Director Rob Jansen's week
Week 3 – 2018. Inside ‘the week of’ the project managers, or other team members, of goMICE share their working week in a new blog. This week you can watch and read along with the week of goMICE Director Rob Jansen!
“Actually, looking back, my week seems really quite bizarre.” A kick-off meeting with the Management Team, a meeting with RTL Z about a TV programme on goMICE, developing our social media policy with Robin from ROBIN Online Marketing, a New Year dinner with UNIGLOBE owners and then finally, what many people don't know, helping out in one of our Domino's Pizza stores on Friday...
Monday
The first working day of the week is entirely dedicated to preparations for the 2018 kick-off with the Management Team of UNIGLOBE GoMICE.
Tuesday
Today, the kick-off is taking place. This time on the top floor of the World Port Center! Here we are presenting the double-digit growth figures for 2017 and reviewing the objectives and hot topics for 2018. The impact of the new GDPR (personal data protection) is the most important emerging issue for players in our market. Naturally, customers and our own employees remain our primary focus.
Wednesday
Wednesday morning I start nice and early because at 08:30 there is a job applicant for a role in Business Travel. A good interview and definitely someone who is suitable for goMICE! At 11:00 I have the monthly meeting with ROBIN Online Marketing. Robin has been looking after our website and online marketing strategy for years. Today he is once again coming up with great ideas that will contribute to the growth of the brand and an improvement in goMICE's positioning. You'll be seeing the results before long!
In the afternoon, together with Anita van Maanen (Managing Director at goMICE), I have a meeting with a TV producer for RTL Z and RTL 7. An exciting appointment, because a programme about goMICE, and our own lives, is not something you do every day. We are therefore very curious about the rest of the process and the outcome.
Thursday
During the week I try at leastand to exercise twice. This morning I therefore went for a good run through the Barendrechtse Grienden.
After running, I get back on my bike feeling fresh to cycle to the office. After having been at the office for a few hours, I head home on time to get in the car together with Anita to steps towards Montfoort Castle. Here we have a New Year's dinner together with the owners of UNIGLOBE. Always good to catch up with fellow entrepreneurs and look ahead to 2018.
Friday
The final day of the week was special! First, I had a meeting with one of our biggest clients together with our Sales Manager, Byron Bentley. The topic of conversation was the contract renewal and after half an hour we quickly agreed that we will continue together! That great news naturally had to be celebrated with lunch. We went to Restaurant De Landbouw which, by the way, is highly recommended!
Very few people know that, alongside UNIGLOBE and goMICE, we also own a few Domino's Pizza stores in Rotterdam. You'll have to ask me in person some time how that came about.
On Fridays, I always work along for a few hours. I make pizzas or deliver them on the moped. My eldest son (16) normally works then and today my youngest son (14) was also there for the evening.
Great to be able to wrap up the week, together with the lads, in this incredibly nice business. Around 20:30 I collapse onto the sofa with a good glass of red wine. It was a lovely week!