Monday, 25 July 2016

Glenda Gibson and the importance of team-work in the workplace

The importance of being able to work successfully as part of a team is listed as one of the top qualities demanded by employers today. In some form of the list of requirements on any given job description will be words to that effect: team player, collaborative worker, works well with others, etc. It is a quality that is easily claimed but quite difficult to prove.

Glenda Gibson, a multi talented woman, is an employee who has proven throughout her extensive work experience her adeptness to working within a close-knit team. Administrational work demands diligence from each member of a team and strict compliance with organisational guidelines. If any one worker’s responsibilities fall by the wayside then it proves to the detriment of the hard work of other employees. In her roles as Nursing Facility Administrator she has adeptly built successful teams who provide rapid response to high-level survey outcomes, and these teams have consistently enhanced individual staff performances and achieved set goals. This has been reflected in increasing Employee Satisfaction Surveys, have reduced turnover, and department head stabilization.  As Nursing Facility Administrator this has been included aligning with marketing and sales strategies.

The enduring effects of an effective collaborative work environment have benefits that stretch far beyond the limits of work production. The wellbeing and job satisfaction of all members of a subset have a rippling effect throughout any enterprise or project. Compassion, integrity and approachability is key in building a productive working environment. It boils down not only to the social understanding of each individual need in a workplace, but the awareness of group dynamics and how best to implement them to most efficiently get work done.

Glenda Gibson,Vice President at Hatch Mott MacDonald, has proven to be a natural manager. Since her studies in Business Management and attaining her Assisted Living Manager certification, her work has shown a proven adeptness to developing teams in order to meet the needs of each organisation she has worked for. Evident in employee satisfaction rates, her interpersonal skills and compassion show an ability to see the bigger picture in any work product. This awareness that work culture and effective teamwork display her own expertise as a team player regardless of the task at hand or of her own standing within a work environment.

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