12th July, 2010
Birthdays, Holidays and BBQ's...
Our Successfactory team have been hard at work over the past week, here, there and everywhere! Our trainers, Alison and Graham, have travelled far and wide in the last few days working with all sorts of fantastic teams.
Alison has been in Cheshire working with Cheshire East Council and head teachers to develop a shared vision and set of values as part of their strategy for change. She then went to Leeds working with Bupa running a workshop on creating greater impact and influence. Then Alison was in London working with Samsung on leading high performance teams! She finally returned to the office on Friday where we helped her recharge and prepare for another few weeks of being in demand and on the road!
Graham spent some of last week in Malham, North Yorkshire, putting the Bupa Supporting Excellence team through their paces, learning about leading remote teams! They have taken part in, amongst other things, a Mad Allen's Challenge which is great for developing strong communication strategies and developing problem solving skills. The Successfactory team spent our last Christmas party in Malham, walking through the valleys and taking in the beautiful views (particularly the stunning view of Malham Cove!), so Graham knows the area well. It's a fantastic location for the Bupa team and the event was a brilliant success!
Graham and Anne are celebrating their birthdays this week! So a huge, happy, happy, happy birthday to them both! Graham is going to be spending his special day this year at the Bolesworth Show Jumping Classic! Successfactory is located on the Bolesworth Estate and every year, we feel it's important to take part in events like these in order to keep up great relations with our local community. Graham will be taking a few of our clients such as Coca-Cola, Muller, Airbus and some potential clients to the event and enjoying a day of show-jumping, fine food, good wine and most of all, great company! He is then off for a week in Boston.
Anne is away this week, spending time with her family. There is definitely a hole in the team, Anne is practically our Office Mum! However, we've made contingency plans in order to survive the week without her and we hope that she has a really wonderful time and lovely birthday in Kent, the Garden of England.
Kate is busy, busy, busy, as always! She's been doing lots of networking and bringing new business in. She also has a lovely holiday coming up, where she and her family will be jetting off to the Med for a well-deserved break! Teegan spent last week in Abersoch, North Wales, with her family. She didn't forget us though, we received our first ever postcard from her with a picture of a beautiful sunset on the front...we were all a bit jealous!
Last week Martin & Vicky took care of our lovely venue and wonderful clients. We had Marks & Spencer and M&S Money in and they ensured that their days ran superbly. Vicky took Tuesday off as it was her daughter's 6th birthday. They went to Chester Zoo as Carlie's birthday treat and had a brilliant time!
Today we have Coca-Cola joining us for an evening BBQ so that's all for now, but more news next week!