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THINK TANK NEWS FOR THINK WATER MEMBERS & PARTNERS SEPTEMBER 2020 I N T R O D U C I N G AN INDUSTRY SPECIFIC CUSTOMISABLE HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THINK WATER MEMBERS
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Y OU R RTS LO C A PE L WA TER E X CONTENTS Welcome to the latest With a final ACE of 81 and a NPS of addition of Think Tank. 78 for the 3rd year in a row, Think Introducing Think Safe.............................4 Water has placed in the top 10% of all After extensive work with safety Think Water Awards.................................6 franchise groups and well above the professionals and Think Water Excellence – But What industry average for the FRI survey. Members we are happy to introduce Does it Even Mean?..................................7 This means our Members believe you to Think Safe, a comprehensive Covid-19 Our Focus on Support...............8 we are getting it right. One of my Health and Safety Management highlights is seeing which questions Cairns: Beautiful One Day... The Perfect System, customised for a business rate 100%. They include: Conference Venue the Next...................10 operating in the irrigation and water Welcome to the Family...........................12 industry. •T he Members enjoy running their Building & Developing Your Team.........15 business. While many from outside the Think Establishing a Growth Mindset..............16 Water group see us as “just a buying •T he Members are proud of our Lucerne SSDI Project.............................17 group”, the addition of Think Safe reputation. Announcing the New strengthens our position and places •T he Members share ideas for Think Water Academy............................18 us as the as the only franchise improvement. Revolutionary EZ Decoder System opportunity in our industry to offer Simple & Low-Cost Installation.............19 such a versatile and productive While the short-term outlook for suite of services. As one of the few many businesses is uncertain, the H2GO: A Journey to Regain Member owned franchise groups last six months of operating in a Control of Your Business.......................20 in Australia and New Zealand Covid world has shown how strong HR: An Advocate for the People............22 Think Water offers a truly unique and consistent our industry is. In Get the Ball Rolling with Safety.............23 the recent tough times, it has been opportunity in relation to support Recognising the Gap in Your Training....24 and services. great to see the Think Water family Marketing – Planning for Success.........25 continue to bond and grow stronger The National Support Office has been Achieving the Imposible with Solar.......26 together. working diligently to support our A Partnership from the Deep.................27 members over the past 12 months Tony France Delivering Environmental and the good news is that our diverse General Manager Compliance to North Straddie...............28 range of Think Water Members have The Perfect Rural Tank Solution...........29 appreciated this unique support. Working Collaboratively Each year the Franchise Relationship Brings Results.......................................30 Institute (FRI) survey our members A Water Tank for Every Application.......31 to ensure we are providing the right More Control & Smart Water level of support. Savings with MP Rotator Nozzles..........32 The two key measurement metrics Protecting Fresh Water Fish..................33 are the advocacy, commitment and Maximising Performance engagement score (ACE) and the by Growing More with Less....................34 Net Promoter Score (NPS) measuring 80 Plasson Sensor Adaptors Installed who is a promoter, who is passive at Water Treatment Plant......................35 and who are detractors. Think Outside the Box with TempusTM DC..................................36 THINK TANK is a Publication of New Water Tank System Think Water National Support Office for Macadamia Irrigation.......................37 Contributors Tony France, Liesle Corns, Aimee Think Water Leaderboards....................38 Hewson, Natalie Kingcott, Aysheh Odeh, Andrew Walker, Chris Rehm and Phil Best. September 2020 | THINK TANK 3
I N T R O D U C I N G AN INDUSTRY SPECIFIC CUSTOMISABLE HEALTH & SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR THINK WATER MEMBERS It is with much excitement that we announce our latest Think Water business system designed to assist Think Water Members with making safety their number one priority. The system has been developed over a period of months by selected Members and the ASSSA team Gary De Vries from ASSSA Gary De-Vries and Kelly Maughan. makes the following points about developing and implementing a While safety has always been a safety plan into a Think Water priority at Think Water, Members now business. have access to a Health and Safety Management System that can support their team in the retail environment, workshop and out in the field. •O ne of the main keys to a •G et everyone involved. Safety successful implementation is everybody’s responsibility Where many Members had exisiting is to have an understanding and consultations with the systems in place these documents and commitment from the team (including sub contractors) complement those systems and allow owners and senior leaders is a requirement in the Members to build a database of all in the business. legislation. A regular safety incidents to improve safety over time. meeting is recommended. The system documentation is available •S afety needs to be considered like any other process needed from the Members Portal and can be to operate a business and modified to suit each business- use should have a high priority. what’s useful to compliment what you are already doing. •S afety training is recommended around identified risks. 4 THINK TANK | September 2020
