end of financial year challenge at work

the company organised a team activity last friday, code-named the metro mayhem (outsourced to a company that provides the service), only known on the day. so we were freed from the workload a quater day of the working hours. if you've seen people running around north sydney and the rocks in several bunches, that was us. there were a couple of tasks that require reading the instructions and achieving the end results by working together. despite having three managers in our group, we came up the second last. the most probable reason is that we're a bunch of low profile peeps, ept! but i've really observed how people actually worked together. talk about how people work together at church (or is it just me? don't get me wrong, i don't intend to single out some, it's always a challenge when church is not an organisation, and for all it worths, it's for this very reason that people need to submit to Christ first and foremost as the head of the church. in fact, church is not an organisation, always level down the expectations, and strive for being faithful to God).

the result of the best employer survey was presented at the team meeting today, PA is a high performing employer, with 70% of engagement level across the company (i think it means that 70% of the employees are seeing it helpful to be willing to participate in the survey). it was the best employer in 2001 for a small company category (less than 300 employees perhaps). personally the bottom line that i feel is true of this company is that the management team is trustworthy and valuing the employees. i don't think we are a vibrant bunch of people at all, in fact we're pretty laid back, but the less controlled management style can be best when you are working with people who understand their roles well to perform together.

ps. anyone experienced something useful that could possibly be helpful for implementation at the church level?