Team JWT prepares for next wave of creativity

JWT Sri Lanka will be starting their employee-training calendar for 2012 on a high note by organising an overseas training program for the entire office from 3 to 7 February.

Each and every staff member irrespective of their management level will attend this five-day workshop at the Golden Triangle in India. During this tour, the team will travel to the cities of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur.

“Just like the country itself, JWT Sri Lanka today stands at a huge cross-section of opportunities - across clients, product categories and communication disciplines. With a legacy of many firsts behind us, interactions such as these are powerful mechanisms to unleash fresh streams of innovations and breakthroughs. We are looking forward to this session, which would not just rejuvenate our teams but also help us to intensively collaborate and co-create the future pathways for our clients and brands,” a company official said.

He added: “This initiative comes as part of our longstanding history of making consistent efforts to invest in our people. The annual training investment per employee made by JWT Sri Lanka is arguably the best in the industry. A recent case in point has been our global ‘High Potentials Group’ program that handpicks exceptional talent from across the world and invests consistently in improving their skills and competencies for future roles in the agency. I am happy to mention that Ralston Joseph, one of our homegrown talents, was the pick for this year and he’s just returned from Kualalumpur, Malaysia after attending a weeklong training program conducted by the world-famous transformation coach – Franklin Covey. And this is just one of the things Ralston would be invested with during the year.”

Remarkably, employee’s families play an integral role in our work lives and indirectly contribute immensely to an organisations’ success. Yet very few companies take note of this fact. Working late evenings and weekends occurs on a regular basis in the advertising industry with tight deadlines. Hence, JWT recognised the importance of opening the off-site retreat to employees’ families as well. Whilst the workshop will be limited to a couple of days, employees and their families are free to explore India during the rest of the days at leisure.