TeamTalk - August Edition Issue 8 Issue 8

www.ahintranet.org.uk/teamtalkEdition 66 - August 2015 Meet our Internal Diversity Group (Page 6-7) Our mission still remains to become Number One Large Landlord by March 2016. I want to stress how important this still is, despite the tumultuous events of the past couple of weeks since the budget. A few people have asked if the budget cuts mean we’re less concerned about hitting our satisfaction targets. Let’s be clear - we want to smash our Gold Medal targets, pay the bonus and give staff two extra days annual leave. The budget pressure and requirement to reduce operating costs is a big deal, but nothing should distract us from our journey to be number one. And this isn’t just a 2015/16 thing. We’re known throughout the sector for two things: sector leading customer services and our resident governance. Despite budget cuts we’ll still lead the sector in these two areas. Having developed a fantastic and open dialogue with residents over the past six years, we’re in a brilliant position to enlist our residents help to reduce cost without adversely impacting satisfaction. And of course we want to stretch ourselves in 2016-20 and do more to meet housing need – as well as delivering great services. Great companies set stretching goals that link back to their mission