Hard work pays: GNAV in Telquel

I was really honored to be part of the 50 moroccan personalities that the magazine Telquel believes will make Morocco's Tomorrow.

http://www.telquel-online.com/246/couverture_246_1.shtml

The last couple of weeks have been highly challenging but thinking of a good future and how rewarding it can be for the company as well as our country makes it very much worth the struggle.....

Hang in there guys..... God willing we will make it :)

GNAV New Address

Global Navigation déménage

Nouvelle addresse / New address:
21, Résidence Andalousse
Angle Naciri et Louis David
n6 2éme étage Palmier Casablanca

Be part of one of the fastest growing IT Companies in Morocco... Job Opening: Field Operations Manager

Afin de l’accompagner dans son développement, la société Global Navigation est à la recherche d’un responsable de terrain. Nous somme à la recherche de quelqu’un avec au moins 3 à 5 ans d’expérience dans un poste similaire. Pour ceux d’entre vous qui ne connaissent pas Global Navigation, nous sommes spécialisé dans les Systèmes d’Informations Géographique. Plus spécifiquement la fourniture d’informations / données géographiques et étude de marchés liées à la géographie (Applications : Géomarketing, Optimisation de trajet, Distribution, Navigation, Suivi de Véhicules…etc.)

Responsable Terrain (Field Operations Manager)
Recrutement et Animation des équipes d’intervention terrain : Superviseurs, Techniciens, Enquêteurs, Qualiticiens, etc.
Conception, administration et suivi des indicateurs de performance des équipes de terrain.
Conception et administration de formations d’ordre général au profit des intervenants sur le terrain (Exemple : Approche des personnes questionnées pour les enquêteurs, Management et Motivation du personnel pour les Superviseurs)
Planification et gestion de tous les aspects logistiques (Transport, Logement, Nourriture) relatifs aux projets et/ou études en cours.
Gestion opérationnelle et suivi de la qualité des données collectées en coordination avec la Direction du Système d’ Information.
Conception et entretien d’une base de données qualifiée des ressources humaines (Statistiques de qualité, etc…) ayant travaillé pour l’entreprise.
Gestion des Carrières des Intervenants Terrain.



Salaire motivant + prime.

Merci de nous envoyer les CVs sur globalnavigation@gmail.com Ref :FOM

Developping story... Google earth unavailable in Morocco since yesterday.

In the last two days Google earth has not been available in Morocco. A few days back the same issue in Bahrain. Is it the US bloking access? It it due to the current world events? Is it Morocco blocking access? Or is it just a technical issue?????? I hope to get some clarifications soon.....
All I know is all the people in Morocco have reported no acees... All my friends and family in the US are able to access it....

L’équipe gagnante

Voilà notre équipe d'enqueteurs, superviseurs, qualiticiens et chefs de projets durant l'un des moments les plus forts du projet de cet été 2006. Ca valait vraiment le coup de prendre le weekend pour que toutes les équipe puissent se revoir et profiter du calme et de la beauté du Nord Marocain.

Bonne chance pour les autres zones du Royaume.... :)

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Global Navigation sur 2M

Pour ceux d'entre vous qui nous ont raté sur 2M la semaine derniére, en voilà quelques extraits.

We made it on National TV CHannel 2M last week. Thanks to all of you who called to confirm they believe in us :)

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What kind of a Manager am I?

Based on the "entrepreneur.com" quiz for evaluating management skills, below are my results. Not bad, but still room for improvement :)

Your Score Is: 67/83
Wow, you're some boss!
Your company is going to go far, and you're most likely poised to achieve much
success in the future.

Based on the following 15 questions:

1. If I had to switch places for a week with one of my employees, I would:
2. How do you feel about the company rules your employees have to abide by?
3. When it comes to working with your employees, which of the following
statements best describes you?
4. If my employees are doing a great job...
5. Generally, my office demeanor is...
6. When it comes to training or
encouraging ongoing education...
7. If an employee offers a suggestion or
new strategy idea...
8. In this order, how would you rank what's most
important to you and your business?
9. When there's a crisis in the
company...
10. I take constructive criticism from my employees...
11. When it comes to the computer equipment, workspace and other tools I offer my
employees: 12. How would your employees describe you?
13. When it comes to
making decisions, how do you think your employees would describe you?
14. Which of the following best describes the relationship you have with your
employees?
15. My company...

Team in Action

Press Release: 15 Moroccan cities Update on its way

GNAV's Goal of updating 15 cities by the end of 2006 is well on its way.

3 cities have been updated and at this rate we shall reach 500 000 POIs of Morocco's major cities by the end of december 2006. Everybody in the team has renewed their commitment for respecting the deadline.

Here are the 15 city updates to be released on digital format (1:5000):

• Casablanca
• Rabat / Salé
• Marrakech
• Fés
• Meknés
• Agadir
• Oujda
• Tanger
• Tetouan
• Kenitra
• Khouribga
• Mohammedia
• El Jadida
• Safi
• Beni-Mellal

GNAV team growing some more

The team is growing: We are now six people, Naima and Ghizlane El Haloui have joined us in the last couple of months.
Below is a picture of the wonderful growing Global Navigation team, I want to make a special thanks to Ghizlane who has really made a difference in the last two months in helping the team work better and smoother, she has taken care of so many details that we have been putting off for many months and which make a big difference ....
Thank you Ghizlane and keep up the good work, the whole team appreciates your hard work....

GNAV Mision statement for 2006 and 2007

For a startup, VISION is everything, SELF DIRECT YOURSELF AND YOUR COMPANY AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, becuas during the hard times that vision is all you got...

After meeting with the whole team last week, here are our GOALS in the short/mid-term:
* Be the NORTH AFRICA leader in providing GIS DATA before the end of 2007...
* Reach between 3000000 dhs and 5000000 dhs in Sales by the end of 2007 (10dhs = 1Euro)..
* Through providing updated and accurate data, act as the catalyst in the development of the tracking, navigation and geomarketing sectors in North Africa.

Yes, very few companies in the region dare share such strategic information, but I do share it beacuse I believe in what my team and company are able to do..... And if it is for competition, I love it and I like to see more of it, it creates more value and more motivation for me .....

We made it through 2005, 2006 is but another challenge that we will overcome.... What is great is that I am very contagious, I have transferred most of my motivation and energy to the rest of the team.... :)

We have learned some key lessons in 2005 and here a few of them:
* Invest as much as you can in planning a GIS project.
* YOu can never invest enough on people.
* Maps are very time consuming and it is important to define very clearly the start ans the end.
* Write your goals down, talk about them everyday and get closer to them daily.
* Entrepreneurship is a Marathon, not a RACE.
* If you want to do business in North Africa, do it with Businesse, the public sector takes too long unless you have the right contact :( especially if you are a startup
* Keep up the positive attitude everyone likes it and everyone wants more of it...

Global Navigation team wishes you a Happy Holiday / Equipe de GNAV vous souhaite eid moubarak

Global Navigation team wishes you a Happy Holiday of Eid Al Adha
L'Equipe de GNAV vous souhaite bonne fete de Eid Al Adha