We had a really successful staff development day not long ago, so I thought I might share the format - as it might be useful to other small companies or project teams. If you have a lot of associates and flexible workers as we do, it's important to get together now and then to catch up.

1. Vision - the vision behind the company or project, the inspiration behind it all. Does the mission statement need renewing?
2. Celebrate ourselves - review recent successes. It's easy to find in routine operational meetings that you're discussing mostly challenges and problems, and success is not lauded. You might find, as we did, that we had many successes to celebrate.  We made time to thank one another for the support we got within the team.
3. Review of projects, feedback from clients and learning points! We realised we had some strengths and skills we hadn't previously identified.
4. Magic Wand - if you could wave a magic wand and change something for the company what would it it be? (We decided moving en masse to the Seychelles wasn't really on, but as we actively promote remote and flexible working, an employee moving to  sunnier climes would not have to resign!) /more

• Everything on the Web is archived (check www.archive.org). It may be impossible to take something down once it is online so be careful what you post and what you allow others to post.
• Consider what would happen if your next employer Googled you. It doesn't mean don't put anything on the Web, just review everything first. Your holiday pictures of the South of France on Flickr are probably fine - but not the stag party in Magaluf.