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This Month Liz Kentish
The recent events with some of the major FM service providers with regard to either loss of business, or write-downs on their share price for whatever reason, resulting in a restructuring of the business, (management speak for cost cutting) especially with making people redundant, reminded me that networking is a year-round activity.
Facilicom MD Wins
Prestigious Leadership Award Managing Director of Facilicom Cleaning Services, Jan-Hein Hemke, has been named Inspirational Leader of the Year at the second European Cleaning and Hygiene Awards in Rome on 9th November 2017.
Entrants to this award had to be nominated by someone working with them at any type of business operating within the professional cleaning sector. The judges looked for evidence of nominees’ leadership skills and how their leadership had impacted positively on other employees, and on the business.
Jeroen van der Brugge, Organisational Development Manager at Facilicom, who nominated Jan-Hein said: “I’m delighted that Jan-Hein has been recognised in this way. It is a very well-deserved award. Facilicom Cleaning Services is financially successful, committed to sustainability and to the wellbeing of its colleagues (including being a Living Wage Recognised Service Provider) and is ultimately extremely focused on the needs and wants of its clients.
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“Such holistic success is not possible without an inspirational leader. Jan- Hein would be the first to say that this achievement is not all due to his leadership, but he certainly sets the tone, and even his deflection of any praise tells you a lot about his leadership style.”
Lisa Sheppard, Facilicom UK’s Director of Development, said: “I’m hugely impressed and proud that Jan-Hein won this award. He has always been honest, direct, interested and measured in his responses. When major decisions are to be made, he discusses them with the management team and encourages open feedback, acknowledging that he can’t have all the answers.”
Commenting on his win, Jan-Hein Hemke said: “This award is for everyone working at Facilicom. I’m honoured to be the recipient, but my success reflects the hard work of all my colleagues. Everyone at Facilicom works hard and finds solutions which, in turn, inspires me to be a better leader.”
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Many of the people in the companies facing redundancy will not only be worried about their future, but finding another job. Many of these people will have been at the company for a number of years and not so much as looked outside for employment in that time. Worse than that, the only contacts they have are either being made redundant with them or are being kept on.
The people who will have a head start in the race for other opportunities will be the ones who have maintained a positive network of outside contacts and will have networked at events in their industry.
This is the time that a good network will pay dividends. Not only will you be up to date with what is happening in your industry, but through your contacts you can find out what opportunities are available right now. Of course job agencies and headhunters are there to talk to, but there is nothing like getting a heads up on a position.
You may of course think that this will never happen to you, so why bother. I’m sure that all those affected at the moment thought the same.
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