A team from L&Q Housing Association is flying out to Malawi in October after winning a coveted place in the final of The Times Leadership Challenge competition.
“Quadrant Crew”, a team of eight senior managers from across the L&Q Group, beat off challenges from sixty other companies on The Times Top 100 list to take part in the five-day final.
The event will involve hands-on participation in dedicated community projects in remote areas of Malawi, including the Majete Game Reserve 130km south of Blantyre.
The Times Leadership Challenge tests the leadership, motivational and management skills in teams of participants from a wide range of businesses, who also have to raise funds for African community aid projects.
Sixty-four teams entered this year’s competition and took part in a series of physical and mental Challenge Days throughout the summer. The semi-finals were conducted over a weekend in the Herefordshire countryside, where the teams had to stock and run a local market and organise a fashion show.
Quadrant Crew member Kevin Jones, Assistant Director of Tower Homes (L&Q's low-cost home ownership arm) said: “We’re absolutely delighted to have reached the final and to be able to represent L&Q at this level.
"It required teamwork, co-operation and adaptability and our competitors in the semi-finals included major international companies, so we’re proud to have been able to take them on and win.”
The final five days in Malawi promises to be tough and aims to leave long-term benefits for the communities. Based at the Majete Game Reserve and at Salima on Lake Malawi, the tasks will include working with staff at the Reserve and funding and then completing a badly need school block with two new classrooms.
Quadrant Crew are hoping that their inside knowledge of house building might just give them the competitive edge.
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