Today various people have received awards as part of the Queens Birthday Honours List. Politicians, soldiers, police and community workers have been recognised for many years of committed service to their country and to a particular area of service. Congratulations to those Australians, in particular, who have received an award today.
When we think about awards we usually expect to look for something dramatic or out of the ordinary. But that's not the goal of the Inaugural Baptistcare Recognition Awards.
In my last post I talked about the Dignity and Compassion Award (sponsored by Anson) which will recognise staff within Baptistcare whose compassionate relationships, either with their colleagues, clients or family members of the community, have honoured the dignity of another.
There's certainly nothing dramatic about that, because one would anticipate that the type of people who would want to work for a caring organisation would already portray dignity and compassion in all they do.
In this post, I wanted to touch on the second award: The Integrity and Respect Award (sponsored by Bendigo Bank). Integrity is primarily about consistency - being prepared to live according to your values despite all that may be happening around you. How do you give an award for consistency?
The purpose of the Recognition Awards is to encourage Baptistcare staff to notice our values in their colleagues and to recognise them in their day to day work. It is not about anything dramatic but about how we consistently go about our work.
There are a lot of people I know whose integrity enables them to keep going every day and allows them to be respectful in their words, their actions and their relationships.
We are looking forward to receiving many nominations from Baptistcare staff who notice how their colleagues have contributed to the organisation through integrity and respect.
Nomination forms can be downloaded from the Baptistcare website.
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