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Lessons of 2020 The Success of Teamwork

2020 will always be a year that all of us will never

As we are getting closer to the end of the year, forget in our lifetime.
we look back to what this year meant for us
This year has surely changed all of us; on how
and see that we have overcome many
we look in our day to day lives, with our regular
obstacles and lots of lessons learned.
routines, be it at home or work. There had been

By talking to leaders at the Nicaragua site countless ‘first times’ that we were not doing

and listening to their reflections about this then, yet have to do now. The saying ‘this is the Nguyen, Thi Thanh Hai
year, I realized that situations that had new normal’ has dramatically resonated in our minds SITE DIRECTOR, VIETNAM

taken us out of our comfort zone made us due to this global pandemic that we continue to experience.

more mature, grateful, and conscious human Giselle Perez Despite this, we have strived and survived the pandemic through
beings, and I feel very proud of the attitude
Site HEad, Nicaragua the great efforts by the Vietnamese government to combat and prevent the spread of this
we have on this year-end - both as individuals,
virus in our country. SPi Hanoi personnel complied with all safety measures that our govern-
and as a team.
ment strictly implemented to ensure no one will be infected with COVID-19.

Collaboration and empathy have been key for us to keep working and maintaining a We can say that the success of team-

good environment. In general, we discovered that working from home has many work truly magnifies how Vietnam

advantages, and it has been a good experience. Finding different ways to do things is was able to sustain our regular office
always interesting! work without experiencing major

lockdowns that other companies or
We end this year feeling grateful for our health, family, and work. To employees
countries have endured. This was a
who had difficult times or losses in their family, feel stronger, and be proud of
government-private collaboration at
your resilience.
its best. True enough, while we remain
vigilant and conscious of this virus,
We also want to thank our clients who have partnered with us on this journey, being
we still manage to do our regular and daily routine in the office. We have had our regular
very accessible to and supportive of our teams.
activities with safety precautions in place (see pictures). Because, like the commonly heard

SPi Global is an organization that prioritizes our safety and gives us the tools and saying, ‘the show must go on.’
resources to keep serving our clients even during unexpected times. THANK YOU ALL!
We are grateful to and thankful for everyone, the entire management team, and the staff for

Let’s start a new year with hope, energy, creativity, and let’s keep learning and their continued support and dedication to our work despite this global challenge we all are
preparing for new challenges in 2021. facing. We continue to believe this new normal will extract and cultivate the best in us, the
readiness to face challenging days ahead, and a stronger will to overcome and be successful.

4 • Lessons of 2020 5 • The Success of Teamwork