One of my pet peeves when working in the education sector was the attitude often taken to training. It would not be uncommon for someone to spend, what often appeared to be, a relaxed day away and then return declaring themselves to have been ‘trained’ on some important subject that was going to revolutionise learning…

“Computers? Data analytics? Is that what you are really doing now?! You’ve changed!” 

This is what I hear my old climbing partners say and they then continue with, “...but your passion is being outside climbing, experiences, adventures, I don’t understand?”

Do you ever feel nervous before a company away day? Has your workload left you feeling guilty about taking time for socialising with your coworkers? If you agree with the above sentiments then we hope that we can convince you to not let this impact your decision to join in and embrace some time in a non-working environment with your colleagues…

I joined the British Army in 2011 and I served over 8 years; going through 6 months of rigorous training to transform from being a civilian to a soldier.

Here at Butterfly, we love to celebrate our team and particularly today we want to recognise the achievements and unique entrance to our team of James Lancashire