LACEY… my tenure has been fairly enriching and attention-grabbing.
“CHANGE agent” is the one phrase that aptly describes the enigma of Patricia Lacey, the outgoing expertise and management growth supervisor at Pink Stripe.
As her unbelievable 30-year journey ends she displays on her time as a driver of change at one among Jamaica’s most prolific manufacturers, and appears to her subsequent chapter of life.
“On the finish of 2022 I retire from Pink Stripe. My tenure has been fairly enriching and attention-grabbing. My ardour for rising and creating expertise has flourished right here, and my capability has grown immensely,” she asserted.
Lacey, who hails from Albert City, Trelawny, graduated from Knox Faculty and later The College of the West Indies with a level in chemistry. She then began her profession as a instructor on the Wolmer’s Boys’ College, the place she spent six years. In 1990 Lacey determined to place her diploma in chemistry into sensible use within the alcohol business as a lab technician at Pink Stripe, and has remained on the firm ever since.
“After spending a while within the technical facet of the enterprise within the lab, I acquired a chance to maneuver into the HR division as a technical coaching officer. It might look like an unlikely swap however I welcomed it as an opportunity to mix my curiosity in instructing with the technical expertise I had gained within the lab. From there I used to be in a position to develop personally and professionally and ultimately assume a management-level function.”
Figuring out the nuances of training adults turned her ardour, and he or she devoted years to mastering the artwork of human capability growth inside Pink Stripe. “I already had the science and technical background; nonetheless, there is a philosophy round the way you practice adults as an alternative of youngsters. I did a grasp’s in human sources to construct my capabilities to match the tasks of my function within the HR division. I wished to make sure I may train and lead successfully.”
Lacey’s notable accomplishments at Pink Stripe embody implementing techniques to remodel HR operations and considerably enhance effectivity. Nonetheless, of the various initiatives she has been concerned with throughout her profession, she lists spearheading Pink Stripe’s Range, Fairness and Inclusion (DEI) programme among the many most memorable.
Lacey beamed as she defined how a deeper understanding of variety, fairness and inclusion dynamics is important for the office to operate optimally. “Range refers to how folks differ relating to gender, race, age and experiences. Inclusion is about working collectively to be sure that individuals, regardless of their variations, can contribute to the enterprise and enterprise targets. A holistic DEI technique promotes the notion that regardless that everybody could have a unique perspective, numerous views empower us to give you essentially the most revolutionary and artistic options to any downside.
“Pink Stripe’s DEI technique enabled us to embrace variety and new methods of considering additional. Doing so contributes to elevated mutual respect and constructing a protected area to maximise all group members’ private {and professional} growth. It’s each the sensible and proper factor to do. We began the method by conducting company-wide surveys to collect female and male views on the problems of belief and growth; this suggestions helped to information our priorities. From there, we carried out DEI coaching for workers with skilled facilitators, utilizing supplies constructed on business greatest practices. Now we have already acquired optimistic suggestions from workers members on the impression of those deliberate efforts in direction of inclusion. I consider Jamaican organisations of all sizes can profit from taking an analogous method to human growth”, Lacey additional defined.
Lacey shared a nugget of knowledge for firms searching for to embark on their very own DEI programme. She asserted, “Growing a DEI technique is crucial for worker engagement and, finally, the long run success of all firms on this ever-changing world. Creating and implementing such a technique is just not simple; it’s a course of. Nonetheless, similar to many issues in life, it isn’t in regards to the vacation spot however the journey. DEI is an ongoing journey and won’t conclude once I go away, however I’m pleased to have began this transformation and led the division in 2020. I do know it is going to bolster the corporate’s success for years.”
Though Lacey retires on the finish of 2022 she won’t be slowing down. As a substitute, she seems ahead to leaving her mark on her direct and prolonged group. Lacey’s plans embody supporting college students getting ready to take the Main Exit Profile (PEP) in 2023. “Retirement has introduced a wonderful alternative to volunteer my time to assist the following technology and supply steerage and help to form their progress and growth positively,” she stated.
