Spring in Düsseldorf

This week I have been in Düsseldorf with the ExCo for our now regular six monthly offsite strategic review summit.

On the first evening we met for dinner with members of the German leadership team headed up by Christian Umbs. The ExCo and I were joined by

Frank Pfitzer                   Director Contracting Germany

Edvin Avdijaj                   Senior Manager Temp South

Fatih Kilic                        Associate Director

David Weber                  Senior Manager

Anne Schwarz                HR Business Partner Central Europe

Alexander Afzalyar         Finance Director Germany

Maximilian Nobis            Director Permanent Recruitment

Sebastian Russ              Director Business Development for NashTech Germany

There is no better way to spend time in my opinion than with colleagues getting to know each other, sharing ideas and perspectives and just having a lovely time together. We also spoke about cookery, (yes we really did!); our most favourite recipes and what they mean for us, the memories they evoke for us when we make them. It was such a lovely evening and I know the ExCo enjoyed it every bit as much as I did.

Over the course of the evening together we talked about building teams, leadership, creating a strong and sustainably growing business and of course at some point we talked about fast cars. I was so impressed and blown away by this fantastic team of leaders. What really impressed me too is the way that the Harvey Nash team work so closely and collaboratively with Sebastian from NashTech. Complete respect for each other’s skills and sharing ideas just worked naturally.

Thank you for a fantastic evening, I was so inspired by the quality of this team and for the way they work together, really bringing  life to our values.

This morning you will have also seen the work of our ethNASHity employee resource group with the launch of ‘Life on a plate’, a cookbook chock full of the recipes of colleagues and their story of what makes each recipe special to them. I even managed to sneak a recipe in that makes me happy too. Let’s get sharing this beautiful cookbook which was published today and can be accessed here Download your copy of the cookbook here

Keep safe and well, and hoping that you enjoy the weekend ahead.

Bev

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