Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100 Page 101 Page 102 Page 103 Page 104 Page 105 Page 106 Page 107 Page 108 Page 109 Page 110 Page 111 Page 112 Page 113 Page 114 Page 115 Page 116 Page 117 Page 118 Page 119 Page 120 Page 121 Page 122 Page 123 Page 124 Page 125 Page 126 Page 127 Page 128 Page 129 Page 130 Page 131 Page 132 Page 133 Page 134 Page 135 Page 136 Page 137 Page 138 Page 139 Page 140 Page 141 Page 142 Page 143 Page 144 Page 145 Page 146 Page 147 Page 148135 Building positivity and empathy into our DNA Nurturing a supportive culture is critical to NEA’s success; a supportive climate at work inspires and motivates employees, driving NEA’s continued growth and performance. To build a positive and collaborative culture, NEA formed Team DNA (Desired NEA Attributes) with the goal of developing NEA’s culture along four key tracks: The project led to the creation of programmes that help our employees better understand and empathise with their colleagues in other departments. Closing the leadership distance Engaging staff with a cause Strengthening institutional trust Creating enduring conversations to provide context for frequent interactions outside NEA offices. In 2015, for example, we introduced Walk the Ground with Me. This experiential programme sees employees shadowing ground officers for either half a day or one day to personally experience the challenges they face. These participants went on to produce a documentary to share their experience with the rest of NEA. To date, 66 officers have taken part in 24 Walk the Ground with Me sessions. We also launched the I Captain Green exercise in 2015. NEA’s Captain Green has been our mascot since 1990. Hence, it is a symbol that unifies all NEA staff. In the exercise, we got every division to design its own Captain Green. Project Team DNA was shortlisted among the top five entries for the Best Practice Award — Organisation Development at Excellence in Public Service Awards 2015. For the culture building efforts, NEA earned a letter of commendation from the Public Service Division of the Prime Minister’s Office. 134 Our single employees mingle with their single colleagues through fun activities such as soap making workshops, cupcake baking workshops and reality room escape games In the year, 200 children of our employees had fun at two movie screenings, the NEAt Kids’ Christmas Party and the Microbe Gastronomic Affair single employees socialised at fun activities were organised for 76 4 4 workshops and game sessions NEAt Kids’ Club NEA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 / 2016 NEA ANNUAL REPORT 2015 / 2016 Strengthening our supportive, collaborative culture