Yesterday was the start of the Ray White International Group Cutting Edge Conference which is attended by the top businesses throughout New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia. This year there are over 150 delegates. Brian White, Chairman of the Ray White Group, opened the conference and made particular mention of the continued outstanding results by New Zealand members. The conference is to launch a number of new initiatives and ideas to top business owners in the company and it is also presented on a platform of case studies and lessons that have been learnt from the Group’s members’ experiences during the past 12 months.
Last night the annual Cutting Edge dinner was held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney. During the evening members were recognised in several qualitative award categories. Several New Zealand business owners received awards including Tony McPherson from the McPherson Group in Christchurch who was recognised by Sam White in receiving the highest net promoter score for customer satisfaction in the international group for 2013. In the category of new ideas, presented by Mark McLeod, Gower Buchanan and Simon Damerell from Ray White Ponsonby were recognised for their collective commitment and their sharing of their Welcome to Ray White Ponsonby document which details value that customers can expect when experiencing interaction with Ray White Ponsonby and their leadership team.
The top award for the evening was the 2013 Cutting Edge Award. Brian White spoke of his delight in recognising Megan Jaffe from Ray White Remuera as a business that has gone through consistent and continual transformation from a market share of 3.8% six years ago to today holding 27.1% of the Remuera market. Brian White went on to say that Megan’s leadership skills and the value she offers to her team have resulted in outstanding performance with the highest level of productivity for an individual office. Megan Jaffe of Ray White Remuera said she was thrilled but very humbled to win the award. She said it reflects her team’s commitment to providing outstanding service to clients and this has had an ongoing effect in the growth of the business. Megan said she was very proud of her team, including the administration and personal assistants who enable her team to be at the highest level of productivity, which provides great outcomes for all those connected to the business.
The Ray White Cutting Edge Conference is held annually by invitation only and provides the planning platform for the company going into 2014.
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