The values of the African Overlands Team
What makes our team AWESOME
1. Entrepreneurship:
- Dedicated: I am devoted to the role I fulfil in the AOT team
- Passion: I am emotionally invested in my own and the companies success while inspiring others
- Enthusiasm: I am eager to share my thoughts, ideas and skills within the team
- Motivated: I believe in the business “WHY” and it aligns with my reason for being part of the team
- Resilience: I have the capacity to pick myself up when things get tough
- Questioning: I have an interest in learning new things and asking how? or why?
- Problem Solving: I actively find solutions to my challenges and help others when they face challenges
- Identify opportunities: I am always looking for ways/products we can include to best meet our client’s needs
- Risk Taker: I take smart risks and try new things while being open to learning through failure
- Drive Ideas: I follow through on my suggestions and solutions
- Accountable: I take responsibility for my actions and decisions
2. Achievement:
- Hardworking/Energetic/Proud: I believe in the talents I bring to the team and I am relentless in living up to my abilities
- Driven to do better: I am ambitious and compelled to accomplish my goals/ targets
- Knowledge: I want to expand on my skills through experience and education
- Curiosity: I am eager to know and learn new things daily
- Self-motivated: I can encourage myself to achieve and do great things while I strive for excellence
- Celebrate Success: I acknowledge my own and the team’s achievements
- Recognition: I value appreciation of my own success and show appreciation to others for theirs
3. Partnership:
- Helpful: I actively give support to my team members by taking the time to openly and deliberately share knowledge and support
- Team Player: I work well as part of the team by contributing, communicating and collaborating (3 C’s)
- Motivational: I desire to encourage others to achieve their goals
- Sense of Community: I have common interests and a similar attitude to the team and value inclusivity
- Honest/ Truthful: I am truthful with my knowledge and my actions
- Fair: I value equality within the team and with our clients
- Kind/Caring: I display kindness and concern for the team and our clients
- Compassionate: I feel and show concern for the team and our clients
- Self Control & Reflection: I do my best to control my emotions and reflect on difficult situations to learn how to overcome these in the future
- Respect: I admire and appreciate my fellow team members and suppliers as well as our client’s wishes
- Relationship building: I actively seek a connection with the team and our client’s
- Negotiation: I am able to discuss and find compromise and solutions which benefit all involved
4. Responsibility:
- Integrity: I value honesty and strive to do the right thing with great judgement and authenticity Balance: I structure my workload and prioritise my day while being committed and reliable
- Thinking & doing differently: I am considered and strategic in my approach to my work and seek alternative perspectives
- Solution Orientated: I can problem solve and find ways to overcome my own challenges and stressful situations
- Creative: I use my imagination and am innovative in seeking ideas outside of my comfort zone
- Open-Minded: I am willing to consider others knowledge and ideas without discrimination in the search for great ideas
- Receptive to Change: I value constructive criticism so that I can learn and grow as an individual
- Leadership: I prioritise my responsibility within the team and am mindful of the impact I have on others
5. Ownership:
- Autonomy: I work well independently and am able to make independent decisions
- Empowering of People: I take my responsibilities seriously and am able to delegate where needed
- Create Opportunities: I take action to succeed in my work and the team’s goals
- Individual Ownership/Accountability: I accept my responsibility to my work/clients and admit mistakes freely and openly
- Open/ Honest: I am communicative and own up to struggles and challenges I am facing while being transparent