One of the traps a small business can fall into, is that everything is too hard or too expensive.. However don't forget to concider the hidden costs of NOT looking "Outside the Square".
Earlier this year at Country Valley, we decided to include two goals to our 2011 business plan. The first was to try to develop an environment where team members would feel that this was "more than a job". Country Valley could be a place of WORK.. LEARNING and (Enjoyment). We set out to establish a training regime that would prepare our workers for the ever changing environment we find ourselves struggling to compete in. We placed three of our leading team members in a course that would lead to a cert. 4 Front line Management Course.
With the knowledge these staff gain, we hope to narrow the gap between Decision and Fruition . We hope that there will be a greater understanding of Country Valley's goals and a stronger sense of ownership in those goals.... Only time will tell, but we feel its worth the investment.
On the subject of investment in the future, Country Valley has "removed a leg" in its efforts to lower our CARBON FOOTPRINT. As from Friday 11th March, we will be connected to "The Grid". with our solar power. We will return power to the system and in turn lower our overall energy consumption. We see this as another opportunity to follow our long set ethos of a more sustainable work place.
With the growing pressures of $2.00 milk and competition from Internationally owned dairy companies, Country Valley sees its future in providing award winning products with low food miles, a very small carbon footprint and all this produced by involved staff who can take pride in the hours they spend at Country Valley Milk
THIS CAN ONLY BENEFIT THE COMPANY, THE STAFF AND THE COUNTRY !!!!
