Working Differently
Working Differently - AE Smith
| Developing new interpersonal skills, learning problem solving techniques or working on communication might usually be something assigned to a board room seminar, but AE Smith professional development takes you to a very different setting. AE Smith CEO, Andrew Permezel, is dedicated to finding new and unique ways to help its team learn and improve - a leadership style that is seeing engineers participate in management training through music workshops, boot camps and cooking schools. | |||||||
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| "I believe everyone needs their paradigms challenged to ensure that work remains exciting", comments Andrew. Andrew's philosophy is seeing his team involved in regular off site training sessions - with a twist. "When we take the team out of their comfort zones, each individual realises their own talents and sees the talents of the group around them - a very important ingredient to success in our everyday work environments", comments Andrew. Andrew believes that sharpening skills such as creativity encourages new thinking and new solutions, which immediately translates to better business results. "If you keep looking at things the same way, you'll keep coming up with the same solutions - and these unique workshops provide great inspiration to our team when it comes to embarking on new projects, working with our customers and other team members", Andrew adds. | |||||||
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| And if it's not taking his team to a remote island to generate creative thinking, Andrew also takes the AE Smith engineers along to unique music workshops where giant drums are the inspiration for team work and communication. |
