The day began like most Sunday's, moaning that the weekend was over, that i had not caught up with work stuff as much as planned and it would be a tough week as a result. So the first part of the morning was spent trying to catch up with emails, going over my schedule for the week and stuff like that. The surprise of the day was my newest project team (cash for work for widows) had planned a lunch for the entire HAWA team and invited representatives from all program's and departments. Probably the first time something like that was being done. Our office has more than 800 national staff and 16 expats, so its rare to meet across programs and departments for just a get together, except an annual event which Lex and Sunmaya host (our Country Director and his wife).
Inspite of implementation challenges and the like, am thankful every day for the great team I have. I dont say that because of the lunch and like :), but because they really do work like a team, which from what I hear from colleagues in other organisations, is a rariety here. They happily put in extra hours, take on extra work, things that one took for granted back home but is a challenge for most teams here.
Its a pleasure to work with such a dedicated group who pushes and inspires me to improve myself constantly too.
your team sounds fantastic! and its probably a lot to do with how you deal with them.
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