Reflection 9

The days we worked through the Focus & Direction process were good days. There was a lot of stuff to be dealt with, and we worked hard, and without help we’d never have got there. We probably could have spent three weeks rather than a few days getting to the same place. But we were very pleased with the final outcome.

From time to time, there’s stuff that still comes out of it that we didn’t realise we wrote! It almost surprises us, and every so often it confirms us. It’s kind of inspirational really. And it remains a faithful statement of where we are. It’s still very relevant to us. We return to the values we chose and incorporate them into what we’re doing, and they allow us to call each other to account.

It’s made an awful lot of difference to us, and it’s made a lot of difference in our relationships with others. And everybody’s quite proud of it actually.