10 | Marlborough Business Awards: Hortus T T Ange Davisosn Workplace culture focus for Hortus “We ensure we’ve got really great leaders of our RSE teams and we provide lots of training and development.” T Tto page 12 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT A strong emphasis on workplace culture saw Hortus Ltd, a Blenheim based vineyard management and labour supply company, take home the supreme award at last year’s Marlborough Business awards. The company also claimed the Workplace Wellbeing and Primary sector awards for their business excellence and attention to a culture of wellness within the organisation. Lucy Maclean, leader of Hortus’s People & Culture Team says that a values-based culture within the company gives them a clear sense of purpose and these values are shared through the permanent staff and those that come into the country under the Recognised Seasonal Employment (RSE) scheme. “’All Together Better’ is our catchphrase, and we live and breathe a common set of values at Hortus, regardless of position in the company, age, gender or nationality. We work as a team and bring the best out in each other. We’ve got each other’s backs,” says Lucy. The common values, known as MAP, stand for Making a difference, All together better, Proud of what we do. “We ensure we’ve got really great leaders of our RSE teams and we provide lots of training and development. Our people understand our values and contribute to our Toolbox meetings and are very much part of the team,” says Lucy. “Our RSE staff are over the moon to work in New Zealand as they earn really good money to take back home. We get to hear their stories about the impact the money has on their lives back home and in their villages where they build and maintain houses, build water systems and pay for their children’s education. It’s a win-win for them and for Marlborough’s primary industries,” she believes.
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