20th July, 2010
All kinds of things...and our Global Business Excellence Award
Last week Successfactory welcomed two of Coca-Cola's Northern Teams to our beautiful Venue. The first team arrived on Monday evening and their challenge was to organise and cook a BBQ for all 20 team members (including all the trimmings - various salads, corn on the cob, bread rolls, etc). The evening started with a bang as Coke got busy! Drinks were flowing, meat was sizzling and a great time was had by all. The evening BBQ, out on our patio overlooking our beautiful views, was a great relaxing way for Coke to begin their time at Successfactory.
Alison worked with a group of Samsung's Senior Leaders from across Europe last week. As a part of a Leadership Development Programme they explored what is needed to lead really high performance teams in today's ever changing and highly challenging world. They explored the tools, processes and key leadership skills required to both create and sustain true teams, ensuring the delivery of great results from highly motivated people. Shaun Bradley of Samsung said of Alison and the event,
"Congratulations on a facilitating a great day, from a personal viewpoint I felt you were excellent. You have a facilitation style that really engages the audience and helps them see problems as opportunities. The contrasting New World/Old World part of the day was brilliantly done, there were some real light-bulb moments which is exactly what we need to continue the change at Samsung."
We're also extremely proud to announce that last week we found out we had won a prestigious Global Business Excellence Award for Outstanding Learning Solutions! As we quoted in our previous news article (and we thought we'd quote it again because we're excited about this!) Simon Burgess, Chairman of the Judges said, "Effectively delivering high impact learning interventions in the areas of leadership, change and team working is easier said than done. SuccessfactoryTM have created an innovative environment and business proposition as well as a socially aware company. Their work for major global brands is testament to their ability to produce results that impact on the bottom line while guiding them towards ultimate business excellence. With an international roll out of the proposition planned by 2011, they are one to watch." Thanks again to all our clients and to our great team at Successfactory.
Aside from that, we're really pleased to have Anne back from her holiday! She had a lovely time away with family and a lovely birthday. Kate keeps bringing in more and more new leads - we've had 3 show-rounds of our venue already this week and its only Tuesday! Graham is on annual leave this week in Boston with his partner, Carole, having a wonderful time no doubt. All is well in Chester (apart from the sun disappearing!) and we'll update you with more juicy news next week.