September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Skyworld Practices Bottom-Up Decision-Making
SkyWorld Development Sdn Bhd Believes in empowering its employees and does so by letting them make important decisions. According to founder and managing director Datuk Ng Thien Phing, the company has a bottom-up decision-making policy, where 80% of the internal decisions are made by the employees rather than management. This enables its employees to voice out their opinions, decide on actions to take and lead initiatives.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Side Effects of Being a Best Employer
Companies that participate in the Aon Best Employers awards are tested on three fronts: an interview with the CEO to determine his or her vision, finding out what the HR practices of the company are that back up this vision and an employee engagement survey (where companies are given a score of up to 100) to find out what the employees think about all this.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - SAP Employees The Ultimate Assets
A high-performance culture starts with employees having the same core values. At SAP, the values were set by the employees themselves and not defined by the department heads."We actually when to all employees and asked them which values they would like the organisation to exhibit. We took their input and came out with the values." says Williamson.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Honning Millennial Talent at EcoWorld
The co-working concept is something resonates with millennials because they are heavily inclined towards entrepreneurship. EcoWorld's millennial staff also plays a prominent role in the company's marketing and branding strategies. Key to the company's success with its millennial staff is the active engagement that takes place.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Getting Smart
The technology is known as the mobile beacon seal and the company has a patent for it. It has developed a slew of products, including the @Nodus Wall (a BLE-powered smart wall switches and does not need cables); @Nodes Gateway (a smart BLE-to-wireless gateway, which enables the sending of data to the cloud server to enable users to control devices remotely); @Nodus Smart Lock and Padlock (enables users to control locks remotely-enabling Airbnb owners, for instance, to accept guests without being physically present); and @Nodus Smart Curtain, which, well, controls your curtains remotely.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Gerbang Alaf Zeroes in On What Employees Value Most
According to Zarina, the three pillars of the McDonald's Culture are guest obsessed, better together, and commitment to lead. The first pillar means giving the best effort to ensure that its guest enjoy the best McDonald's experience. The second is about promoting teamwork and treating employees right. The third pillar refers to action that make a positive difference in the industry, for the community and for the planet.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - For Agilent, Building Trust is Key
Agilent has an open-door policy. All employees have direct access to all the managers. There are free to share their ideas, voice their concerns or speak out on new things they feel are not aligned to the company. Every quarter, the managers sit down with their teams to discuss the key challenges they face. The managers evaluate the feedback and design training programmes that can address those issues.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Employee Engagement Centre of MAHB's Focus
MAHB measures employee engagement on a yearly basis using Aon's Pulse Survey tool.Last year, the company recorded 74% - a significant increase of 10% from the previous year.It was the first positive growth in the past three years.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - Diversity is The Best Policy at Sunway Shared Services
It is this objective - to ensure fair representation among its team members in terms of age, gender and race - that Sunway Shared Services is able to leverage a variety of ideas, backgrounds, experiences and perspectives, says Khoo. The company provides IT support services to most of Sunway Group's IT projects.
September 10, 2018, The Edge Malaysia - DHL Takes Home The Top Prize
When employees are taken care of, they take care of the company. Recognising this dynamic, the company has made significant investments in its people over 12 to 18 months.