Grameenphone has been presented with the "People Award" at the latest "Telenor Global Awards" at the Telenor Global Forum at Fornebu, Oslo Global Head Quarter of Telenor Group.
Grameenphone CEO Yasir Azman received the honor virtually on behalf of the organization. The criteria for the People Award measured areas that are core to the organization's people strategy, categorized in three buckets – firstly, learning culture and upskilling; secondly, safety and wellbeing; and lastly, employee engagement and organization modernization.
Through rigorous reviewing of various qualitative and quantitative parameters of all the business units in these three dimensions, Grameenphone was declared the winner of the prestigious award by Telenor.
Grameenphone has been a front runner in getting future-ready through upskilling and building future-fit capabilities in 2021.
It evolved into a lean organization with a remarkable step-up in organizational transformation, fostering a learning and agile culture.
More than two hundred experts have been upskilled in the given period. The tech service leader and connectivity partner to Digital Bangladesh achieved an average of 61.8 hours of learning per employee against the 40-hour challenge.
Cecilie Heuch, EVP and Chief People & Sustainability Officer, Telenor Group, declared the winner at the event, congratulating Grameenphone for being a business unit filled with hardworking and passionate people.