The Risk Register (TW-SAF-REG-019) Remember, safety is New and younger workers also need template is available for you to update to have their competencies signed off (at least quarterly) on a regular basis. everyones business. by an experienced worker, many tasks Take out what’s not useful, but add Let’s work together do not require RTO’s or more formal additional risks which may not be training and accreditation. The system in there, and are identified in the to make a safer has a verification of competency business. Get this document out template (TW-SAF-TEM-014) to everyone and use regularly in Think Water. available for this purpose. toolbox meetings. One of the seven priority areas for Add to that the need to ensure there In the work ASSSA is doing with other Worksafe is new and young workers. is a documented induction process clients major incidents, there is a Experience tells us that young for both the business systems and direct correlation between the number workers are less likely to ask for policies and safety. There is a safety of supervisors in the field doing assistance when they are in a tricky induction checklist template available. site inspections and the number of situation. Introduce a buddy system (TW-SAF-IND-001) serious injuries. Having experienced to encourage and support workers to There is a big difference between supervisors in your team brings a ask questions without ridicule- there procedures written in an office and much better practical understanding is no such thing as a dumb question, what actually happens on site- theory of site issues and helps to support only dumb answers as they say! v’s practice. So everyone in the less experienced team members. Everyone in the business should feel team involved needs to play a part comfortable about commenting and in developing procedures and JHA’s. putting forward safety issues. In addition to the online resources the Operations Team plus Gary and Kelly at AsssA are available to assist in developing a safety program which suits your business. Phil Best Operations Manager AU September 2020 | THINK TANK 5
The prestigious and exclusive Think Water Awards Each year Think Water awards its Members and Preferred Suppliers for excellence, hard work and dedication to their business. The team at the NSO are evolving our awards to ensure they are relevant in today’s business environment and continue to reward the best in our business. Due to the cancellation of the 2020 conference the following awards will be presented along with the 2021 awards at the 2021 conference. AU Franchisee NZ Franchisee NZ Preferred AU Preferred of the Year of the Year Supplier of the Year Supplier of the Year NSO score system based on Member Member score system based on participation in NSO services and interaction. Preferred Supplier products and service. Project of Renovation of Business Woman Elite OPSS 2020 Peoples Largest Preferred the Year the Year of the Year Award Choice Award** Supplier Sales Nominated by Application to be Nominated by Voted for by Members The best business NSO score system Members and Ops completed by Member, Members with to recognise the voted by Members based on sales Managers with scored by Operations application to be Outstanding Preferred application to be Managers completed Supplier Sales Staff completed by nominee by nominee Long Service State/Regional Awards Growth Award Awarded to Members NSO score system and Staff for long based on sales. Ambassador service milestones. Most Award Improved* NSO score system based NSO score system based on new business. on store improvement *This award has been added to recognise Member who show significant improvement in participation. across all areas. **This award will be awarded as part of the 2020 awards only and has been discontinued going forward. The Mystery Shopper Award has been removed due to Covid-19 6 THINK TANK | September 2020
EXCELLENCE But What Does it Even Mean? Excellence is the quality of excelling How We Value Excellence “You can’t win these awards on your and truly being the best at something. Think Water dedicates an evening own and you need to build a strong It’s what you strive for when you event (Think Water Awards) at loyal group of team members who believe in what you are doing and that our annual conference to express understand your direction and have the value of what you do warrants the appreciation of our Members and the same desire and outcomes as you. constant and persistent commitment to value the excellence within our “Winning these awards reinforces our for improvement. stores and business as a whole. thinking that the way we are running The Awards Dinner is aimed at our business is in the right direction” The Value of Excellence recognising individuals and teams – Colin Thomas, Director, Think Water Excellence has many values. It creates who have excelled across all West Coast. better ways of doing things. While aspects of their business through creating these new methods we build perseverance and dedication in order Liesle Corns relationships. This in turn gives us to achieve that level of excellence. Business Manager & enjoyment. Achieving excellence is Company Secretary not an easy task and people with this The winners of the various awards are quality are highly appreciated since scored against a strict criteria, which they are so hard to find. It’s always everyone is made aware of at the good to bear in mind that people beginning of each year. forget how fast a job was done, but People often confuse excellence with they will remember how well it perfection. Excellence is something was done. you can strive to achieve with hard An example of the effect of valuing work. Perfection is the unattainable excellence is observing a team or thing you strive for in order to leader who has won an award for achieve excellence. the business and how that award could result in the evolving of culture, morale and work ethic in the business. 