another. Read it the way the audience would.
The structure
What each slide is doing, so you can reuse the order even with different content.
- Slide 1cover
- Names the offsite, the dates and the purpose, sent a week ahead with the pre-reads.
- Slide 2intro
- Why the team is leaving the office for two days, stated in the business numbers.
- Slide 3framework
- The three questions the offsite exists to answer, each with what a good answer looks like.
- Slide 4agenda
- The agenda across both days, one question per session and decisions last.
- Slide 5calendar
- The first day hour by hour, so everyone knows when they are needed and when the breaks are.
- Slide 6comparison
- Every pre-read with its owner, length and due date, so nobody arrives without having read them.
- Slide 7checklist
- The decisions the offsite is expected to produce, so success is defined before the first session.
- Slide 8takeaway
- Ground rules for the room, agreed in advance so the debate stays useful.
- Slide 9closing
- Closes with the logistics people actually need on the morning.
Slide by slide
Slide one is the cover, sent with the pre-reads on 3 June. Slide two explains why two days are needed. Slide three sets out the three questions: who to serve, how to charge and what to build first. Slide four is the agenda across both days, five sessions with decisions last. Slide five lays out day one hour by hour, from the 8:30 arrival to dinner. Slide six lists the pre-reads. Slide seven names the four decisions expected. Slide eight gives four rules for the room, including that the CEO decides if the team is split. Slide nine covers the bus, the folder and who to call on the day.
How to adapt this deck
A one day offsite should cut to two questions and two decisions, and replace the day one calendar with a single agenda slide. A team offsite rather than a leadership one should add a slide on what the team will tell everyone else afterwards, since people left behind assume the worst. If the offsite is mainly about team health rather than strategy, keep the ground rules and replace the pre-reads with a short survey whose results are shared on the first morning.
What offsite guidance says
The Table Group describes the quarterly off-site review as time for a leadership team to step away from the business to reassess strategy, team performance, morale, competitive threats and industry trends, lasting from most of a day to two full days. GitLab's public handbook describes its executive offsite as focused on topics that benefit from in-person discussion and where leaders are likely to disagree, with each topic sponsored by an executive who sets the criteria for success.
What makes this deck work
Success is defined before day one
Slide seven lists four decisions due by Friday 16:00: the customer, the price, the build and the team. Slide three gives each question a description of a good answer, such as showing the revenue effect on today's 1,850 clinics. Nobody leaves arguing about whether the offsite worked.
Pre-reads have owners and dates
The table on slide six names six pre-reads, their owners, page counts adding to 26 and the day each is due in the folder. The rules on slide eight then forbid presenting what was already sent, so the sessions start from questions instead of slides.
The reason is in numbers
Slide two explains the offsite with 1,850 clinics at $280 a month, $6.2M a year, growth slowed to 2 percent a quarter and 1.4 percent monthly churn, about 26 clinics. Leaders give up two days more willingly when they can see the decision cannot wait for the weekly meeting.
Questions people ask
What should a leadership offsite deck include?
Why the offsite is happening, the questions it must answer, the agenda, a detailed schedule for each day, the pre-reads with owners and dates, the decisions expected, ground rules and logistics. Send it a week ahead so the pre-reads get read and the questions can be challenged before anyone travels.
How many topics should a two day offsite cover?
Three is usually the limit for real decisions. Give each question a full session and leave the final session for writing decisions down with owners. Topics that do not need everyone in one room, such as status updates, belong in the pre-reads, not the agenda.
Should offsite pre-reads be sent as slides or documents?
Short documents read better than slides because they carry the argument without a presenter. Keep each under six pages, name an owner, and set a deadline a week before. List them all in one table in the offsite deck so nobody can say they did not know what to read.
How do I make sure an offsite ends with decisions?
Write the expected decisions into the deck before the offsite, reserve the last session for them, and agree a rule for deadlock, such as the CEO deciding and explaining why. Each decision should leave with a named owner and a date, recorded before anyone heads home.
Who should run the sessions at a leadership offsite?
Give each question to the leader who owns the pre-read behind it, and have the CEO or an outside facilitator chair the day. Rotating session leads spreads the preparation and makes it clear who will carry each decision forward after the offsite ends.
Can attendees view the offsite deck on their phones?
Yes. A share link opens the deck read only in a browser, so attendees can check the schedule on a phone on the day. Below 1,024 pixels wide the editor shows every slide as a vertical feed, which suits small screens for anyone editing it on the move.
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