Franklin Rae Communications
The Future - "mine" to "ours" in two days |
 Jill Franklin |
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| Franklin Rae is a specialist PR company working with organisations right across the broadcasting sector to promote their success to the UK and internationally. Since it's creation in 2003, Franklin Rae has doubled in size and turnover and is now one of the leaders in their field. | |||
| The remit | |
| Managing Director, Jill Franklin approached the UIC to run a two day team event with the following aims: | |
| (1) | To get the team working better together |
| (2) | Develop the work of the Broadcasting and Corporate/New Media teams to be more cohesive |
| (3) | For Jill to communicate the Business Plan and future direction for the organisation. To get buy-in from the team and identify their roles in delivering the plan |
| The results | |
| From our initial planning meeting it was clear that the team had come a long way in a very short period of time. After bursting onto the scene in 2003, Franklin Rae Communications had enjoyed a period of consolidation and development, but had recently expanded with new people joining the company. The time was perfect for Jill to communicate her vision for the future of the organisation and for the team to decide together how to take these plans forward. | |
| We ran a series of exercises: | |
| • | To help the team learn about each other both professionally and outside of work |
| • | To review the journey they had been on in the past year and to reflect on their achievements |
| • | For the team to reflect on Jill's leader speaks session |
| • | To understand each other's roles and responsibilities |
| • | Scoping the work to achieve the Business Plan |
| • | Annual Planning - identifying all the projects for the coming 12 months |
Jill said "as the Leader, the event allowed me to contribute my vision for the future and receive input from everyone. I was bowled over by the contributions from the team and the way the UIC facilitators expertly crafted what seemed at first like ad hoc tasks and comments into a well formed Annual Plan which we could take away and action back at the office.
Our two day event was a catalyst for so much great work - from a team that is now much stronger for having been a part of the UIC process. We can't wait to do the next event!"
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