316 stainless steel outlet PN16 pressure rating Plasson Sensor Adaptor The Plasson Electrofusion Sensor Adaptor provides an innovative solution for connecting a sensor or gauge to the piping system, eliminating the need to apply improvised connections with high a risk of leakage or premature failure. Plasson’s sensor adaptors enable quick and easy integration of various sensors onto a wide range of PE pipe diameters. September 2020 | THINK TANK 7
“ “During COVID-19 we felt a huge sense of support from the NSO from emails, phone calls, documents etc. We could not “ have got through it without you guys!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU XX” Member feedback from the 2020 Member Satisfaction Survey COVID-19 Our Focus on Support In February the Think Water National Many Members took the opportunity evolved to meet regulations and Support Office was in the middle to catch up on their administration restrictions around contactless of hosting four Regional Meetings tasks which resulted in additional services. throughout Australia and New assistance from the NSO business Our second priority was to work with Zealand as well as planning the support team. our Preferred Suppliers to ensure annual conference due to take place HR support and advice for our stock was available and could be in August in Singapore. During the Members was increased with some distributed throughout the countries. Melbourne meeting, just a few days changes to the teams and other HR While many manufacturers and before the Melbourne Grand Prix was related business changes to fit with distributors struggled with travel cancelled, we realised our plans and the varying government assistance and border restrictions they continued focus were about to change abruptly packages. There was a substantial to offer superior technical support to to mitigate the rapid changes of a amount of legislation and regulatory our Members as a priority. Covid19 business world. updates made during this time from Life within the NSO team has The effect on our stores has been government and HR institutions in changed quite substantially mainly and continues to vary across both Australia and New Zealand. This lead due to restrictions on travel and countries. Most project-based to multiple daily one-on-one sessions the team working from home in the businesses continued to thrive while with Members. first few months. However, like most New Zealand based businesses were businesses, operations meetings have forced to shut their doors for most of The extra bonus has become more frequent and focused April. Sales were slightly disrupted and financial assistance was offered been watching the due to the use of video conferencing tools like Microsoft Teams. We to NZ Members by the NSO. strength of the Think have also seen an increase in Supporting our Members with Water family thrive communications with marketing relevant information was our first and HR thanks to this great tool. priority. In doing so, we sourced as during tough times. Although life is dramatically different much information about the various From a marketing point of view, these days and we have come to state and federal assistance packages we supported our Members with terms with what’s called “the new as we could and worked out what our personalise messages distributed normal” future plans are beginning Members could utilise. The operations via online channels and email, to take shape with contingencies in team fielded calls day and night while increasing social media place that allow for lockdowns and to assist with enquiries on how to presence. The focus of our customer social distancing. Considering the access and make the most out of what communications switched to how uncertainty of the economy in general, government assistance was available. we are considered an “essential it is reassuring to be in an industry Members became more aware service” and how we can assist during where our services, products and of different ways to protect their lockdown. This was followed with the expertise continue to be regarded cashflow, expecting tough times production of numerous instore as an “essential service”. The extra ahead, resulting in increased activity covid-related safety signs and bonus has been watching the strength in the accounts department. scannable contact registration of the Think Water family thrive during signage as Think Water Members tough times. 8 THINK TANK | September 2020
