Long Service awards 2017

On Saturday 13th May, I attended the Essex long service awards, this is a great event that celebrates colleagues who have stayed loyal to First for a substantial period of time (in one colleagues case being part of the industry for over 50 Years). Building upon celebrating, we now incorporate individuals who have also been nominated under the 'Extra mile awards'. I was honored to attend and it was an absolute pleasure to see individuals recognized for the commitment they have shown not only themselves but more importantly to others.

 

We are starting to celebrate more as a company which is great news and deservedly so.  As celebrating success is part of a company's safety culture.  Also it is a positive response that we drive to gain reactions from, rather than reacting to the negatives.  Learning is far more enjoyable if it is positively reinforced. 

1. To learn and adapt:

To recognize what’s working well and why, and if there is something that you can take from it-why not inspire or replicate in other actions and goals. So basically you can do more of it!

2. Developing a success mindset:

 A large part of success is about your state of mind – so it’s about having a success mindset and cultivating it. Focus on what you’ve accomplished, rather than a never-ending list of to do's.  Celebrate every success, no matter how small the win, this will balance and develop a strong success mindset.  Celebrate and be proud of yourself!

 

3. Motivation:

Motivation is also connected to mindset – because we are motivated by our successes. So give yourself as many opportunities to be successful as you can.  Notice the small accomplishments along the way. If you break your goals down into milestones, actions, and trigger actions, your steps are more achievable and completing small steps builds up to big ones. 

4. Feeling good:

One of the best reasons to celebrate success is simply that it feels good.  We’re driven to make changes in our lives because we want to feel better, be happier and feel good.  Success triggers the happy neurons in our brains. When we anticipate achieving something or we achieve it – and it feels good, so we want more of it.

5. Sharing success:

Share success, it creates team spirit! Recognize your own success and others will too.

 

I also had the pleasure of saying goodbye to
Mr. Mick Colman, who recently retired from
Basildon as Staff Manager. 

learning at work week 2017

LEARNING AT WORK WEEK

 Learning at Work Week is nearly here, it's from  Monday 15th of May to Friday 19th of May.  All the Essex depots are carrying out a variety of fun and engaging themes.  The 2017 theme for Learning at Work Week is informative & creative!

You can put this information to use in any way that adds value to your home and working environment.

Who can take part?

  Anybody can join in!

What opportunities does it provide?

Learning at Work Week is not prescriptive in terms of what you can do and how you should use it, instead it provides ideas and inspiration.  Whether you want to develop new skills to aid your mindset or challenge yourself, the decision is yours.

The Week promotes an inclusive approach and encourages the extension of opportunities to learn to all employees, especially those who may not currently participate in learning.

Why take part?

• Changing attitudes to learning and work. Positive!
• Positive perceptions at business and individual levels
• Stimulating and collating feedback, ideas and perspectives that inform future planning
• Drawing on employees own knowledge, passions and interests to create engaging activities as well as, wider sharing and collaboration in the workplace
• Greater recognition and an understanding of different ways to learn in the workplace
• Encouraging a broader perspective on how learning and development happens and how employees can take advantage of new ways to learn – from traditional classroom based training through social media to team meets for generating and sharing learning
 
• Bringing employees from different parts of the business together or partner organizations in to learn from each other, sharing best practice.

Greater awareness of learning, motivation, engagement which all enhances our work environment.

My input to Learning Week, focuses on horticulture and fitness.  These two areas can be therapeutic and offer a more balanced life approach; one which can also help deliver benefits within the workplace.  Both these topics can help to balance the mind and promote exercise as well as enjoying the outdoors.  Let's not forget it also allows the learning of new skills.

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN?

 

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