Last week we got done with our first official financial statements and the first year’s results show good profit, which we use to build new subsidiaries in the Kling Group. We have also recently arrived home from a fantastic leadership conference in sunny Marbella where many good ideas have already led to decisions that will help to develop the company even further.
The cohesion of the leadership team has been further strengthened and we have gained a newfound fervor for the noble sport of table tennis! In Spain we also held the Kling group’s first official table tennis championship with myself as the given victor. This has led to great plans to buy a really good Ping Pong-table to the office, so that attempts at revenge can be executed!
As I am writing this, I am on my way home from two different exhibitions in Europe to further the quest to build the industry’s best collection. It is very pleasing to note that several suppliers know of us, has seen the frog and in some cases even read the blog before we even met them. I must take this opportunity to thank my colleagues in the industry for all the free marketing to so many interesting vendors!
During our recent conference one of my employees asked me why it is so important for me that the Kling Group will become the industry’s largest company. I actually had to think hard on the answer, even if it has been the obvious target since we started planning the construction of what would become the Kling Group.
We want to be the company that leads and develops the market!
We also want to be a company that develops the picture of a salesperson that exist in society. A sales persons role is much needed today in a market where many things gets digitilized. We offer personal human contacts and therefore our sales staff always offer better products and better service than what our customers expect.
We want to be a company that stands for quality!
In addition to supplying the best products, a very important part is to educate all employees to become product specialists. Knowledge is essensial and our entire sales team should be the best at everything related to our products, applications and functionality. All customers should always feel confident that they are getting a first-class consultation with their own needs in mind.
We want to be a company that always puts people first!
This means that both employees and our customers should feel seen, heard and acknowledged. We want to work even more with charity work in the future. We strongly believe that it is important to help others. Compassion and charity is a core value of the Kling Group and to really be able to help enough, we need real resources!
We are fortunate to have such dedicated people in the company, who work together to build on our common success story. We are a company that goes from idea to decision quickly which leads us to consistently develop and take steps forward.
/ Fredrik Kling
