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THe CoVer pHoToSandals 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

INTOUCH IN 2015 PRoMiSeS to Be bIgger aNd beTTer tHan eVeR WitH youR HeLP!Reach out to your PR Managers and find out how you can contribute to your favorite staff magazine!

A Quick look insideHi There!

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MY STORYI 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 INITIATIVEJust 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 HEADThere 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.

“...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.

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Taken from RECOMMENDED Reading The Sandals Corporate Intranet

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WHat iS tHe fiRSt tHing you notice aBout tHe oPPoSite Sex?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.

Mountain HiDeaWay oR BeacH HouSe?Beach house definitely. Living by the ocean makes you feel as if you are on a never ending vacation.

if you couLD SWiM in any LiquiD WHat WouLD it Be anD WHy?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.

WHat iS tHe StRangeSt tHing you’Ve eVeR eaten?I don’t really explore much with food but I guess to date escargot is the strangest food I’ve ever had.

WHAT IS ONE OF THE THINgS YOU WOUlD PUT ON YOUR bUckET lIST?I really want to visit Africa! To get a personal view of my ancestry and also to see the wild life there first hand.

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Montego Bay Region

Rochelle forbes- Public RelationsSandals Montego Bay

Jermaine Banton, Photo Shop SupervisorSandals Montego Bay

tameka alexander, Restaurant Reservations agent; Sandals Montego Bay

to: Derrena tate-Brady, entertainment Manager, Sandals LaSource grenada

to: Simone Jarrett, Photo Shop Manager, Sandals Barbados

to: andre Harris, food & Beverage Director, Beaches Boscobel

Missing THe good ol’ dAYs

MAKing us proud!

CongrATs!“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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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.

eXPReSSYOURSeLF

SandalS BarBadoS

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Submitted by David Hinds Sandals Barbados PR Manager

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