We’re delighted to annnounce that baby Grace made a safe arrival into the world on Sunday 11th July and that both she & Emma are doing brilliantly.
Challenge Manager is a mum and aunty & a granny in one moment!
Challenge Manager are delighted to be working closely with North Hampshire Enterprise and having run a successful trainer taster session earlier this year, we’re looking forward to delivering training in partnership with NHE throughout the autumn / winter of 2010 and on into 2011.
If you are interested in knowing more about NHE then take a look at their new website.
http://www.northhampshireenterprise.co.uk/
Oh and keep an eye out for featured news articles from us on developing excellent employees in your business.
Well I go to a lot of networking events and I like to offer something a bit different when I’m telling people about the HR side of our business
So I’ve introduced people to my little green pal Marvin the Martian
Marvin is a model employee on his planet
He works a long week and never complains about needing rest breaks or wanting to exert his rights under the Working Time Directive. He doesn’t take time off sick and never complains of back ache or stress!
He plans to works until he is 80 and has no thoughts that his employer needs to provide him with health care or a pension.
His wife wouldn’t dream of expecting maternity benefits and paternity leave is unheard of.
Marvin does everything that is asked of him, he would dream of behaving inappropriately at work and he never questions the bosses as he knows that disciplinary matters are dealt with quite simply…..by laser gun!
Sadly for businesses here on earth Marvin can’t survive outside of his own planet. So if you need to employ staff they will have to be of the human variety with all the variations, complications, rights and issues that brings.
That’s why you need Challenge Manager to help you deal with all HUMAN resources matters - we’ll ensure you have the best people working for you and achieving the successes your business wants.
CHALLENGE MANAGER - PROVIDING GREAT HUMAN RESOURCES SUPPORT!
Tune in to hear more about Marvin’s successes in the New Year.
How do you feel as we approach the end of the year?
I feel we at Challenge Manager have much to be thankful for. So we didn’t get rich in 2009 but we’re still succeeding as a business - we’ve weathered the storm and feel optimistic that 2010 is going to be our best year yet.
We are busy coaching and training in December which is almost unheard of & add that to the fact that I ran training for the first time ever in August this year tells me that times have changed in how businesses are approaching things. For the better in many cases I think and we are seeing signs of that in the work people want to do with us. We have a new client who wants to set his business apart from his competitors by simply being the best through having the best staff. How great is that?
We’re reaping the rewards of networking and we’re getting invited to some pretty swanky dos too! We continue to speak at events and write articles for local business publications - people recognise us - we almost feel famous!
Our trainers networking group Challege Yourself! goes from strength to strength with more members, busier sessions, heaps of people wanting to run those sessions and a real sense of excitement about what value the group can add for training coaching and development businesses.
Despite sad events and tricky times at various points this year, we’re all now pretty healthy and we’re surrounded by people who love us and we love back. I personally am delighted that my husband is back in work after being made redundant at the start of the year and I’m proud of how positive he stayed throughout the whole time of looking for a job.
So I didn’t get my new kitchen this year (but I hold out hope for next!), and my car is getting rustier & will continue to do so but the important things in life feel pretty good to me right now.
So I will be bidding 2009 farewell but not feeling as glad to see the back of it as I thought I might earlier this year. I am beginning to get excited about Christmas as an opportunity to indulge ourselves and spend happy time with my friends and family, and I look forward to 2010 very much.
How about you?
At Challenge Manager we are delighted to organise a networking and professional development group called Challenge Yourself! We meet quarterly and have been incredibly fortunate to have had a great series of speakers and facilitators over the last three years.
Friday’s meeting was no exception. John Rice of Bowland Solutions facilitated a session on 360 feedback which gave us all a great deal of food for thought, hints, tips and ideas that we can take away and use.
We’re always looking for new speakers, great venues to hold meetings in and of course we are delighted to welcome new members, so if you are interested, take a look at our website for more information.