Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Social Club

Social Club

Today I have worked at Göteborgs Kex for one month and I am enjoying it, I really do! Even if I cannot wait to write about my new position and new tasks I will tell you about Nidar and my old job for the last time. This special “Social Club” is worth mentioning before I move on to Göteborgs Kex on full-time.

An organisation making good results is most certainly based on a great co-working environment and built up by people enjoying working together. Relationships between people in an organisation are crucial and to create this harmony the members need to work on it. Members in a group need to communicate; learn how to speak each others language and how to compromise to get everyone satisfied. They must trust each other and one way of reaching this group dynamic is by participate in social building events.

The category department at Nidar has a great way of doing this. One day each month/every other six weeks one person gets the mission to arrange a dinner for the entire group. It is up to the person what to serve and where to be. Usually Thursday is the evening and most often the dinner is at someone's home. During the dinner we (they) talk about everything, mostly things that are not connected to work but also work-related discussions can show up. This is social time and it is really fun to talk to colleagues in a relaxed environment, not feeling stressed because of a deadline or meetings coming up. You get better relations to your co-workers which makes the tasks at work easier - and the best thing is that these dinners are great times!

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