This year’s Pride in Print awards delivered a big surprise for Soar and Rocket.
In addition to receiving gold awards for printing, the Soar Print Group was named Training Company of the Year. What’s more, Rocket’s apprentice Ryan Fraser was a finalist in Apprentice of the Year and Chris Agius, GM of Rocket, was a finalist in Trainer of the Year.
For us, the 2017 print awards were all about the ongoing investment we make in keeping our people sharp. ‘Craft & Pride’ is one of our core values, so this is an important validation.
The Training Company of the Year award has only been around for a few years, and usually it goes to a company far larger than us. From what we know, the judges were impressed by:
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Our commitment to lean manufacturing, which includes continuously upskilling our people at all levels of the company.
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The Integrity Coaching programme we’re running, which involves supervisors, managers and leaders coaching individuals. Goal setting and communication skills are a particular focus for this programme.
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Soar’s ‘train the trainer’ programme, which ensures supervisors and managers know how to educate the next generation of printers.
Of the other accolades we picked up, we’re particularly proud of the gold award for Valspar’s labels. This was one of only five awards given in the labels category.
If you’d like to pick our brains about training, feel free to drop me a line.
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