now
Shamus Rennie now
The Shamus Rennie team has grown significantly over the years.
C
ontracting of any sort is a challenging undertaking. Trying to
get the right people to the right place with right tools, the
right information and the right materials is no mean feat. Our
approach is to build personal, professional relationships with our
customers.
By knowing our customers we stand a better chance of
understanding their requirements and ensuring that we are adapting
to meet their needs. It’s amazing what you can miss if you don’t listen
carefully. A further challenge is that those needs and circumstances keep
evolving and as such, the business never stands still.
Our structure is one that supports the work of the business. Any
organisation that spends more time on internal processes, bureaucracy
and internal politics is not going to be around for too long. We attempt
to rather focus on doing the work of the business, which is to supply,
install, commission and maintain a wide range of HVAC products.
We have experimented significantly with progressive organisational
structures over the years with varying success. It all comes back to
people taking a personal responsibility for what they are there to do. No
matter how we are structured, we always deliver on our promises and
commitments.
We look for projects that are:
◊ Difficult or complicated
We have learnt that it serves us well to aspire, in every interaction, to
satisfy three key things:
◊ We develop a creative working environment.
◊ We have well trained and ambitious staff.
◊ We are easy to work with.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The company prides itself on looking after its staff. Herewith a list of
staff acknowledgements for long service:
10 YEARS AND LONGER:
◊ Mkhemu (Eric) Mthembu
◊ Dominic Ndlovu
◊ Marcia Mpe
◊ Deon van Wyk
◊ Thamsanqa (Innocent) Zondi
◊ Ernest Dzengerere
◊ Witness Chaire
◊ Madibana (Simon) Monoke
◊ Tight deadline ◊ Nomsa (Lebo) Macamba
◊ A combination of both ◊ Anna-Marie van der Merwe
We have always had a simple approach to “strategy”. Ours is based on
Sense and Respond rather than Predict and Control. Once again that
takes a lot of listening and we do like to innovate and to tackle new
types of projects.
12 • SHAMUS RENNIE • 60 YEARS • A THIRD GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESS
15 YEARS AND LONGER:
◊ Mavin (Lenny) Moonsamy
◊ Moegamat (Adi) Hendricks
20 YEARS AND LONGER:
◊ Michelle Rennie
◊ Mimmie Moehi
25 YEARS AND LONGER:
◊ Carla Sebanz
◊ Ryan Rennie
◊ Kyle Rennie
◊ Poobalan (Trevor) Lanka
◊ Sathinathan (Bobby)
Naidoo
◊ Duncan Pillay
◊ Moonsamy (Danny)
Naidoo
0860 SHAMUS • www.shamusrennie.co.za