Page 5 - Layout 1

Thome Group News

Setting the right values

By Carsten Ostenfeldt, Chief Executive Officer of Thome Ship Management

In any company in the world there are some personal key pillars which support the company

for decades or even centuries. In the Thome Group we have identified the most important ones
for each and everyone to pursue and follow in their daily work at sea or ashore. They should

be seen as a set of personal guidelines towards what we believe in and what

we would like to see unfold in practice among our colleagues in the Group.

The
five main

values are:
■ Safety

■ Communication
■ Ownership
■ Planning ahead
OWNERSHIP

■ Human element and With this key value we are
team work
seeking individuals to be resourceful and

Please read through the details behind
take full responsibility to get things done, be
each value, and think through where you
accountable for decisions, outcomes and timelines

stand. Following them by heart will, beyond
in areas of responsibility, ensure problems/challenges that
any doubt, enrich anybody’s work satisfaction and come to your attention are resolved, and escalate issues only when

also improve our common performance.
appropriate to others who can act on them. In addition you should
I suggest you give them a go now and for the rest of 2014!
commit to deliver with high quality and move away from thinking “it is

not my job” but instead effectively delegate and control.
SAFETY GROUP PERFORMANCE

PLANNING AHEAD
"We do it safely or not at all" and “safety starts with me” – these
phrases embrace safety as a way of life both at sea and ashore. What Be proactive, look ahead and anticipate potential problems and

we need is full compliance of safety KPI/targets, tanker opportunities, initiate action plans to address potential problems and
management self-assessment 2 (TMSA2) standards, zero pollution, opportunities, seek improvement and avoid problems within your

zero collisions, zero fatalities, personal protective equipment (PPE) own work scope, while also ensuring careful and sufficient
procedures and office safety guidelines.
preparation to ensure successful execution.

COMMUNICATION
HUMAN ELEMENT/ TEAMWORK

The ideal employee is someone who speaks and writes in an Be a team player. Embrace the right behavior, attitude and passion

easily understood manner, communicates and presents effectively by delivering quality work in a safe manner, building rapport with
and confidently to all audience types, respectfully and actively others both at sea and ashore and supporting and helping others who

listens and solicits feedback; receives feedback openly and need help. You should adapt your own behaviour and share resources
objectively, shares work related ideas and information and ensures and information to achieve team and organisational goals, carrying

that relevant information is disseminated on a timely basis to your own share of the workload and taking on additional
others, participates actively in meetings or interactions and responsibilities when required. Listen to others and display respect for

encourages others to do likewise, as well as expresses clear their abilities as well as being prepared to face and resolve conflicts to
instructions.
achieve shared goals.

| 3
Issue 36: March 2014