Philipsburg:---Established with the view of ensuring that relationships among staff members are much closer while bringing abut a much closer relationship the Winair Activity Club has promised that this year will be one that is packed and active for staff. This was the revelation made by President of the Club, Lisa Brooks who said that her group's responsibility is to ensure that there are sufficient activities to ensure that staff can be able to build and establish stronger, closer and a more enhanced relationship with each other.
She said that since their formation last year there have been significant growth noting that the relationship between management and employees have also been enhanced as they have gotten much closer. "We now have a much closer and better relationship with management as they have been very supportive and helpful in so many ways and we are really grateful for that," Brooks said.
She pointed out that a number of activities will be held noting that three of the major activities planned are a Karaoke night, which she said would showcase employees singing ability while testing those who are aware of their ability. She said that their annual staff sports and family fun day is an eagerly looked forward to event owing to what she said was the overwhelming success last year and a party, which she noted, will be unique. She noted that all the activities are geared at sensitizing the employees firstly on what goes on within the airline thus ensuring that they become knowledgeable and cognizant.
Brooks said that while the group is not bent on making a profit they are seeking to strengthen the relationship among employees as their primary objective noting that once this is achieved the company will see enhanced and improved performance and production, he said that the group's primary responsibility is to ensure that through the staging of activities and events that employees can come together while it allows each employee to get to know the family of their colleagues much better. "Today we are able to know the people that we work with much better as before while we saw them we never knew them and that is why we are not focusing on making a profit but rather to strengthen and build closer relationship," she argued.
Meanwhile, Managing Director of Winair, Edwin Hodge assured that his management team would continue to be supportive towards the initiatives and programmes of the activity club. He stressed that he and his management team recognizes the importance of staff coming together thus they will continue to seek ways and means of ensuring that the club's objectives are achieved. "We recognize the great work and importance of such a group and as the Managing Director of this company let me assure all that we will give whatever support and assistance needed to ensure that this is achieved," Hodge said.
He added that since the formation of the group there have been mark improvement and enhancement of the performance and production of some employees noting that management have also seen a greater effort on the part of employees to adapt a more professional and family oriented environment thus working much closely and unified so as to achieved the company's work programme. "We are pleased with the progress made thus far by the Activity Club and therefore would urge them to continue bringing about development and growth," the MD declared.
