TeamBSE after an active morning, zipping around the Hunter Valley on Segways.
Last week, BSE’s senior management and operations team participated in the National Strategic Workshop. The first time that this internal conference has happened in person since 2019. The few days included a healthy balance of hard work, eating, laughing, planning, Segway Olympics-ing, dancing, strategizing, wine tasting and a splash more laughing. The intention of the workshop was to develop a strategy for improving how our teams work and deliver projects, prioritising and growing our incredible teams and the continued sustained growth of BSE.
In reflecting on the workshop, CEO, Andrew Fraser shared:
“‘It was a wonderful few days, it’s been far too long in between national catch-up’s and a brilliant opportunity for any of our newer team members to get acquainted with the national operational management team. We have a really great collection of people heading up TeamBSE and this past few days really proved that’. ”
L-R: Amanda Webb, Cameron Webb, Nicki Fraser, Andrew Fraser
The workshop kicked off with ‘strategy session one’ facilitated by Trudy Macdonald (Talent HR) and our team were encouraged to reflect on the challenges and opportunities that the last few years have thrown up and how we can leverage the unique BSE perspective to continue our growth. This was followed by a personalised wine tasting session, encouraging our wine drinkers to explore new wines, and those who lean more toward a cold beer to discover some of the incredible variations of wine the NSW Hunter Valley has to offer. This was followed by a group dinner and hot chocolate under the stars.
Fergus Mactaggart
Day two kicked off with early morning Tai Chi, followed by team strategy sessions which were an opportunity to hear from team members on specific challenges and opportunities. The afternoon session covered celebrating the successes of BSE’s last Strategic Plan then preparation of the 2022 Strategy. A keynote talk on ‘Electrify Everything’ kept the team enthralled and excited about our sustainable future. Ending the day at a local winery providing great music and pizza and the all important opportunity for the team to let their hair down.
The third and final day was ‘Segway Olympics’ day! In teams, our managers competed for bragging rights in a series of obstacle courses and games both on and off Segways. A hilariously competitive bonding experience for all!
Upon reflecting on the workshop, some of our Directors and managers shared:
“After an enormous two and a half years, it was brilliant to be surrounded by a group of enthusiastic, likeminded people; brilliant engineers and excellent managers. This workshop was an overdue opportunity to strategise with BSE’s senior management and identify what growth opportunities BSE Group will be working towards in the next 5 year period, both for senior management, alongside every team member within the BSE community.”
Workshop Day One
“I’m lucky enough to work with all these incredible people each day, so it was brilliant to have them all together and working through the challenges and opportunities, sharing ideas and solutions. A glorious (if not tiring) couple of days, our team has grown so much since 2019! Exceedingly excited about the next 12 months.”
It was a hugely successful and dynamic few days, we’re looking forward to working through and implementing exciting changes and our management team are already gearing themselves up for next years’ workshop!
