CHAPTER 7
Building inspirational teams
‘Never stop asking questions and never feel like you are on your own – just keep encouraging teamwork and consultation.’
Andrew Rothesay, Boehringer Ingelheim
‘At Tower Homes, we’re like a family. Sometimes it’s all really nice and sometimes it’s extremely demanding – just like any other family.’ In fact, as Stacey Mitchell points out, ‘You may think it’s a soft touch, but when people know each other this well the pressure to perform is extremely high. If friendship isn’t involved, there is less to lose.’ When you care about someone, you really don’t want to let them down, which is great for standards and the business.
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