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THINGS HERE Strive to be the Keep things best & continually simple and tell improve it how it is Always the quality & always customer A safe & great service ALWAYS excellent comes place to work first First class execution of We all own our activities our results Building & Developing Your Team The Bushman’s Approach Bushman’s is locally owned and Chris regularly visits sites (although “In a smaller business I’d get 3-4 key run by Chris Glenn. Chris took the not as much lately!) and recognises people and do a full review and plan business out of receivership 11 years the importance of his behaviour when every year plus regular reviews and ago, which allowed for some major on site. In the case of WHS Chris get feedback on how everything is going changes to the business structure. wears hi vis in the factories, walks in and to ensure things stay on track. designated areas and pulls up team Share the sales data so everyone “The business was run in silos- very members on safety, if there is an issue. feels part of it”, said Chris. centralised, so we changed that to allow more autonomy for local managers, and “Safety is the top agenda item in our Chris works on continuously looking cut our head office numbers, which was Management and site meetings which for improvements, whether that is very top heavy”, said Chris. we hold regularly”, said Chris. in manufacturing, sales, marketing, systems or safety. That was just the start of the transformation, from a company with “You read about this Chris’s career prior to owning and significant brand and legacy issues to running Bushmans was in opertations becoming one of the country’s leading stuff – but we see it of large corporate organisations, in tank manufacturing and distribution working really well senior management and CEO level. companies. in our company” “I have found running my own business “Firstly we needed to get clarity around more satisfying than anything else markets and not chop and change I have done, even though everything How does a larger company like our distribution. We went through is on the line, there is much more job Bushmans translate to a smaller rebranding to highlight the changes; satisfaction”, said Chris. business like a Think Water business? we had Australian ownership, not The main messages from Chris are: American. We also recognised the Yearly, Chris and his senior Managers importance of distributors like Think get together for a planning meeting •G et clarity of what you want to do Water to our network. to work through the priorities for the and in what markets you want to coming year. “This year due to Covid operate in “We invested in our sales team and now we had to do it on Teams which was a •H ave regular planning and review see them as a major point of difference. challenge, but it worked.” One aspect of meetings It’s also important to be consistent. these meetings is understanding what We established a set of values to work • Make safety a priority not to do. towards. The way we do things at Bushmans (top right)”, said Chris. “We can’t do it all, we must work out •E ngage with your teams in a our priorities and work on those, but meaningful way through team These values are much more than HR meetings, day to day discussions also understand what is not going communications. Chris and his team and training to be a focus. talk about them regularly and they are part of new staff induction. They “I see the great thing about a smaller •D evelop a set of values and focus represent how Bushmans operate and business with 5-15 employees is the on them. set the tone for the company. ability to get close to people, you can create a Dream Team, with everyone “You read about this stuff – but we see firing. Phil Best it working really well in our company”, Operations Manager AU said Chris. September 2020 | THINK TANK 15
COACHING AND MENTORING Establishing a Growth Mindset To succeed as a business owner you Allow your team to work on their 3. Delegate must constantly overcome countless limits at a task that is just out of If you want something done right, factors that are beyond your control; their comfort zone. Let them sit in do it yourself. But who has time for market changes, employee retention discomfort for a while and stretch that? A number of business owners marketing conundrums and tech/ the boundaries of what they think they find it difficult to delegate because product issues to name just a few. are capable of. There is nothing quite they demand excellence and have a As a business owner you must keep as rewarding as the prize of figuring particular way that they want things moving quickly towards execution of something out for yourself. done – you know who you are. your goals or your competition will take advantage of your weaknesses. 2. Get’em on the court Someone new may get things done by using a different approach with a However, you cannot do it all by There is a sports analogy that talks yourself. You need the support of your lower standard, or one that is equally to the difference between being on employees who will require mentoring or more effective. Early on you might the court versus being in the stands. and coaching to reach a level of say that you cannot trust the person Most of what people talk about in competency where they can work and just do it yourself. If you do not terms of learning, is accumulating independently. grant trust through delegation, you understanding from the stands. will never grow employees from Here are five ways to go a little further Reading every book on the topic of subpar to high performance. Provide and cultivate your employees through tennis might allow you to talk about feedback, let them iterate, learn and coaching and mentoring. the theory of various strokes, the eventually they will outperform you. benefits of using a graphite racket, 1. Let people fail or understanding the tensile strength 4. Don’t become trapped by When my daughter was working of the strings. But what good is that perfectionism hard to push herself up and learn if you don’t know how to actually hit Different tasks have different levels how to crawl at nine months, it was the ball? True knowledge is embodied of importance. When a non-mission