The Hour Hands team values spending time together. It’s great for morale and we know that being a tight knit team helps us deliver a better service for our customers. We hold a regular team day when we learn together as well as enjoying some very important time out. In September, the very important Hour Hands team day was spent at Luton Hoo.

Time to regroup, recharge and reconnect

Post holidays and back to school activities, our time together was perfect to regroup, recharge and reconnect. Enjoying the warm weather that is now just a distant memory, we spent time together, relaxing in the comfy sun loungers by the pool chatting and catching up. This was time to discuss major life events that happened across families over the summer. Lots of changes: secondary schools, sixth form, universities across the country, this list goes on.

“We love doing this as we offer each other some good advice and generally a good listening ear.”

Interspersing the talking was time out for a massage. It’s amazing to discover how much stress we carry in our muscles and a massage was the perfect time to listen to their bodies and give them a little TLC too!  

There was structure to our day too. We were each given the task to get to know each other even better by asking specific questions, the answers to which we had to share with the team in a group session later in the day.  This turned out to be a real learning exercise: about each other and about how others perceive us. This knowledge is so important if we are to work successfully together as a team.

After a delicious lunch, we wrote positive, anonymous notes to each other. The purpose was to tell them what we were thankful for – from actions, to personality traits and skills. This was a lovely way of reminding each other what we bring to the team. People shared many thoughtful, kind words that made positive memories about the whole day.

The value of being part of a team

A day out of the office spending time listening to and appreciating each other may sound like an indulgence, but it delivers so many benefits to us as individuals and to the business. A strong, interconnected team is powerful and the more that we understand each other, the better we can support each other, and in turn, our clients.

Visit Luton Hoo!

Luton Hoo is a country house hotel on the border of Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire. It’s a beautiful setting with vast grounds and a country club. The mansion itself dates from the late 18th century when it was the seat of the 3rd Earl of Bute, then Prime Minister to George III. The famous landscape designer, Capability Brown, was engaged to redesign the surrounding parkland and gardens which now extend to 1,065 acres.

In 1903 Luton Hoo was bought by Sir Julius Wernher, a leading diamond dealer who commissioned the architects of the Ritz Hotel in London, to redesign the interior of Luton Hoo in a lavish Edwardian ‘Belle Époque’ style. Then, during the Second World War, the estate and mansion house was commissioned by Eastern Command and played an important role in wartime operations testing tanks before they were taken off to depots for war service. Today, it’s a wonderful hotel.

How the flexible Hour Hands EA team can support your business

Hour Hands is a team of experienced Personal Assistants and talented bookkeepers ready to support you with those urgent and important tasks that you just don’t have the time to complete. From booking travel, to managing your diary and managing your accounts and tax returns – we can help you complete tasks and shift them off your to-do list! By outsourcing your tasks, you can flex when you need support – be it ongoing support or for a one-off project or resolving a particular task. 

To find out more simply visit our website or call us on 01727 818262. We will ask how we can support you and offer a solution either on an hourly rate or package cost. The choice is yours – we simply want to help.