Staff matters July 26, 2018 - Issue 163 Week 4
Management Conference a Soaring Success
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2 Staff Profile Visual Aided Communications For Clients
‘We Care’ was the theme of last week’s Afford Management Conference at Brighton Beach and the conference overall was a soaring success! Eighty nine staff from across Afford’s diverse businesses, all came together for the two day conference to share ideas and strategies, network with peers and talk about the year ahead. The conference presented all attendees with a valuable opportunity to discuss business strategies and different ideas about leading their teams, as well as to further cultivate the strong work ethic and team culture of Afford. A key message throughout the conference was that Afford’s great success is our ability to adapt to challenges. Afford is one of the few disability service providers that have refused to cut or stop services simply to increase profits. Our competitors are shying away from services that are hard to deliver and make profitable – such as one-to-one supports – only to focus on those services they consider profitable. The reality is, that Afford is not only delivering these services, we are making them profitable.
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Our CEO, Steven Herald, highlighted that as an Employer of Choice, we maintain a high spend on training which attracts the best staff in the sector. “We are chasing steep growth this year which will be a challenge. But with our great staff and leaders and Employer of Choice initiatives we will continue to expand and attract the best staff in the industry. We have a can do culture at Afford and we are recognised for that and we need to maintain that culture.” One of the highlights over the two day conference was a motivating and informative talk by Peter Ritchie, who was the first employee of McDonald’s Australia and the first employee of the McDonald’s system outside North America. During the 70’s and 80’s he played a major role in every aspect of the company’s development from establishing raw product suppliers to the construction of new stores and the development of training programs. McDonald’s Australia grew to more than 500 stores and 50,000 employees during his time as Chief Executive.
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