As most of you may know and have heard by now, there is a group of about 30 or so Aviawest leaders heading for the hill next week for a couple of days.
Why? Skiing? nope, closed for the season. Hiking? Biking? Too much snow. Chew the fat and drink beer session? Well, there probably will be some of that, but seriously, here's what we hope to achieve:
1. Review of where Aviawest has been, where we are now. Transparency, which should filter down through the organization.
2. Gaining the input of the leadership team on where we appear to be headed in the next year, 2 years and 5 years...and where they think we should be headed.
3. Continuing the process of defining exactly "what" Aviawest could be the best in the world at, and how are we going to get there. If you're interested in reading more about the framework we've chosen to model after, take a look here.
4. Parkside Victoria completion and operational strategy. It will be open in the next 2 months, and we will be working out some of the final strategy regarding opening that project.
When we're not able to invite everyone to this type of event, it's a difficult situation. At "home", we need to keep the lights on, doors open and things operational. It's also a matter of balancing resources which are available to us. (We're doing this planning session on a minimal budget)
Our apologies to anyone who feels they should have been invited, but were not. Let us know. We'll listen and if you have a good case, we'll make a sincere effort to put you on the list next time.
This strategy and planning session is probably one of the most important things we can do to help get the organization to the next level and to integrate Parkside into the Aviawest mix. Thanks for your support and efforts which contribute to making it possible.
Jim Pearson / CEO