Works Council training: off-site location or meeting room at the office?

When planning Works Council training, people often realise that their office building has very nice meeting rooms. After all, we are known for our 'meeting culture' in this country. So why would you want to rent an off-site location and spend money when there is a nice, cheap room available at your office building?

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optimal effectiveness and efficiency of Works Council training

There are often arguments (especially mentioned by the Director or the HR department) in favour of organising Works Council training on-site. Still, there are more compelling arguments for holding the training sessions off-site. Virtually all the arguments presented in favour of the on-site location always come down to reducing costs. Arguments for an off-site location are all focused on the efficiency of Works Council training.

Works Council training or coaching always requires time, money and effort. And we all want the best results from that meeting: we want the investment in time, money and effort to offer the most significant yield.

four arguments in favour of an off-site location

One factor that can be clearly influenced before the Works Council training/coaching is held, is the location. Therefore, one of the questions is whether/how Works Council training at an off-site location yields more results. Based on my many years of experience, I will list my arguments in favour of an off-site location below.

argument 1: an optimal room layout for training/coaching

It already starts with the fact that a training or coaching session is not a meeting (Dutch). The room layout for a meeting is (often) different from that for a training or coaching session. So, the question is whether the set-up of a meeting is suitable for training/coaching. In my experience, it usually isn't.