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Around the World in 60 Years!
Detlev, Adrian, Kirsten
and Endric Daues
“Many thanks to all the guests for attending my
birthday party. You made this party a wonderful,
unforgettable experience for me.”
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The World Is Coming Together in Sehnde
Sehnde, January 2012. Diverse cultures
come together when V-LINE international
managers meet up yet they are not strangers,
but rather form an international team that
works closely together and has great results
to celebrate. The V-LINE Group used the annual Convention Week to synchronise offices
from every continent with head office. The
training focussed on management at the international level and further development of
mid-level managers. Convention Week was
a particularly big event this year as it took
place in the context of the 60th birthday of
V-LINE Managing Director Detlev Daues.
Ahmed Al Gatai, Fa. Al-Rajhi Holding Company and seminar participants
As a globally structured company V-LINE
has been successfully absorbing cultural differences and mastering the challenge of national differences for 33 years. The mindset
this requires is actively promoted. The 46 participants from twelve nations maintained an
intensive exchange through meetings, seminars and workshops for a whole week.
Manager or Leader?
Keynote speaker Ahmed A. Al Gatai, Chief
of Shared Services at Al-Rajhi Holding Company, Saudi Arabia, spoke about “Leadership and Organisational Culture”. He shared
his know-how of Arabic business people and
talked about the difference between a manager and a leader. It is important to have
the tools for realisation in addition to clear
visions.
Revuru Madhu and Mohamed Sameer,
Hofincons Group, Oman, presented the applications of their software and services for
virtual catalogue management and strategic
procurement.
In addition to exciting lectures and other specialist input, the experiment by intercultural trainers Susanne Dranaz and Gary
Thomas from Assist International HR, Bielefeld, really stayed in all the participants’
minds after two intensive workshop days.
They illustrated empathy between the cultures through games and simply applied different rules for each group. Everyone who
changed places quickly learnt to feel different and how to develop solutions at the same
time. Training in intercultural cooperation
and awareness for everyday life.
Ultimately, the week delivered an inspirational boost of motivation for all participants
and the entire V-LINE team. An enormous
success at the start of a new, successful year.
Revuru Madhu, Fa. Hofincons, during his speech
Gary Thomas und Susanne Dranaz, Fa. Assist International HR
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Around the World in 60 Years!
On Friday 13th January, Detlev
Daues invited family, friends, partners
and colleagues to celebrate his 60th birthday. Around 400 invited guests from twelve
nations – incl. from Saudi Arabia, Oman,
Pakistan, USA, China, Korea, Brazil, Mexico and the Netherlands – made their way
to the Expowal in Hanover to celebrate the
milestone.
Detlev Daues thanked everyone who “has
helped him over the years to keep doing things
a little bit more right than wrong”. A special
thank you went to his parents, whose presence
he valued as a special gift. He also thanked
his family and friends who had travelled from
abroad, and expressed his gratitude to all
V-LINERS who carry the V-LINE spirit all over
the world.
Former Minister for Economics, Labour
and Transport Walter Hirche gave a toast.
He described Detlev Daues as a “modern
Sindbad”. His field of business encompasses the world – “with a focus on the Arabic
world”. He stressed the significance of constructive cooperation between politics and
business for the international success of
German companies.
Detlev Daues
Klaus Menzel and Shahzad Haider,
who together have accumulated more than
60 years of service, gave a particularly affectionate toast. They regaled the audience
with anecdotes from Detlev Daues‘ business
life; praised his commitment, energy and
many talents, of which they showed some apt
caricatures that they had commissioned.
Walter Hirche former Minister for Economics,
Labour and Transport
Hermann and Ingeborg Daues
Klaus Menzel and Shahzad Haider
Kaleem Butt
Abdulaziz Al-Mohammed and Revuru Madhu
Shahzad und Naheed Haider
Belly Dancer Lobelia
Friend and companion Kaleem Butt had a
special gift up his sleeve: a belly dancing show
with three dancers who wowed the international audience.
Olaf and Christa Daues
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Sabine Müller-Walthe, Dr. Volker Müller
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Belly Dancer Ghazala
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Detlev Daues‘ son Endric related some
statistics about his father. He confidently
presented his father’s life in figures to the
amused guests: his total consumption of Fishermen’s Friends and accumulated air miles
both seemed to impress. According to the figures, Detlev Daues has spent twelve of his 60
years travelling !
Endric Daues
Ilka Wasmuth and Simone Reinhold
The V-LINE workforce surprised their
boss with a documentary film. What actually happens in the company when the boss is
away on one of his business trips? It had long
been suspected: the employees play football
in the atrium, the lounge gets turned into a
disco, the finance managers literally chuck
money out of the window, and the „managerless managers“ meet for poker in the clueless Mr Daues‘ empty office. His enthusiastic
comment: “If that’s the case then I’ll give up
my job and stay with you in the future …”.
Walter and Monika Hirche
Detlev and Kirsten Daues
The catering reflected the occasion of
“Around the World in 60 Years” with international recipes. Guests were taken on a culinary trip around the globe with delicacies
like rib-eye from the USA, Arabian lamb stew
with dried fruit, Asian chicken satay and veal
cutlets in truffle cream.
Lutz Krajenski with his Big Band provided
a wonderful musical accompaniment to the
evening and the dancing continued into the
early hours.
Lorenz Passoter, Alexandra Daues, Catharina Daues
Sajjad Akram, Kaleem Butt, Ahsan Kaleem Butt
Detlev Daues would like to express his
heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped
to make this celebration an unforgettable
event: “All the guests with their good wishes, wonderful gifts and unusual contributions – many thanks!” He is especially thrilled
with the generous donations on the occasion of his birthday: more than 11,000 euros
have been given to Gegenwind e.V. and the
Robert-Enke-Stiftung.
Katrin and Dr. Jens Lüders
Moritz, Lisanne, Lennart, Turgay and Ute Temur
Klaus and Petra Menzel
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Klaus, Michael, Katrin and Petra Menzel
Detlev Daues and Evdokia Kulikova-Hohmann
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