MARK MASON the Managing Director sharing with event participant’s the company overview strategy 2013
Wheel borrow race from Left is MARK MASON pushing ROB PAGE representing KFC Team, next KHASSIM NGATOLUWA pushing MUSTANSIR MUSAJI representing Kali Team.
Event participants sitting in a circle to hear Heads of Department share their departmental concerns. (Head of departments - ALEX TAIT Leaf and Sales Director, THOM BENADE Operation’s Director, GUY MCDONALD Factory Director, BLASIUS LUPENZA Human Resources Director and CHIZA JERE Finance Director
Alliance One Tobacco Tanzania Limited (AOTTL) held a management team building exercise on 10th May 2013 at White Sands resort. The Team building was organised so management could enhance their skills as well as share challenges from their departments then workshop solutions.
During the exercise, AOTTL’s Managing Director, Mark Mason took the opportunity to address is management team of 20 professionals about the strategy for AOTTL in 2013/14. The highlights of the strategy included the growth of the Company; Farmers’ sustainability; enhancing Safety Health and Environment policies as well as improving Customer Relations further. “At Alliance One our strategies are geared towards growth for the company through positive relationships.
We aim to return value to our shareholders and partners as well as our stakeholders. We are very excited to be recognised as one of the significant contributors to Tanzania’s GDP, as well as a proactive developer of Tanzania’s agricultural sector. This is what we will be the key focus of our initiatives going forward,” said Mason.
The 2013/14 Strategy for AOTTL will aim to optimise processes in the value chain by improving on efficiencies. Top line measures that include; agronomy up-skilling for tobacco farmers; technological innovation in the industry; as well as a robust reforestation programme; will all be implemented in the current financial year.
Sustainable CSI programmes are also part of the strategy as AOTTL aims to assist Tanzanian communities where it operates. During the presentation Mason also pointed out that Management were the bridge between the theory of a strategy and its practical application on the ground. The strategy presentation led into the Team Building that the Management team had assembled for.
Speaking on the team building Mason said, “It is not every day that we take time out to assess our performance as Alliance One’s management team outside of our daily routines. We took this opportunity to leave our desks and get together to share our challenges. There after we also had an opportunity to use our broad collective experience to find solutions.” Carl Bosse, the training facilitator also added that the management team building exercise needed to be a regular part of a company calendar to ensure that the lessons learnt in the sessions become a culture.”
The exercises which included ‘Building the emotional intelligence of a team’; as well as ‘Strengthening interdepartmental understanding’, were conducted at White Sands Resort.