Nelson – [email protected] – 027 230 0621
What people like and admire about me
- Kind and approachable
- Professional but friendly
- Good sense of humour
- Sincere, genuine and fun
- Not afraid to challenge
- Easy to be around
- Clear thinker, wise and ‘keen’
- Good listener and Calm approach
- Makes pretty decent coffee
What is important to me
- To have a good work/life balance and make sure I have quality time with my partner, my son, his partner, my Grandchild 🙂 and my family
- To try and tread lightly on the planet
- Only working 4 days a week it gives me a long weekend so I can spend time with family and go to Golden Bay which is my happy place, I like to get there at least once a month!
- To spend time outside, walking, biking, climbing
- To have a hot shower before leaving the house and to eat breakfast, usually porridge in winter, fresh fruit and muesli in summer
- To spend time with like-minded people who share the same person-centred values and thinking skills
- To have fun and humour at work
- To feel organised and that I am achieving things, love it when I tick things off the ‘to do’ list
- To spend time with people that we support
- To have time to plan and be involved in ‘exciting stuff’ rather than just the day to day operational work
- The team feel supported
- To work within budget and ensure we remain viable
What you need to know and do to support me at work
- Be clear, honest and direct with me, I really don’t mind and cope better with this than people ‘avoiding issues’ or talking around them
- Use humour – I love sarcasm (unfortunately!)
- I need time alone to think, I benefit from working away from the office at least one day a week
- If I am quiet I could be either upset or thinking about something, ask me if I am ok or just need time to think. If I am upset about something I need time to process what I am feeling and why
- I like to finish things I have started; this may hold me back from starting new things
- I need opportunities to just vent and to actually reflect and bounce ideas around with the team
- I need one good latte a day!
- I need time out of the office at least once during the day, this can be combined with my need for one good latte!
- I am very sensitive to strong perfume and scented smells like air fresheners
- I can’t concentrate in meetings etc. if people are pen clicking, sorry it drives me mad!