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case study:

Nationwide and Colliers CRE “Building Our Partnership” with The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust

‘Building Our Partnership’ won Best Learning Programme 2008 from The Managing Partners.

Background

Nationwide is one of the UK’s leading building societies and Colliers International is an independently-owned real estate services firm with 10,171 employees in 266 offices in 56 countries. The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust (the charity partner for this one-day programme) is a leading conservation charity focused on saving wetlands for wildlife and people across the world.

Objectives

This one day programme, “One Goal, One Team,” had objectives of . . .

• Client Partnership - development of team working skills and leadership skills, such as open and honest communication, knowledge sharing, responsiveness, planning, problem solving, and personal responsibility though one-to-one and team coaching
• Community Responsibility - involvement in a live and challenging real life project at The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire, UK while making a difference to communities in which Nationwide and Colliers do business

Participant Comments/Results

"Wow - what a fantastic day! Congratulations and thanks to the Aspire team."
Paul Vockins, Executive Director, Colliers CRE

"I always thought that the last programme you did was going to be a hard act to follow, but the day really did exceed my expectations. This was due to the superb planning and organisation. All the feedback has been excellent."
John Fletcher, Real Estate Manager, Nationwide