Editor's Note |
| Since open recruitment for the EO Grade resumed in 2006, we keep seeing more new faces in our big family. This new blood has brought more vivacity and vitality to our offices. While the first round of recruits has already settled down in the Service after about two years on the job, the latest round has been "knocking at our door" in recent months. Apart from centralised training or on-the-job training, the guidance from a mentor has proved to be a significant source of support to help them integrate into the Service. Furthermore, mentoring can be a beneficial learning journey for both mentors and mentees. In this issue we present extensive coverage of the Mentor Scheme for the new EO recruits with interesting and inspiring interviews with two groups of mentors-mentees. They tell us about the development of their mentoring relationship and not only the benefits they gained, but the fun and pleasure they also experienced. We also report on the participation of the EOs in the Department of Health in the Lifeline Express Charity Walk as both a charitable and networking activity. As part of their formal training, some senior members of our Grade get the precious opportunity of attending senior management programmes overseas. This time, Jack Chan and Margaret Cheung joined the Breakthrough Programme for Senior Executives offered by the International Institute for Management Development (IMD) in Switzerland. From a chateau in the Alps they bring us not only sweet memories of fine chocolate but also most gainful information on two enlightening topics in resources management - Networking Capabilities and Set-up-to-Fail Syndrome. Our EOs are not just capable resources managers. They can cook, too, and they can practise team-building through cooking. Andromeda Yue shares with us her interesting experience and lessons gained from the Team Building Cooking Workshop.
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