Employees Receive Prestigious Awards
Pictured from left: David Everett, President and CEO of Paradies Gregg Paradies, Breanna Fairley (center), Paradies General Manager at Phoenix Sky Harbor Navin Sharma, and HR and General Manager Mike McRay.
In November, Paradies Lagardère held its Annual Management Seminar in Atlanta. During their awards program, they recognized star performers within the company. And, two of the exceptional employees work at our airport shops.
Breanna Fairley was recognized as the recipient of the Platinum Medallion Award – Retail. Though she has only been an associate for about 11 months, Breanna’s dedication and extraordinary customer service has made her stand out. She began in one of our busiest travel essential stores – 12 News in Terminal 4. With her passion and eagerness to learn about other products within Paradies’ Phoenix platform, she was moved to work in the brand concepts with iStore and Brooks Brothers. She has taken on additional responsibilities such as becoming a member of the Training Team. In this role, she trains new members of the team. She has been thorough in her training and has trained 20 associates in the past 30 days. Her supervisors say her attitude is “contagious and she does everything with a smile.”
David Everett, who has been with Paradies for five years, was recognized as the Assistant Manager of the Year. David is responsible for Brooks Brothers, iStore and the two eSaavy locations. He works closely with the team to ensure that store standards are maintained. He actively looks for opportunities to drive sales, and also handles IT issues, including any special projects that come up. The IT work extends not just to the PHX locations, but to other Paradies store locations, such as working in their platform for a special event or managing inventory at another location. He also believes in championing other employees, and recently worked with two associates on their career development. As a result, both were promoted to Zone Managers. David is an asset to the organization helping to fix IT issues, developing employees, and rolling out new programs.