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Hi There! A Quick look Inside
8 PICTURE PHOTOS
PERFECT
22 Express 23 Yourself Hi Friend
Montego Bay Region
WITH DAVID HINDS
About
THE COVER PHOTO
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Sandals Foundation and RONA Inc. volunteers work together to create a garden bed along a newly installed perimeter wall at the Granville All-Age school during an outreach project at the school. See more photos in Picture Perfect on Page 8
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10 Russell JACKSON SPOTLIGHT ON
INTOUCH in 2015 PROMISES TO BE bigger and better thaN ever with your help!
With a Little
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Initiative You Could Be a Leader
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...use your head. Watch the most accomplished people around you for hints. Ask questions, and listen carefully to the answers. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, as long as your goal is to be
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more helpful and productive than you were last week.
I was was 18 and dragging a coil of electrical cable across a stage. The 2,000-seat college theater was empty, except for a handful of minimum wage stage crew like me and the stage manager, Lew, whoran the whole place. I put the coil in a pile, and waited for Lew to tell me what to do next. When Lew noticed me waiting for instructions, he didn’t give me the instructions I expected. “With a little more initiative, Bruce, you could be a crew chief. Instead of standing around waiting for me to tell you what to do, figure out what needs to be done and do it.” Then he walked away. To understand the impact of Lew’s words on me, you need a bit of background. Out of the 60 or 70 students who worked in the theater (yes, that’s it above), two were crew chiefs. They were like mini- Lews, acting as a stage manager or lighting supervisor. Lew might as well have told me that I could be President of the United States, it would have seemed just as out of reach. I had been hired with dozens of other students to help with the brute force work of hanging curtains, pipes and cables in the brand new theater.
THE POWER OF INITIATIVE Just before Lew spoke to me, I thought I was the perfect employee. I listened to every word Lew spoke, and did exactly what he told me to do. But his words revealed something that never occurred to me: initiative matters. 
That was all it took. By my junior year, I became a crew chief. It wasn’t all clear sailing – for example, I had trouble figuring out how to “manage” my friends – but it was my first lesson in the power of initiative. A few lucky souls are born with initiative. But most people have to learn about it, like I did. If you are new to a job, or new to the workforce, once you understand the way things work, try a bit of initiative. Do more than the bare minimum. Look for opportunities to do more than others expect of you, and see if you can figure out how to make faster progress.
USE YOUR HEAD There is an art to having initiative. If you race ahead blindly, you can end up doing work that didn’t need to be done, or you can even wreck the progress that someone else has achieved. In the Fine Arts Center, I probably had to undo about 100 of my initiative efforts, because I hung the wrong lamp, moved the wrong set piece, or put away the wrong cable. So use your head. Watch the most accomplished people around you for hints. Ask questions, and listen carefully to the answers. Don’t be afraid to make mistakes, as long as your goal is to be more helpful and productive than you were last week.
Taken from RECOMMENDED Reading The Sandals Corporate Intranet
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MY STORY
What is one of the things you would put on your bucket list?
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I really want to visit Africa! To get a personal view of my ancestry and also to see the wild life there first hand.
What is the first thing you notice about the opposite sex?
If you could swim in any liquid what would it be and why?
Their hair. A lady’s hair says a lot about her. A woman who spends time ensuring that her hair is well groomed and complements her has character and self-love.
Oh my goodness! Caramel! I love caramel, it’s a great topping for ice cream so why not take a swim in it as well.
Mountain hideaway or beach house?
What is the strangest thing you’ve ever eaten?
Beach house definitely. Living by the ocean makes you feel as if you are on a never ending vacation.
I don’t really explore much with food but I guess to date escargot is the strangest food I’ve ever had.
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HI Friend Montego Bay Region
Jermaine Banton, Photo Shop Supervisor Sandals Montego Bay
To: Simone Jarrett, Photo Shop Manager, Sandals Barbados
Making us Proud! “Simone, your Photo Shop team here in the Montego Bay region misses you very much, keep representing JA in Barbados and keep making us proud.”
Rochelle Forbes- Public Relations Sandals Montego Bay
Tameka Alexander, Restaurant Reservations Agent; Sandals Montego Bay
To: Derrena Tate-Brady, Entertainment Manager, Sandals LaSource Grenada
To: Andre Harris, Food & Beverage Director, Beaches Boscobel
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MISSing the good ol’ days “Hey Derrena, we miss the good ol’ days filled with your fabulous singing and high energy, I know you’re bringing that Jamaican spice to the spice islands, but don’t forget to bring some back whenever you come to visit.”
Congrats! “Congratulations on your promotion Andre, it’s well deserved. Though we miss you here at the Flagship we know we’re always in your heart and that you’ll be making us proud all the way to the top.”
EXPRESSYOURSELF
Submitted by David Hinds Sandals Barbados PR Manager We waited for you like a new born child, 9 and a half months exactly on this little isle. Expectations were high and great, And once you opened it was worth the wait. Sandals Barbados is now a dream come true, And we can’t wait to share our property with you. Thanks to the Stewarts for their vision, And now we team members stand ready to carry out the mission. So from all of us thank you again, Now we are off to make Sandals Barbados number 1 in the chain.
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Sandals Barbados is open
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