People are amazing
Monday, January 30, 2012 at 12:17PM My work mates at JobAdder are amazing. I have always known this (this is why I hired them of course) but one activity this year has really opened my eyes to what a diverse, talented, driven bunch of people we have.
This year instead of the usual new year's resolutions we decided to raise the bar and aim for something a little more motivating and a little more tangible.
This year we created LifeAdder. LifeAdder is a program where each staff member sets 1 or more personal goals and then sets out to achieve them. Each person has listed their goals for the year where everyone at JA can see them and we are all encouraging each other to achieve these goals.
The conditions are that the goals must be something above and beyond what you would ordinarily do, or beyond what you believe you are capable of doing.
For each person who achieves their goal(s) JobAdder is paying $1000 towards a training course or conference of their choice.
I have been amazed at how keen everyone is and the incredible range of goals people have set publicly.
Here are just some of the things JobAdder people will be achieving this year;
1. Ride a motorcross bike from Cairns to Cape York (the person has never ridden a motorbike before)
2. Run a marathon in under 4 hours
3. Complete a 15 hour kayak marathon event (never kayaked before)
4. Become a qualified dance therapist
5. Take up archery, go in a tournament and not come last (never shot an arrow)
6. Organise 2 x father son outdoor long weekends and get 10 or more father / sons involved
7. Learn and master the saxophone
8. Donate bone marrow
9. Volunteer abroad for 1 week
10. Achieve chain saw operations and first aid certificates and join SES
11. Write 50,000 words of a novel in 1 month
12. Qualify for the national Irish Dancing champs
and on and on they go....
It is incredible to see the wide array of interests that people have, most of which we would never know about our colleagues. It is also amazing to see the incredible goals people are setting and will achieve this year.
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