Monday, May 23, 2016

Grateful Monday!

It’s Monday today, and I just thought of something very meaningful and unforgettable while I was interning at Go International Group. Every Monday, we will have a meeting just to recap on the tasks that we have accomplish during the previous week. The things that we discussed could be the ups and downs when working, the challenges that we face when completing a task, and many more. Regardless of the challenges that us colleagues face during the previous week or even the previous week, we are always grateful on what we have learned regardless dealing with external parties or internally among us colleagues.

One of the things that I admire the most about this company is that, whatever mistakes we do, we all help each other out to fix what we have done wrong. It is because we are such a small family, we really have each other’s backs like family members. It’s not all about getting our work done, and that it’s totally on our own plates. We will always try to help one another based on whatever knowledge we have learnt. I feel like, the caring culture is very much build in this company, and I’m so grateful of that. Hence the company’s motto, “Sharing of Insights, Integrity, Love, and Valour” – their motto truly reflects how the people are in the company.
                            

Okay, back to the main point, every week we’ll sit down and have a meeting on Mondays, and during that meeting, we will all share with each other on what we are grateful of, and this is a tradition in the company, they call it “The Grateful Monday”. Every single time when it reaches my turn to share about what I’m grateful of, I will always answer the same old boring thing, which is “I’m grateful of every single thing in life”. I appreciate to have interned with my amazing colleagues, grateful to be given the opportunity to work in the company, grateful that I am learning, I could go on and on, it’s endless. Therefore, I truly appreciate of the littlest things that I am able to learn in life. “The Grateful Monday” tradition is such a wonderful thing!


xx

Till the next post :)

Noor Alina Hazeman
17894494/7E4A3053
Curtin University Sarawak

4 comments:

Unknown said...

Hey Noor Alina,

I really like this idea by the Go International Group to have a weekly meeting to reflect on what people have accomplished and any challenges they have faced. This helps to build support and a strong internal community. I also like that they share what they are grateful for, which helps people to focus on the positives and turn a negative or challenge into a learning experience.

It really sounds like you are enjoying and appreciating the work environment that you are in, and I wish you all the best with the rest of your internship,
Alaine.

Alina Hazeman said...

Hi Alaine,

Thank you so much for your supportive comment! Much appreciated. However, I'm actually done with my internship, it just took me awhile to update on my blog. Procrastinating as usual, haha! I wish you all the best and good luck with your internship as well!

xx

Noor Alina Hazeman

Imagi2nation said...

Hi Alina,

A very interesting read. Grateful Monday is indeed a very effective internal communications tool for the employees to have open dialogue with their superiors. It is important to have a conducive working environment in order to achieve better work outcomes. This is especially true for a PR company that requires employees to be creative.

Alina Hazeman said...

Hi Daphne,

Indeed it is very important to have a conducive working environment to achieve better work outcomes. Thank you! I wish you all the best in completing your PR Internship Report.