If you’re not familiar with accounting or financial statements for a company, just looking at them can be intimidating. Even once you’ve figured out things like gross margin, cost of goods, and cash on hand, there are other line items that will still cause you to scratch your head, like amortization.

At some point, the grandeur and excitement of starting a business wears off, and you might suddenly lose steam. It’s not that you feel regret or dissatisfied, it’s just that the day-to-day operations still feel dull even with your own business. The start-up whirlwind of applications, business plans, ideas, building, buying inventory, making things, getting your first customer and then more customers was all exciting, but now it’s just rinse-and-repeat, a rhythmic routine known as the daily grind.

Though a corporate retreat sounds like a luxury, it’s one that pays dividends as in investment in your organization. A leadership team that gets along better performs better, and a retreat is a perfect time to make sure that everyone is on the same page for your business.