challenging to not help and allow in the ability to act upon a situation critical task arises, it is worth saying, her to fall. But if I protected her effectively. I know that I can perform this at every time, she would never have understood the lessons or built the As employees grow, they often need 100%, but if I delegate it out and it is muscle memory needed to walk. to be trained and mentored, whether performed at 80% that will be fine. You must be willing to let people fail. by someone at your business Give it to someone else as a We learn through our mistakes more or through an outside learning learning opportunity and then have a than our successes. Give people institution. Let them ‘get on the conversation about their performance, a wide enough berth to explore court’ quickly following a training providing constructive feedback challenges in a situation that is programme, coaching or mentoring so they can improve the next time. non-critical, give them a chance enabling them to perform what they Remember to include the reasons why to fail and learn. learned, or it will be lost. you would like it performed that way. 16 THINK TANK | September 2020
You will undergo a temporary period where mistakes are made, and standards are compromised as your employee learns and grows through the process. This doesn’t take as long as you think and as with a Lucerne number of business costs – the long-term rewards outweigh the short-term sacrifice. 5. Check in SSDI Project A sure fire way to develop trust with Think Water Mudgee your employee is to ask questions is controlled via a Hunter Pro C on a regular basis: Lomondo Olives is a mixed farming controller and Rivulis valves. (mainly olive oil production) •A re there any hurdles you The blocks were initially planted enterprise located between Mudgee are facing and can I help? with millet, which produced the and Wellington in Central NSW. •L ooking back on the week, is first cut within 28 days. The systems there anything that could have The first 13,000 olive trees were ability to keep up with the high gone better? How can I help? planted in 1998 by Frank Gregg and evapotranspiration of the crop in his family. Lomondo is a well-known mid-summer meant production was •W hat can you do next week brand supplied through Harris greatly enhanced. 130 large square to improve on your overall Farm and other fine food outlets bales were cut from six blocks. performance? in Australia. •W hat would you like to learn that “We were spending up to $10,000 could help you in your role? During the major 2019 drought, the a month in feed,” said Paul “We got Gregg family decided to grow fodder for that to zero with the production When you respond with feedback 120 Hereford breeders rather than the we achieved from the millet”. that helps employees grow, you continuing expense of buying feed in. encourage greater openness and “We also needed to protect the millet transparency. You can see where Leo Rheinberger from Think Water from kangaroos and wild pigs, as it their challenges lie and help them Mudgee suggested that sub-surface looked like an oasis!” said Paul. help themselves to succeed. drip irrigation (SSDI) would be worth “so, we built an exclusion fence which considering as water efficiency was kept them out”. The exclusion fence With barely enough time to get a prime consideration. worked extremely well and saved your own work completed, you may The SSDI system was developed in the crop from being decimated. be tempted to just let challenged employees figure things out for two stages. The first stage involved Irrigation water for the olives is themselves. But employees whither 12ha split into 2ha blocks. The second supplied via two bores. A new in overly stressful and unsupportive stage was an additional 25 kW solar-powered system has environments. Their performance three 2ha blocks. Rivulis provided been installed on the hay shed roof to will suffer, or they will seek the design parameters. power the pumps and utilise daytime employment elsewhere. Balance Water for the system is supplied from irrigation to further reduce the power the space you give them with letting the Cudgegong river, the new mainline bill. Subsurface drip is not subject to them know that you are available connects with the existing olive high wind evaporation rates, unlike when they get stuck. irrigation system, which gives added overhead irrigation and can be used water security should the olive water during daylight hours without loss. Find a way to mentor employees yourself, or leverage others at the supply become unavailable. “We use a third less water and weed company who have knowledge to The new system includes a Grundfos control is much better”, said Paul. impart. Pretty soon you will have 15kW 77-4 submersible pump, which “Leo had plenty of good ideas which a team that is equipped to handle sits in a well, with water supplied from we put into practice, including using new tasks and responsibilities with the river via a 20-meter-long Gabion solar to power the pumps” confidence. They can train others rock-filled channel into a concrete- Paul is sowing L56 lucerne for as they step into more advanced lined pipe well. The system delivers pasture production in the coming roles and help your business seven litres a second to two 2 ha weeks, with the first cut likely to be achieve new heights and success. blocks at the same time. November 2020. Rivulis D5000 1.0 litre/hour drip tape Andrew Walker was used for the project with a Rivulis Phil Best Operations Manager NZ 130 micron screen filter. The system Operations Manager AU
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