A Report On The President Of Kerzner Office Equipment

Amber Briggs, of Kerzner Office Equipment, has been tasked with leading a small team of Kerzner employees to plan, organize, and execute Kerzner’s 10th anniversary celebration. Kerzner Office Equipment has experienced both the highs and lows of capitalism. When Kerzner was originally formed, their organization thrived in the office equipment sector; however, after a few years of being in business, their company suffered through a brutal national recession. Even though the national recession had a lasting impact on Kerzner’s capital and employee environment, Kerzner was able to navigate their way through the recession and developed a new product line of office equipment, which has rejuvenated their bottom line and employee satisfaction. Therefore, the successful execution of the 10th year anniversary celebration was stressed directly from the CEO of Kerzner Office Equipment to Amber Briggs.

Overview

Briggs held her first meeting with her new team in the office cafeteria at 3:00. Briggs selected this location because all the other meeting locations where in use for that day. Of the 14 members of her team, only 10 employees showed up on time, two were late, and two never showed up. Although the first meeting started late, Briggs was able to communicate her agenda with her team and ended the meeting with a request for all her team members to submit their work schedule to her so she can schedule the next meeting based on when everyone will have free time.

First Meeting

According to Larson and Gray (2014), “research on team development confirms what we have heard from project managers: the first project kick-off meeting is critical to the early functioning of the project team” (p. 383). Based on this stated, Briggs and her tea...

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...nd communication. Lastly, Briggs needs to speak with each department head and reinforce the importance of her project and the importance of each member of her team being allowed to attended her scheduled meetings on time and being allowed to complete their assigned project tasks.

Next Meeting

Before the next meeting, Briggs needs to speak with other successful project leaders for advice. According to Proverbs 12:15, “The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but a wise man listens to advice” (ESV). Next, Briggs needs to set a hard date and time and make sure each team member receives and understand the date and time by confirming they can either make it or not. Lastly, Briggs needs to understand she was selected for a reason to lead this project, to have the confidence of leading this team, and understand her determination will ensure her project is a success.