Hess

High Performing Teams

Hess Corporation is a leading global independent energy company, engaged in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas. 

Objective

Impact were brought in to help create and facilitate a powerful learning experience, enabling the newly formed team from the Hess Phu Horm Gas Project in Thailand to develop as a ‘High Performing Team’. The programme also needed to build strong links with the community through a real project with direct benefits.

Solution

Impact worked in partnership with Hess to design and deliver a three-day programme that engaged the team with facilitated review discussions, applicable theoretical team development inputs, a series of experiential team activities and a carefully designed community-based project with tangible outcomes.

The Udompattana School in Khon Kaen, with over 260 students, was selected as an appropriate community partner for projects that would help the school, local community and the development of the team.

The team of twenty-four delegates from Hess formed four working groups to take on the community action project at the school. The project involved working closely alongside students and teachers, at the hub of the activity, to transform and landscape a garden space, and paint a block of six classrooms.

The Hess team also helped prepare a special lunch for the students and selected members of the local community. This was an important element of the project and a real highlight for team as they developed their relationships with each other, students, teachers and the local community on a larger scale.

The projects were designed to make the best use of the team’s skills and experience. Everyone needed to work together, taking responsibility and ownership for their actions in order to make a significant difference to the school’s environment. 

Result

The community action project blended individual and team development with real community needs. It was a catalyst for developing strong links between the Hess team and the local community.

Both the Hess team and the Udompattana School were motivated by the results of all their hard work and commitment, and felt a great sense of achievement.

"Impact did an outstanding job of developing a programme that was both beneficial to the community and to the needs of our new team. It was obvious that the planning and execution of the programme were extremely professional, which allowed us to focus on the 'high performing team' exercises and the community project. The three days were professionally and personally very rewarding."

Julian Butcher
Field Operations Manager
Hess (Thailand) Ltd

Further Information

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