For the past couple of weeks, I have travelled from camp to camp. From Faru Faru with the beautiful scandi-themed design and elephants at the watering hole every day… to Sabora with the most lion activity I have ever seen in a camp – they came really close to the tents, a little scary, but pretty cool also… to Sasakwa, the main lodge where ‘all’ the celebrities stay – met a couple ‘A-listers’ this week, but am not allowed to say who… to Mara River – my absolute favourite camp, where I am now.
I’m currently sitting in my tent, listening to the river rapids, the usual hippo grunts and crickets. It is such bliss and I am feeling calm and very content!
Am actually quite surprised about how calm I am, since there is a lot going on. Of course I am busy with the 1-2-1 coaching with three managers here at the camp, but also the design of the STEP UP workshop for 19 people, which is coming up in a couple of weeks. To help me with that, I have subscribed to LinkedIn Learning – some good videos on there which I think will break up the 3 days, so it’s not just me talking all the time! Anyway, I guess I must be getting used to the work… and the fact that the schedule changes pretty much every day since I am not panicking in the slightest.
So for now I will just continue to enjoy my time here at the river!
The other day we had a lunch get-together with the whole team here at the camp, there were no guests in camp so it was nice for the team to socialise all together with a special meal. I loved it – great food and a lot of laughs. It was clear that the team really valued having lunch with managers; they normally eat separately – and even have different food – which causes such an unfortunate ‘them & us’ situation. I hope they continue with this initiative once a month to enhance teamwork & collaboration.
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