Welcome: Leslie Brushett
- Good morning. Good to see you. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas break
- After gathering some feedback from you last fall I have put a plan together for this year that has each month of this year themed and being championed by a department.
- You will find out soon what month your department is assigned to.
- There is also a series of Lunch n Learns scheduled at the end of each month…so stay tuned for more information on those. I have put them in the corporate calendar already for the last Friday of each month.
January…as you saw from the slide when logging on, is being hosted by HR and our theme is “there's SNOW one like you…in 2022! And we have 4 things we are going to champion this month
- Focus – today
- Physical – Theresa will host and have a physical challenge for us
- Fun – Diane will host and have a fun challenge for us
- Financial – Jamie will wrap up and there is also a Financial Planning lunch n learn scheduled with Pauline Peneycad on Friday, January 28th
FOCUS:
- We all know that many people make New Year's resolutions in January.
- We even have worked into our corporate calendar with our annual meetings.
- It is also part of our Growth Rings.
- The first part of the Growth Rings booklets is around our CORE Leaves
- Our core leaves are a set of values and/or behaviours that we ultimately require our staff to engage in order to make the MW experience what it is.
- The first part is a mandatory part of the Growth Rings…asking yourself how are you going to lean in and engage more with 2 if the 6 core leaves. What is your focus this year going to be as a MW employee?
- Then there is the IGP's. This year we are not making the IGP's mandatory…but it is there as a tool in a couple of ways:
- If you choose to make Intentional Growth one of your core leaves
- You can decide to maybe just do one of the character, competence or cadence columns to challenge yourself and be more intentional
- Maybe there is a column on there that is going to support one of your core leaf goals. For example…maybe Tenacious Follow thru is your core leaf goal…and then you fill out the Competence column because you want to learn more about some kind of project software that will help you stay on track and get things done.
- Or…you can do the whole thing!
- So again…Core leaves are mandatory,,,IGP is a tool to support your growth.
- As we head into this new year, what are you going to focus on this year? How are you going to intentionally challenge yourself to grow and learn and become more of who God wants you to be.
- Because “There is SNOW one like you!
Other random announcement…please see 2022 TD1 form attached. If your financial situation has changed, please complete this form and send in to Leslie and Sandra.
Devotional: Chris Tompkins
- It's very possible to look at the same thing, know what you're looking at, trying to find the thing you're looking for – then someone comes in and looks at it and points out.
- It takes someone with a different history, a different perspective to come in and see what it is you've been looking for – what has been right in front of us.
- Who do we have accompanying us on this journey to help us see the missing piece? One of the greatest gifts God gives us is the people who accompany us on the journey.
- Exodus 18:5
- Who do you have in your life that will come alongside you?
- What would it look like to invite the
- people closest to you to speak into your life? To remind you what to focus on – who do you have that can see what you can't see.
Registration update: Cindy Bodach
- The gift of people being sent to us – we're so thankful for all of you who have been sent by God to us and continued to journey with us over this past year
- 2963 summer guests registered
- 303 kids on the waitlist
- Weeks 1,2,3,4,6 are almost or sold out for most age groups
- 43 CEO applications and 13 auto-accepts from last year – We have extended the deadline for CEO applications to Tuesday, January 11th
- Technology and people announcement– Jennifer Taylor is moving into the role of Business Analyst. She will be reporting to Catherine Kennedy, our Senior Business Analyst. This will help us expand our technology and customer service support, then with Jenn's GR experience she will be able to support that team during our busy seasons in the summer.
Organizational Announcements: Chris Tompkins
- Toronto office move is coming to a close
- Today the maintenance and IT staff are in the TO office moving. Closing mid month
- There is a lot of history in that building. It is a place of great memories.
- We moved in there in 1990.
- That building has lived through so many decisions, interviews, meetings and history.
- It's more than just selling a building. This pandemic has caused a lot of change for MW. It's an emotional time.
- Thank you for all the hard work people have put into the move.
Schools and Groups
- We are unable to operate until January 26th.
- Many groups have either cancelled or we have had to cancel them.
- We are unsure what the winter will continue to look like.
- Please see email coming out late today. It is important to READ THE ENTIRE EMAIL
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