We recently held our quarterly planning session with both our Vancouver and Calgary teams, which focused on teamwork. These sessions emphasized our collective desire to work collaboratively to achieve our annual goals.
Our planning sessions serve as crucial checkpoints to track our performance, set ambitious goals, and create a strategy for the upcoming months. In these sessions, we proactively address any challenges that may arise and suggest improvements for our operations. The planning sessions help us to foster a culture of cross-departmental collaboration, ensuring clarity and alignment regarding our shared business goals.
The Importance of Teamwork
Teamwork lies at the heart of our business model. Prior to our planning session, we posed four questions to our teams, specifically focusing on the concept of teamwork. We asked each team member to answer the questions and share them with the group at our meeting.
A great discussion was had about the meaning of teamwork and its importance. We deepened our understanding of teamwork’s significance and reiterated its importance in accomplishing our goals. As a result, our employees felt a stronger sense of belonging, which in turn increased their job satisfaction, fostering an environment of support and respect.
Some of the answers we received were as follows:
How is your team a team?
“What makes our team a team is that we understand and support each other. We value the different skills and strengths that we all bring to the table.”
Why is your work important?
“I am doing something that connects me with my values and interests. I also love to be inspired and be around people who inspire me. Work provides me with many opportunities to meet new people and hear amazing stories and get inspired.”
“We are making a difference in the community for many people’s lives, including older adults, pediatric children, and adults who need support with everyday living. We all must work and communicate with one another to be successful with our clients and partners.”
Why is this important?
“By working as a team, we will thereby lead to improved client satisfaction, providing more quality care. And by facilitating seamless communication, we will promote continuity of care, empowering both parties to actively participate in the journey.”
How would you describe an effective team at Classic?
“Good teamwork is all about thinking as a whole rather than as an individual and building trust. Teamwork includes collaboration, inclusivity, shared ownership, and compromise for the common good. Encouraging and motivating each other to help develop new skills.”
Teamwork at Classic LifeCare
These profound insights from our teams exemplify the significance of teamwork at Classic LifeCare. We are looking forward to hosting more planning sessions with our Prince George and Comox teams and hearing their answers. Over the coming months, we will leverage these understandings and foster a culture of collaboration so we can all achieve more together.
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