Leaders feel the strain when teams are disengaged, siloed, or resistant to change.
Our interactive offsites and retreats reignite energy, deepen learning, and equip teams to thrive in dynamic environments.
Together, we will rebuild trust, strengthen connection, and align your team around a shared way of working.
Meet your Expert Facilitators…
Mary & Mel
We utilize a combination of the following tools and more to create a unique program for you and your team:
“Mary and Mel are facilitators for Executive Resource Professionals: the purpose of our group is to develop meaningful relationships amongst the members in a collaborative environment that fosters both business and personal growth. They did an outstanding job in creating workshops that provided insight and ideas to help our members navigate through some incredibly challenging business decisions during the pandemic. They have a positive energy that is solution based, and their experience in dealing with top level business executives was apparent in the work that we did together. They also had the ability to adapt to the changing needs of the group during some unique times.”
James G.,
Partner, Altium Wealth Management
Strategic Offsites for Leaders & Teams
Our customized, interactive offsites are tailored to your team’s size, goals, and event structure, ensuring every session maximizes engagement and impact.
Depending on your goals for the offsite, your team may walk away understanding how to better:
Inspirational Leadership Retreats
Our inspirational leadership retreats are bespoke, highly interactive experiences designed to ignite leadership, strengthen teams, and accelerate meaningful growth. Each retreat is fully customized to meet your organization’s unique needs and desired outcomes, serving as a clear vehicle to move your team to where they want to go.
Guided by our two expert facilitators, Mary Olson-Menzel and Mel Shahbazian, participants engage in an energizing blend of facilitated dialogue, hands-on activities, and reflective sessions. We utilize Grove graphic facilitation tools to spark collective meaning-making and bring ideas to life in real time.
Whether full-day or multi-day, our retreats create space for organizations to engage fully in team building, visioning, and skill development, emerging with clarity, confidence, and renewed energy.
At Your Service: Grove Methodology
Grove helps teams unlock their collective intelligence through expert facilitation that turns insight into aligned action. Grove Methodology is one of our preferred tools. It surfaces diverse perspectives, reframing outdated narratives, and honoring every voice, we enable groups to make stronger decisions and move forward together. Our visual practices spark engagement, accelerate understanding, and help teams see the whole system. Through co-created process design grounded in proven organizational models, Grove guides teams through change with transparency, momentum, and shared ownership.
“Mary and Mel work together strategically in a way that builds connection and respect across teams. They are articulate and well-versed in their craft. I found them in a time in my life when I was walled-off and going through the motions to perform my job at a high level. They helped me to grow and I quickly saw value in bringing others into their circle. After a few years, our teams are more synergistic than ever before. We know one another’s strengths and weaknesses. More importantly, we know how to handle ourselves and others when in high stress mode.”
Jason B.,
EVP of Marketing and Communications, HR Tech company
“I retained MVP to help one of my team members become established in a new leadership role within the company, and work with her team (20+) to find their confidence, bond together, and fine tune their processes to execute a critical function within the company. The team found this process to be validating, liberating, and highly motivating. So much so that other teams in the company want to sign up for the same process! I wish I had done this work with Mary and Mel years ago and would highly recommend MVP to individuals and teams looking to be their best.”
Scott M.,
CFO, Private Equity and Healthcare