Grameenphone has been recognized as the “Best Organization for Workplace and People Development” under the ‘Organizational Awards’ category of Asian Leadership Awards (ALA) 2021. The 19th iteration of the prestigious award ceremony saw Grameenphone’s efforts recognized in ensuring employee wellbeing during Covid-19, nurturing an inclusive workplace, digitalization of HR services, and a unique approach in fostering a learning culture and upskilling effort.
During the pandemic, at the face of accelerating digitalization in all spheres, Grameenphone employees rose up to the challenge of upskilling and reskilling themselves to serve a customer base over 8 Crore subscribers. In 2020, GP employees spent an average of 58 hours learning in critical competency areas of Digital Marketing, UX, Product Management, Cloud & Virtualization, Customer Facing IT, and more from global platforms such as Coursera, Linux Academy, Red Hat, and Udacity.
Syed Tanvir Husain, Chief Human Resource Office (CHRO), Grameenphone, remarked, “As a connectivity partner to Digitalization journey of Bangladesh, we have been continuously putting our efforts to innovate and build future-fit skills at Grameenphone while keeping our employees wellbeing, inclusive culture, project automation, digitally-operated HR on the top in our agenda. Therefore, we feel honored to have been the recipient of the Asian Leadership Award 2021, and we dedicate this achievement to all the employees of the Grameenphone family.”
The Asian Leadership Awards is a recognized accolade that has long inspired, patronized, and promoted the value of business leadership in Asia. The accolade has inspired hundreds of organizations and professionals to go above and beyond to ensure healthy and consistent growth of their workforce since 2011.
